Today, we woke up to two inches of water in our finished basement,...

By Anonymous - 06/10/2018 15:30

Today, we woke up to two inches of water in our finished basement, which my wife and I use it as our bedroom. The plumber found roots in our sewer line. The kicker: we just bought the house four days ago. FML

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By BFons - 15/12/2014 02:07 - United States - Newark

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By st3phani3b - 26/11/2018 09:30 - United States - Fort Wayne

Today, I'm stuck at home waiting on a plumber to come fix the flooding in my basement. The flooding happens when any sink, shower, or toilet in the house is used. Today is also the day that I started my period. Without water. FML

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By jennybrev - 13/07/2009 21:27 - United States

Today, I awoke to find a water pipe burst. I frantically ran down to the basement to turn off the water to the house. What I didn't expect when I reached the bottom of the stairs was to have to start dodging the falling, wet ceiling tiles. FML

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By KieRendan - 25/05/2012 19:59 - United States - Rio Rancho

Today, due to an unforeseen pipe-related incident, I had to shave my legs in my backyard fish pond, while a plumber assessed the damage to my war-zone of a bathroom. FML

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By unicornlovet - 14/08/2019 18:00

Today, I was cleaning, anticipating my hypercritical in-laws coming to see our new house. Literally 10 minutes before they arrived, sewage backed up the basement drain. My father-in-law spent the entire visit commenting on the smell, and how he couldn’t use the washroom. FML

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By behold the Underminer - 14/08/2018 13:00

Today, the water company found that a water main has been leaking steadily possibly for decades and has turned the land my house is built on into an underground bog. Cracks have been appearing in my walls for a while, apparently because my house is slowly sinking into it. FML

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Saturday 6 October 2018 16:23

I would talk to lawyer who brokered deal I am pretty sure by law you can make seller pay for repair. they had to know about problem prior to sale.

bobsanction 18

Saturday 6 October 2018 17:59

Should have got a home inspection.

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littlekellilee 45

Sunday 7 October 2018 12:17

You bought the house 4 days ago and already live there? Was it a Rent To Own thing?

logicalliv 9

Tuesday 9 October 2018 21:36

That's pretty common - we moved in the day we signed the papers on the new house, which was hours after we signed the papers on the old house.

1gullible_bugger 34

Sunday 7 October 2018 20:28

I feel your pain! I bought a house a few years ago, and within 6 months my sewer started backing up into the basement too. this happened a couple of more times before I finally had the money to get it fixed, costing me over $5,000. the town had to come in and put new sewer line between the house in the street. come find out, the previous owners knew exactly what was going on, no one ever bothered to fix it!