It should never be raining .. in your basement.

[BCWolfen]

UGH! What a royal pita! Having had several floods myself (all tank related) I completely sympathise. Tyring to dry carpet and underlay is no fun.

The terrible price we pay for our addictions.
This famous fellow on Canreef once said...

"My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!"

[christyf5]

Good grief Tony, you have the worst luck! How the heck does a drain hose "fall" out of the drain? Weird!!!

Good luck with the aftermath

[wetcoast]

A friend had a similar experience in a top floor apartment - put in laundry, went out for an hour or two, came home to finding 3 inches of water in his whole place. Also got to meet his neighbours below him! He is still living out of one room after 4 months, and they are just now starting to put drywall backup and will lay his floors down shortly. All that for a .09 piece of plastic.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Yeah, this royally sucks. Happened to my parents, too, on their fourth floor apartment. Not cool!! Where are the drains??!!

[Delphinus]

I can't imagine what horror it would be to have this happen in an apartment.

I dunno, I'm feeling pretty frustrated right now. I just hope my electronics work again once they dry out - but I guess I shouldn't be surprised if I have to replace those. The hardwood floor is my biggest worry right now. If any of the pieces have to be replaced it is going to be a nightmare, since I assume that in 3 years since the floor was installed, the wood has changed colour and to make new pieces match means the whole thing would have to be sanded and refinished. I guess if it comes to that I'm probably going to have to make an insurance claim.

Indeed, how does a hose "fall out" of a drain? I seem to remember this happened once before at my old house, but it wasn't as big of a deal since the laundry room was in the basement already - the water was contained.

How can builders not be putting floor drains in laundry rooms? It seems so blatantly obvious to me that there should be one. I think I'll be putting one in. Luckily since the utility room is right underneath, it would be a simple matter to just pipe it down to the floor drain that's right there underneath anyhow.

[BCWolfen]

Back in the good ol days, those laundry hoses had a clamp that held them into the drain. Now they just hang in there and thats supposed to hold it. I've clamped mine down as I did not trust it.

[Zylumn]

I'm off to check mine now.?? Hey Tony there is always a bright side to everything that happens. Hope you find yours.
Kevin

[kari]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

How can builders not be putting floor drains in laundry rooms? It seems so blatantly obvious to me that there should be one.

Must be those same builders on my house. They installed a floor drain in my laundry room but forgot about the plumbing . Seems to be easier to have it drain into the ceiling below.

[danny zubot]

Sorry to hear about your luck Tony. Maybe these pics will cheer you up a bit. Not to say that these situations are better or worse, but to say that you are not alone.

Calgary, last night.