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I was up damned late last night. I heard a strange sound from the area of the toilet (which is in a little cubicle of its own, separate from the bathroom).
The toilet had clogged and overflowed. The overflow had reached the level of the threshold, and was pouring into the entrance foyer (if you want to call it that; the room you enter when you walk in the door).
I spent considerable time - how much, I don't know - soaking up dirty water with bath towels, wringing them into the mop bucket, and repeating the process. What really worries me is, I live in an apartment in a house, and I don't want any damage to be done here. Granted, I don't want to pay for any damage, but apart from that, I don't want my landlady to be upset or to feel that I've let her down. The toilet flooded because I had flushed some cat litter down it. Well, I tried to; it just didn't work.
I use plant-based litter, so it flushes easily if a) you have better water pressure than this house does, and b) if you have a better and newer toilet than I do.
She told me some months back not to flush the litter down, but I had been doing it anyway. Very carefully, but it only takes one time like this to make you realize how stupid you've been.
The room that absorbed some of the flood has carpet, which I was able to lift up so that I could put a small piece of furniture underneath. This serves two purposes - it allows air to reach the underside of the carpet and the floor, and it shows me how the floor is looking.
The floor seems to be okay. It's parquet flooring - I wish it had been cement instead, of course - but I don't see any signs that there has been any damage. The surface of the floor is mostly dry by now, but the carpet is still wet in many places. I'm planning to leave it as it is for at least two days, then vacuum all around and under it before putting it back down.
Can someone reassure me that this is NOT a colossal disaster? I'd far prefer it if the owners never find out what happened. I plunged the toilet, so it's no longer clogged, and the towels are now having a nice, hot, soapy bath in the washing machine, and I'm still worried that some damage has been done, and/or that they're going to find out what I did.
The toilet had clogged and overflowed. The overflow had reached the level of the threshold, and was pouring into the entrance foyer (if you want to call it that; the room you enter when you walk in the door).
I spent considerable time - how much, I don't know - soaking up dirty water with bath towels, wringing them into the mop bucket, and repeating the process. What really worries me is, I live in an apartment in a house, and I don't want any damage to be done here. Granted, I don't want to pay for any damage, but apart from that, I don't want my landlady to be upset or to feel that I've let her down. The toilet flooded because I had flushed some cat litter down it. Well, I tried to; it just didn't work.
I use plant-based litter, so it flushes easily if a) you have better water pressure than this house does, and b) if you have a better and newer toilet than I do.
She told me some months back not to flush the litter down, but I had been doing it anyway. Very carefully, but it only takes one time like this to make you realize how stupid you've been.
The room that absorbed some of the flood has carpet, which I was able to lift up so that I could put a small piece of furniture underneath. This serves two purposes - it allows air to reach the underside of the carpet and the floor, and it shows me how the floor is looking.
The floor seems to be okay. It's parquet flooring - I wish it had been cement instead, of course - but I don't see any signs that there has been any damage. The surface of the floor is mostly dry by now, but the carpet is still wet in many places. I'm planning to leave it as it is for at least two days, then vacuum all around and under it before putting it back down.
Can someone reassure me that this is NOT a colossal disaster? I'd far prefer it if the owners never find out what happened. I plunged the toilet, so it's no longer clogged, and the towels are now having a nice, hot, soapy bath in the washing machine, and I'm still worried that some damage has been done, and/or that they're going to find out what I did.
) I think it was 26$ USD for 24 hours here in California.
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