The Carmichael Flood

On Monday, our bathroom was completely flooded. I wasn't quite sure how it happened as the toilet wasn't visibly clogged, but it filled the bathroom and then seeped out into the hallway and through the wall to our closet. The bathroom door had been shut because the air-conditioners were on and because the babies have a fascination with toilets (as all kids do!). We didn't realize it until Eva was walking down the hallway and her feet got all wet!

Here are some pictures that Chad took while down in the crawl-space before we pulled up any flooring. This is how we knew we had to do something.

Our closet after pulling up the carpet and throwing out the padding.

Our doorway into the hallway.

The hallway (taken from both ends).

The bathroom.

Under where the toilet had been. Come to find out, the valve must have been slowly leaking for a while before it finally gave way. Chad had turned off the valve to take out the toilet (which we thought had been the problem) and even after it was off, water was leaking out of it. We had to turn the water off to the whole house to get it to stop. Chad replaced the valve so we could have water again.