New Homeowners Learn Lesson

It rained really hard last night. REALLY HARD.

I came home, went upstairs to take off my wet clothes and saw the rain coming into the bedroom. Oh, so sad, the top window fell a bit and the window was open.

At least that was part of the problem.

Also, there is no storm window on that window. So the water came in, hit the top of the air conditioner, rolled down the side of the A/C, and into the bedroom.

From there, most of it ran down the wall, through the floor, into the dining room, and all over the floor there. Except the water that ran into the floor upstairs and came out the ceiling in the dining room.

From the dining room, most of it pooled on the floor, except the water that made it through that floor into the basement.

Oh, but that isn't all.

In the computer room the same thing sort of happened. Because there was no storm window the water pooled in the window between the inside window and where the screen should be (but isn't because that window doesn't have a screen or a storm.)

From there, a little water got on to the floor of the room. Most of it made its way into the kitchen. There is a small gap between the wall and the floor in the room and I could see the water running down the back of the wall. It came down through the window in the kitchen and on to the floor.

So, now, we are worried about mold. We are worried about the rain expected tonight. We are worried about the damage (though not much) done to the ceiling of the dining room.

We are getting new windows. They went from being a low priority, to something we were going to do this fall, to something we are going to do NOW. Many of the windows don't have screens or storms or both. Some don't open. They are all VERY OLD with lead paint.

Anyone know a good and fair window replacement company in the Minneapolis area?