A geyser in the basement...

After getting home very late the other night, 

I went downstairs and noticed the carpet near the bathroom seemed damp.

I called for the Mr., he felt the floor 

and immediately went to the utility room 

which was on the other side of the wall from the wet carpet. 

He reached up to move the water softener 

when suddenly 

we had a geyser spraying all over the place!

He tried several water shut off valves in the utility room 

with no luck 

so he took off running down the hall. 

I put my hands over the geyser 

to keep the water as contained as possible 

and pretty quickly he'd turned off the main water valve. 

The twigs came running with towels in hand. 

We squeegeed water that was pooled on the floor toward the floor drain, 

wiped down everything that was soaked, 

tore up carpet, 

isolated the water leak 

and wrapped it with towels, 

then set up a fan to dry things out. 

Our awesome plumber friend was able to come help

in just a few days.

Things are drying out 

and we're so grateful it wasn't worse !!!