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DanielE1990 said:
Morning all. Been a rough couple of days. Had a fish tank bottom crack and lost all the water. Did a lot of damage to the floors and baseboards. Maybe some sub floor. I have insurance but can not afford the deductible so just setting out fans and hoping for the best.
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:frow Good morning Daniel, try to have the best day you can. So sorry about the leak :hugs
 
DanielE1990 said:
Morning all. Been a rough couple of days. Had a fish tank bottom crack and lost all the water. Did a lot of damage to the floors and baseboards. Maybe some sub floor. I have insurance but can not afford the deductible so just setting out fans and hoping for the best.
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How big of a tank? Carpet in the room?
 
DanielE1990 said:
15 gal and it's laminate floor. Water cause it to swell and buckle some.
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Keep the fans running on high for at least a week.

I know not everyone can but with your experience in construction you might be able to pull the baseboard and remove a few pkanks to aid drying.

We lost a seal on a 50 gallon years ago....the basement was a water fall. I pulled carpets up that were over hardwoods....yes full carpet over ancient hardwood. Fans helped a ton. We lost the ceiling in the basement but saved the hardwood and subfloor.
 
21hens-incharge said:
Keep the fans running on high for at least a week.

I know not everyone can but with your experience in construction you might be able to pull the baseboard and remove a few pkanks to aid drying.

We lost a seal on a 50 gallon years ago....the basement was a water fall. I pulled carpets up that were over hardwoods....yes full carpet over ancient hardwood. Fans helped a ton. We lost the ceiling in the basement but saved the hardwood and subfloor.
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The way that this laminate is interlocking and the way it was laid it would be hard to take up just a couple of boards and it would never really go back in correctly I would have to use a saw and just cut it out. the damage also extended into the hallway because the tank was on a wall between a bedroom and the hallway going down the center of the house. Either way eventually the floor will have to be totally replaced. For now I'm just putting a Band-Aid on it until I can afford to do so. I might be able to talk to the insurance company about just giving me a check to replace the floor and use part of that check to cover my deductible. My deductible is $1,000 and there is at least five to six thousand and damages if you're looking at just replacing that flooring. If I can end up getting a check for 4 to $5,000 that will go a long ways towards replacing it.
 
For a happier note though I have had two more chicks hatch so far. One is another of the D'Uccles and the other one is the mystery chick that I got. That makes six total and hoping to get three or four more of the MFDs
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My chicks that have been hatching. Polish and a few Serama.
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DanielE1990 said:
Morning all. Been a rough couple of days. Had a fish tank bottom crack and lost all the water. Did a lot of damage to the floors and baseboards. Maybe some sub floor. I have insurance but can not afford the deductible so just setting out fans and hoping for the best.
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Did you lose a lot of fish? We had a 100 gallon leak all over in one of our stores, but the floor was carpet over concrete.
 
CapricornFarm said:
My chicks that have been hatching. Polish and a few Serama.
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Did you lose a lot of fish? We had a 100 gallon leak all over in one of our stores, but the floor was carpet over concrete.
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Just 3 thankfully and I was able to save the plants. The betta did survive surprisingly.

Love the chicks BTW. I've never had polish. Do they already have extra head fluff?
 

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