(Our personal flood story, complete with pictures, starts at Albany Park floods-- Record-breaking rains. )
Well, we do have a drain/sewer rider to our Homeowner's insurance. It's not going to cover anywhere close to the total loss, but it's a beginning.
The insurance adjuster was here today, taking pictures, looking things over, and he said that our home was the worst one he has seen during this last round of storms. But he admitted that he didn't have any homes to look at on the 5000 block of Monticello or over on Avers.
We've got approximately 48 x 25 square feet of wet carpeting over 48 x 25 square feet of wet carpet padding. I'm scoring it into pieces approximately 4 x 4 and hauling them up the stairs one at a time. Then we can start pulling down the wallboard.
After we get the furnace and the hot water heater up and running, I hope that we can get a new washer/dryer. Mine were old and they didn't work that well. I had to bail the darned washing machine every 2-3 days. Then we can figure out what to do with the structure of the family room.
Meanwhile I'm exhausted and I smell. Just keep your distance if you see me! (Our deodorants, safe in the downstairs bathroom medicine cabinet, made it through the storm. They were above the water line. But I smell anyway. It must be hauling garbage and carpet pieces and no hot water for regular showers.)
(Next part of the Albany Park Flood Story: Chicago River overflows: Recovery- The Second Week. )
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