Today, the toilet on the top floor of my house burst, soaked the bathroom, and water dripped down into the kitchen and the basement for hours when nobody was home. Eight blowers and a dehumidifier later, the house is about 90 degrees and I can't leave. 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, I woke up to a flooded apartment. Apparently, the upstairs neighbor's bathtub had overflowed and water was pouring through my ceiling. My landlord said he couldn't do anything until the water stopped, so I spent the morning frantically trying to mop up the water while feeling completely helpless. 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 to my bed and most of my room soaking wet. This morning, my mom thought it would be "smart" to warm up my room by opening the skylight above my bed. There were heavy showers all day today. FML
Today, I overloaded the washing machine and it flooded the downstairs. The flooring will have to be scrapped and drywall replaced. It's 100% my fault. Did I mention this is not my house? FML
Today, I rushed home after my mom called saying our upstairs had flooded. Apparently, my little brother somehow broke the toilet while unsupervised and water overflowed everywhere. It even reached my closet, shoes, and books, and everything touching my floor in my room is now wet. FML
Today, it's been two days since my upstairs neighbour's toilet started flooding both our apartments. I have to go to the bathroom with an umbrella. FML
Today, our boiler broke. Yesterday, it was our fridge. The day before that, the deck collapsed, and a few weeks ago the dishwasher flooded the kitchen. This is after we spent a ton of money to have the house gutted due to a mold problem. We only bought the house a year ago, and have lived in it even less. We need to move. FML
Today, after a long shift, I came home and cleaned my house so I could relax tomorrow. I finished up the night with a soothing bubble bath, which was lovely until the ceiling collapsed into the tub. I can't even wash the filth off because my bath is full of drain-clogging plaster. FML
Today, I'm stuck at home waiting on a plumber to come fix the flooding in my basement. The flooding happens when any sink, shower, or toilet in the house is used. Today is also the day that I started my period. Without water. FML
Today, after dealing with tons of drama and working a 14 hour shift, I took a shower. When I stepped out, a weak spot in the floor gave way. While falling through the floor I grabbed the toilet tank lid, which fell into the tank and broke it. Now my leg hurts and the bathroom's flooded. FML
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jupiter80 0
why? just walk out the door
Monikabug 9
A legitimate FML post if there ever was one. OP, I sincerely hope that most of your belongings weren't completely damaged beyond repair and that you can get all of the water up soon before more damage is done. FYL. FYL. FYL. FYL. FYL. FYL. And again, FYL!
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Comments (86)
blake4months 0
good for the pores and hell I'd be running around naked
annihil8or 15
Ok, first it's an apartment because houses arent built on top of each other. And second, now that u know what an apt is ask the owner to fix it or make arrangements for u to live elsewhere a few days
sweetthing333 0
It cant be a 2 story house?
hotshot0510 2
#56 - you do know that there are such things as multi-storey houses right? OP clearly says 'on the top floor of MY house' .. I'm going with he meant HIS toilet on the top floor of HIS house.
jallee 1
where do you live that all houses are single story and all apartments are multi story?
SuperNate 0
omg, no joke that happened to me this summer. got up in the morning went too work. Got a call from my dad saying that we now had a waterfall and an indoor pool in the kitchen. Those fans really do suck. I feel your pain.
weezer02 0
damn!
TheTaffyLuver 1
Why can't you leave?
Taschez 1
Count yourself lucky, OP. I work for a restoration company and one job we ended up having to tear out the drywall 4 ft up all the way around house Due to wet insulation. Installed 30 blowers, 3 DeHu's, and 2 air scrubbers. Plus you don't want to NOT have it due to mold. I feel for you, though.
deadpool91 0
what the hell company do you work for?? 30 air movers, and only 3 dehus? that house would be humid like you wouldn't believe the dehus couldn't keep up with the evaporation the fans are causing. and if you are demoing the whole house 4 feet up, you should probably be using more than 2 air scrubbers. leave the restoration business to the pros.
SatansBiggestFan 4
only 2 air scrubbers? you fools!
jallee 1
true. unless it's in a sealed container, in which case it can be superheated past boiling.
chanma 0
they're will be other chances to be center of attention
thepicoeater 1
maddie d.
Mountman14 0
Sounds like a crappy situation....
jupiter80 0
literally!!