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Surprise, surprise!

April 20, 2009

I hate surprises like the pinhole leak in the cold water line that ran through my basement ceiling. The thrill of finding soaked furniture and carpet with a section of ceiling sagging, dripping, and the walls saturated with water. This week it was the refrigerator that blew a circuit; woke up to the smell of smoke and a non-working refrigerator. Surprises are just that; at least you were not up dreading the inevitable you knew was coming.

You know how it is when you have been driving your car for a few years and the new is worn off but so far there have been no major problems. You know what happens just weeks after the warranty is expired. It starts with a little squeal noise you cannot remember hearing before then it becomes apparent one of the brakes have started to fail. You know you have to get it fixed. You know right now is the time to fix it but payday is next week and if you can just get by a few more days it will be easier to take. Now a brake job may only cost $100 to $200 to replace the pads and turn the rotors. However, if you wait and that happens to be the day you sit in stop and go traffic for a 3 hour commute that usually takes an hour and every time you touch the brakes it sounds like fingernails on a chalk board, well, $100 to $200 becomes $300 to $600 dollars because you now have to replace rotors.

You knew it was coming but you took the risk and now it costs more. As we see it, today may have been the end to the drought; a nice steady rain bringing 1 to 2 inches. I know you’re saying the basement hasn’t leaked since that big storm last fall and you just need to get through this spring. And maybe you could have gotten by another year but instead you are renting the wet/dry vac, big fans, and a dehumidifier again as you watch the mold turning darker as it creeps up the dry wall again.

We do estimates all the time for people who are currently experiencing a leak (they seldom call if they think they might have a leak next year) and for whatever reason they don’t have them fixed. We know it isn’t because they do not like the idea of a clean healthy dry basement. We know that there may seem to always be a more convenient time to do it and we all hope there is some way to avoid it but, like a squealing brake, it won’t get better on its own.

We let our customers know the price we quote now is the final price; it will not go up or down usually. However, the cost of cleanup from a new flood is what we are trying to save them so pay now, save later or wait… pay for the cleanup again and then pay us anyway. Either way the water intrusion issue will not go away and in the meantime you could sleep soundly listening to the rain on the roof instead of wide awake listening for the sound of running water in the basement.

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