HT Flooded

[Bryce_H]

So I go away on a business trip and of course we get an early freeze here in Colorado. Sprinkler manafold freezes and bursts - basement gets flooded with 1/2inch of water.

Fortunately most of the basement is unfinished - except for the dedicated HT!!

Saving grace?? - wood subfloor over the concrete and a riser that is free floating (i.e. not attached to the walls or floor)

Professionals come in, are pleasently suprised at the construction, suck up free standing water, bomb the place against mildew (which isn't an really an issue anyway since they showed up within 2 hours of the burst manifold), set up the dryers, and problem is fixed.

Below are some pictures of the drying process.

(You can see the new Epson 550 on the ceiling )

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

That had to be a sinking feeling. Glad there wasn't more damage done. Those are some heavy duty fans - should keep the mildew smell from blossoming down the road.

 

[agarwalro]

Glad to hear that the damage was minimal to none. Looks like you got a kicking HT. have you posted pics in the HT section?

 

[Bryce_H]

I posted some a while ago - I should probably update them.

Thanks

 

[majorloser]

If I came home and found that I'd just cry

Glad to hear everything seems to have worked out for you. This should be a warning for everybody out there building their home theater in a basement.

BUILD A SUB-FLOOR AND INSTALL A GOOD SUMP PUMP

Probably wouldn't hurt to install a flood alarm in the basement, too.

 

[gmichael]

I went through this a couple years ago. The only saving grace was that it gave me a good reason to upgrade.