man117

re: Worst loss I have ever had in a FFL

Posted by man117 on 12/31/24 at 10:33 am to Tigeralltheway

Indy D and Keenan Allen almost got me in the championship match, luckily Jaden, Malik, and Gibbs blew up for me.

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re: How much faith do yall have in Keenan Allen tonight

Posted by man117 on 12/27/24 at 11:09 am to St Augustine

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He and Charb about to lose me a damn title

I'm in the same boat. Hopefully Jetts and Daniels go crazy again this weekend.

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re: Patrick Queen and Breiden Fehoko going back and forth about Ed O

Posted by man117 on 11/22/24 at 12:21 pm to reauxl tigers

LMAO at David Shaw catching a stray bullet in that convo :lol:

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re: Raptors going with the 90s court design

Posted by man117 on 11/21/24 at 9:04 pm to S

Nice touch switching the jersey to number 15.

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re: Dodge Hellcat vs Cop explorer

Posted by man117 on 12/29/23 at 9:38 pm to TigersnJeeps

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Per at least one EV supporter/owner here, LEO officers often have cars stopped by the manufacturer (eg On-Star).

I have yet to see that despite watching far too many cop shows and YT car chases..

I saw a show where they did that to a Camaro. The officers waited until the car was damaged a bit (I think they spiked the tires) and the chase slowed down and they had ON-STAR disable the car and lock the suspect in :lol:

re: Mold remediation advice?

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 12:34 pm to baldona

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I'm not sure what health problems your wife has, I'm not trying to minimize anything at all. I just can't tell you the amount of times I've heard someone see one small bit of mildew and freak because they have mild asthma or something related and expect for $20,000 in repairs to be done for something that only requires a housekeeper to wipe it with bleach.

After tearing apart more stuff and explaining the findings to her she's coming around to me handling this myself primarily. I think we caught it early enough, water didn't really get under the cabinets so that's a good thing.

re: Mold remediation advice?

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 12:30 pm to wickowick

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All of this, there is mold everywhere in South Louisiana. The general rule of thumb is if there is less than 10sf of mold the average homeowner can handle it. Cut off the moisture supply and dry it and the mold goes dormant, then seal/encapsulate. Some things can be cleaned, others can't like paper and fabric.

It's much less than 10 sqft. Under a few boards and a small corner of a cabinet that I plan to cut out later today.

re: Mold remediation advice?

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 12:28 pm to Will Cover

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If you use someone, just make sure they find the source. And allow the area to dry properly. Use a moisture meter to check the readings. And a product like mold control is a must.

I'm positive it was the dishwasher. Mold control is what I applied this morning.

re: Leak caused floor damage

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 11:47 am to Dusty Bottoms

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man, you are likely going to have moisture/mold underneath your cabinets as well. If so, the lowers will almost certainly need to be pulled. You need a professional, unless you want to spend your next couple of months dealing with the repairs on your own and in hopes you can fully remediate the mold. And as others have said, your loss may not be covered. Many insurers are declining coverage under the sudden and accidental clause more and more often lately, especially the carrier I'm guessing you have based on the $5k mold limit.

I pulled more apart and was able to assess the cabinets. It doesn't look like water went under the cabinets. A little bit of mold at the corner of one of the cabinets is all there was. I don't think it's been leaking for a long time. I'm going to pull some more flooring to be sure, cut out that corner, clean and then test for mold using the test Stout mentioned.

re: Leak caused floor damage

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 11:37 am to mtcheral

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If you file a claim it will follow you for five years after and if you move and look for new insurance it will be higher. This happened to me after I had a major water leak in bathroom and had to have a Servpro type company come in with dryers for a full week to save my wood floors. Insurance quotes on new house were $1500 /yr higher once they pulled up the claim.

At this point, it's looking like I won't file a claim. Paying a 1k deductible with the risk of being capped at 5k or being outright denied isn't worth it.

re: Leak caused floor damage

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 11:35 am to MyRockstarComplex

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What brand is your dishwasher? The source of the leak can be about a million things, and every time you think you fixed it and start the repairs elsewhere, the leak will come back.

Unless you have a Bosh, it may just be worth replacing.

Whirlpool and will most likely just replace it due to age (7 years old).

re: Leak caused floor damage

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 9:50 am to stout

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There are plenty of local licensed remediation companies that are way more reputable.

This is what I'm trying to find. I think enough people have chimed in on servepro to make me avoid them, just trying to find someone else who know what they're doing and is fair.

I just looked at my policy and it's a 1k deductible but the most they'll pay for (fungi and wet rot) is 5k :banghead:

Stout, do you know of any mold kits that give instant results with regard to if it's toxic or harmless mold? The one I saw on Home Depot's site says you have to mail samples off and wait for them to analyze it.

re: Leak caused floor damage

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 9:13 am to stout

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Most mold is not toxic

Get a home test kit from Home Depot and if it is not toxic you can handle that shite yourself with some antomicrobial. Save your deductable.

Stout has arrived :cheers: This is what I wanted to here. I'm going to check o that right now. Thanks.

re: Leak caused floor damage

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 8:53 am to Major Dutch Schaefer

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Looks like name does not check out.

:lol: That's what the auto-generator gave me when I signed up.

re: Mold remediation advice?

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 8:50 am to Will Cover

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Pull the engineered wood floors a little past where the water stops. Dry the floor. Spray with mold control.

You could lightly sand the bottom of the engineered wood floors, and then spray with mold control. Allow to dry.

Make sure you have truly identified the source of the leak before reinstalling.

Thanks for the responses here guys. I moved the thread to the OT to get more views but I have to bring in professionals due to some health issues my wife has been having. I'm just going to replace whatever boards are damaged. I have spares and new stock is still readily available thankfully.

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re: Leak caused floor damage

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 8:39 am to Datfish

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Does your insurance policy cover a plumbing leak? If you don't know, I'd call your insurance company first and see if they would cover the repair for you.

Going to call this morning and find out.

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You're going to end up paying multiple times the cost of the repair thru premium increases. Will likely barely, if even, meet your deductible. Not even sure if it is something that insurance will cover. Fix it yourself and be done. I don't envy you with the wife control.

That's what I'm thinking. I had really cheap insurance due to the house being new. It stayed flat the first 6 years but just went up nearly 50% recently. Those actuary tables are really good predictors I guess :lol:. I'll likely just ask insurance if I can retroactively claim if the cost to repair balloons and just handle it out of pocket otherwise. I'm not going to go more into the details but I live with her and know what she's been dealing with so I have to get mold testing, etc...This isn't just a grow a set of balls and man up deal, I repair my own cars, fix dryers, washers, tvs, etc... I have to bring in professionals due to the health concerns.

re: Leak caused floor damage

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 8:25 am to Boudreaux35

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Sounds like you have assessed damage. Maybe go a little deeper but why do you need to pay someone to do that? Are you thinking you will push this off to an insurance claim?

I don't know how much this stuff typically cost (first home) but my original thought was replace a few boards and be done with (paying out of pocket isn't a problem). But that's not going to fly with my wife's health concerns so I have to do as much due diligence as possible if I want to stay married man. So at this point I was thinking run it through insurance.

re: Leak caused floor damage

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 8:18 am to ROUSTER

House is on slab so no subfloor concerns fortunately.

re: Leak caused floor damage

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 8:15 am to triggeredmillennial

Nothing is actively leaking at the moment. I'm 99% sure it's the dishwasher just not sure what caused it yet. I did see the front door seal was misaligned but the leak appeared to be primarily under the washer not in front. Repair or replace, I don't intend to use the dishwasher anymore.

I have a couple boxes of boards from when I built the house and the boards are still in production so I'm good there. I have a dehumidifier running but some more of the floor will need to come up.

The main concern is the wife...she's been having some health issues for years so I need to have some professionals come in do the whole damp testing/mold testing to assuage her fears. I'm not going to be able to get by with replacing a few boards. She's already talking about replacing cabinets...
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Leak caused floor damage

Posted by man117 on 12/14/23 at 7:51 am

Hi guys, I posted this on the home and garden board but hopped over for more traffic. I need some advice. House is 7 years old. I have engineered wood floors in my kitchen (yeah I knew the risk when I built) and I think the dishwasher has been leaking slowly. Noticed some water coming from some board joints and pulled some boards up. There was mold under the boards. Any recommendations of a company or contractor in the Thibodaux/Houma to have come inspect and assess the damage? Thought I ask you guys before I just go ahead and call servepro.