And thank god it happened while Rick was here and not in Oregon.
I went downstairs this morning to throw the second load of laundry in the washer. The basement was soaked. I hollered for Rick and he came down. Started moving stuff around, got the wet-dry vac out and started vacuuming up water. What a mess. I sprayed with Tilex Mold and Mildew Remover and things are drying nicely. The good thing is the basement is getting a cleaning. The bad thing is we need a new washer.
The tub of the washer has rusted through. It's old; I had just posted about it a week or so ago. Should have kept quiet, I guess! The first load of laundry that I did only got through the wash cycle; I brought it all up into the kitchen, rinsed everything out as best I could in the kitchen sink (thank goodness, we have one huge sink), wrung things as best I could and threw it all in the dryer.
Guess we'll be looking for a new washer after all.
Crap.
ETA: So ladies and gentlemen, what brand of washer do you have? And do you like it? I'm looking at Speed Queen.
I went downstairs this morning to throw the second load of laundry in the washer. The basement was soaked. I hollered for Rick and he came down. Started moving stuff around, got the wet-dry vac out and started vacuuming up water. What a mess. I sprayed with Tilex Mold and Mildew Remover and things are drying nicely. The good thing is the basement is getting a cleaning. The bad thing is we need a new washer.
The tub of the washer has rusted through. It's old; I had just posted about it a week or so ago. Should have kept quiet, I guess! The first load of laundry that I did only got through the wash cycle; I brought it all up into the kitchen, rinsed everything out as best I could in the kitchen sink (thank goodness, we have one huge sink), wrung things as best I could and threw it all in the dryer.
Guess we'll be looking for a new washer after all.
Crap.
ETA: So ladies and gentlemen, what brand of washer do you have? And do you like it? I'm looking at Speed Queen.
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