The Great Waterbed Incident, Epilogue

The aftermath.

Well, the last we heard, the water leaks had made their way all the way down to the fourth floor. Also, the next day when we drove by outside the building we could see a large wet spot on the side of the building running down from our apartment. The apartment itself was in a shambles for close to a month. When the carpet (which had previously been brand-new and a beautiful, pristine off-white) finally dried, there were brown stains all over it. Also, it had been installed on top of parquet flooring that had been there since the building was built in the 50’s or 60’s. The water damage caused the wood parquet to buckle up so that there were humongous bulges in the floor, raising the carpet up. And we could do nothing about it because we were waiting for our renters’ insurance company to decide whether the damage was covered or not. Finally about a MONTH later they finally told me that nothing was covered. Fine. At least now I could hire the carpet cleaners myself. I was shocked that every stain came up and the carpet was pristine off-white again. Also, I was lucky that within a month or so after that the buckled parquet flooring underneath the carpet had gradually fallen back down into shape. Within 3 months you couldn’t tell that anything horrible had ever happened there. Except for the fact that my bed frame was still on the floor with just a blow-up air mattress in it.