Quote Originally Posted by Lee
Hopefully we can get this crap sorted out within a week or two,
Last september we were away on vacation. I get a call from our cleaning lady on Monday. She said you have water everywhere on the first floor. Apparently the fresh water pipe that leads to the back of toilet busted, subsequently flooding the office, family room and garage for 3 days.

I called State Farm immediately. They gave me the phone number for a restoration company they work with. Called the neighbors and asked them to leave the company in the house. The restoration company was just finishing up by the time I got home.

Now by finishing up I mean: they had sucked up the majority of the free standing water and put the industrial de-humidifiers in place. Those things ran day and night for almost 10 days. Then the construction team came in afterwards. Well 4 months after the incident occured my first floor was finally put back together.

Don't be suprised if it takes months and not weeks for everything to be put back together. Depending how bad the water damage, half your drywall and insulation will need replaced, walls repainted, carpet or flooring replaced, .

Everyone I talked to that's been in a similar situation says the same thing. These restoration companies work really fast to get the emergency service completed but the restoration part they take their good ole time.