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John & Ninetta - 17 Nov 2007 19:24 GMT
I had a flood in my office a few weeks ago......anyone out there have a
similar experience?

John
Steven Bornfeld - 17 Nov 2007 21:03 GMT
> I had a flood in my office a few weeks ago......anyone out there have a
> similar experience?
>
> John

    Sorry to hear.  I once had an office with perpetual roof leaks, but
more a nuisance than a flood.  The same office had a toilet that backed
up from the septic tank--there was a place that did dog grooming two
doors down and it was always getting gunked up.  Eventually all the
tenants helped pay to hook up to the town sewer system--shortly before I
sold the office.  That was 1986.
    Now the worst that happens is that for some reason when it's raining
really hard, the toilet erupts like Mt. Vesuvius--but it's clean water,
not sewage.

Steve
John & Ninetta - 17 Nov 2007 21:42 GMT
In my area, the water is very hard, so most dental offices install a water
softener.  There is a solenoid switch that turns off all the water to my
unit.  This is so that if a pipe bursts, only the water in the line would
leak out since there is no more pressure.  However, since the softener must
regenerate when water use is very low, it runs at night, so the softener is
not on the solenoid switch.  Go figure.

Anyways, I lost 5 computers since the towers were on the floor.  My server,
thankfully, was OK since it sits on my desk.  The humidity did not reach
very high since the flood was detected only a few hours after it started,
but enough time to demo my unit and the adjacents.  Two dental chairs were
also damaged as their circuit boards were submersed.  Had to change the
boards and any foot pedals as well.

I fortunately have Marmoleum flooring with very little carpet.  The flood
happened on a sunday morning, so was able to dry out the carpet and clean up
so I could work the next day.  Only lost a halfday of one hygiene room as
the chair was repaired the next morning.  Restoration crew is working mostly
at night, changing dryway, etc.

A big headache, but for the most part, going smoothly.  Its amazing how many
patients don't even notice that the baseboards are gone.

John
>> I had a flood in my office a few weeks ago......anyone out there have a
>> similar experience?
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>
> Steve
Steven Bornfeld - 17 Nov 2007 23:25 GMT
> In my area, the water is very hard, so most dental offices install a water
> softener.  There is a solenoid switch that turns off all the water to my
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>
> John

    Ouch.  I don't even know if my insurance covers floods.  Does yours?

Steve
John & Ninetta - 18 Nov 2007 13:25 GMT
>> In my area, the water is very hard, so most dental offices install a
>> water softener.  There is a solenoid switch that turns off all the water
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>
> Steve

Yes, it does.  I'm not sure if a flood caused by the river overflowing would
be covered, but due to plumbing issues, it is covered.

John
Newbie@bix.nex - 18 Nov 2007 21:29 GMT
>I had a flood in my office a few weeks ago......anyone out there have a
>similar experience?
>
>John

Yeah.

So what is your question ?
 
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