Never a dull day here at St Mark's!
This morning, the guy who was digging with a backhoe for the lateral sewer line of our across-the-street neighbor dropped a boulder on the water main and it broke, overwhelmed the sewers and water came up through the drains in the church furnace room and Proehl Center basement. It came up to the first step in the PC basement, throughout the basement. It has receded now, leaving mud and, um, sewage. Patricio's helper discovered it in the church, then he got Carol and they checked the other basements.
The Water Dept. came quickly and shut off all the water on the block, I called Church Insurance and by the time I am writing this (3:12) Service Master has already started work on drying and decontaminating the basements, the adjuster has come, the HVAC guy will be coming to be sure it is safe to turn on the heat/air.
I'm pretty impressed, to tell you the truth. Church Insurance will negotiate with the company that was working across the street.
I'm pretty impressed, to tell you the truth. Church Insurance will negotiate with the company that was working across the street.
Service Master may also need to cut out the skirting board and possibly part of the paneling and/or sheet rock in PC basement if they are badly eno
ugh water damaged to be replaced -- which they probably are. So it is going to be a huge job but every effort is being made to assure that there will be no residual mold/smell.
ugh water damaged to be replaced -- which they probably are. So it is going to be a huge job but every effort is being made to assure that there will be no residual mold/smell.Many of the items Kathy has collected already for rummage will have to go. Some are still dry and can be saved. I think that the altar guild stuff has been stored high enough up on shelves to be okay.
I don't imagine that any of this will be a problem for Sunday worship unless it is very hot or very cold and there is a problem with the HVAC which can't be fixed tomorrow.
