(More) Water damage in Elementary

sfegley  posted on: 09/21/09 01:34 PM

Monday morning saw a flood in Darlene Poormon's room, the result of a break in the hot-water heating system line. Apparently the custodian on weekend check drained the boiler to skim it and drained it too low. When he brought the boiler back up, a pressure surge occurred which knocked a guage off line in the boiler room. The resultant leakage of water made the system so low that no water circulated all night. That allowed a freeze to occur in the only room without an insulated fresh air opening (this at the teacher's request). When Terry fixed the gauge in the basement and turned the water back on, the flooding occurred in the other end of the building. Big mess - will require new carpet and drywall in Darlene's room and maybe more. Insurance company has been notified - we have a $1000 deductible for property damage such as this. All overtime and regular custodial pay devoted to fixing the mess will go against the claim. Not the way we wanted to end 1999.