Today, I came home from work to find my house was flooded from a broken pipe under the sink. My house had just recently had new wood floors, carpet and electrics installed because 6 months earlier my house had been flooded by the same pipe breaking. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, workers came to my house to fix residual moisture damage in my walls left behind by Hurricane Irma. Said workers then burst a water pipe and flooded my entire apartment in the time it took figure out how to turn it off. FML
Today, after months of delays, my home renovation is nearing completion. Well, it was nearing completion. Last night, a pipe burst, flooding the entire house. The water damage will cost more to repair than the entire renovation. FML
Today, I awoke to find a water pipe burst. I frantically ran down to the basement to turn off the water to the house. What I didn't expect when I reached the bottom of the stairs was to have to start dodging the falling, wet ceiling tiles. FML
Today, I came home from my aunt's funeral to find my basement flooded due to a sewer backup. FML
Today, I finally started a DIY home improvement project I'd been putting off for a while now. As I was drilling into the wall, I managed to hit a plumbing pipe that I didn't know was there and started flooded my living room. FML
Today, I returned to work after a restful week-long holiday. Before I left, I'd finished a huge assignment which is due this week. I walk in to find a water pipe has burst just above my desk, flooding our office with water and ruining my computer. Happy New Year to me. FML
Today, after house sitting for my future father-in-law and managing to keep things spotless for 3 weeks, a pipe burst. It flooded the place and shorted out a plug socket, causing a fire that ruined the front room. He gets home in 3 hours. I'm screwed. FML
Today, the pipe in the dining room sink suddenly broke open and in about 15 minutes my entire apartment was turned into an indoor swimming pool. The worst part? I was there the entire time, playing video games with my headphones on. FML
Today, I came home to find my home had been broken into. Nothing was taken, but all the drains were plugged and the water left blasting on high, with a note that said “enjoy the mess”. FML
Today, my husband and I were finally about to put our house on market because we have killed our savings on moving and two mortgages for the past couple of months. Then the pipes burst. Awesome. FML
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Top comments
asamir 11
To think of all the money, time and effort going down the drain.
007type 26
Don't know. He was standing there with a tool in his hands.
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Comments (65)
bryan788 29
row row your boat as your money goes down the drain. that sucks sounds like you need a better plumber.
KayleeT 9
Shouldn't you have fixed the pipe before you replaced the carpets and flooring?
alenap_fml 0
I bet it haunted....
alexjnolen 0
Fix. The damn. Pipe!
bonesfootball 1
Get that stupid pipe fix first then do the floors and whatever later stupid
glamery 3
hope you have insurance
LadyJoker21 0
Something tells me that ur repair man just used superglu and duck tape
galactictoast13 22
you do know that its called duct tape right?
Blahblah9921 4
man tht sucks
girlmechanic200 0
This same thing happened to me
southsideswag16 11
You live on skyline?