Insurance companies are the kings of excuses and lecturing people about being responsible and not building homes where they know their infrastructure is going to be garbage. “Dude, the neighborhood only dates back 20 years. The contractors that put it in were frick’n cited for poor materials.”
This is the state of main stream media today, the say "trump vows to end taxes on tips which will cost the country billions over ten years" but when kamala says the same thing it reads "harris vows to end taxes on tips saving middle class Americans millions a year" its really scary how they are the ones who elect president's not the people because the media controls the minds
Unless they're found negligible in civil court. And I'm sure whoever could afford that house can afford a good lawyer Edit: this reply was to someone who deleted his comment saying the company wouldn't be responsible
The shingles peeling back is tragic, I'm sure water got inside. Either the locate company or the contractor are about to end up paying out a lot of money
They will probably try to find some way to claim immunity for carrying out a government job. Or they will dissolve, on paper, never to be seen from again.
I hope somebody pays back the family (who is no doubt going to end up paying up front if they want anything fixed before the end of the legal battle for who is responsible to cover costs)
@@valhallamcgaughey3720at this point the legal battle won’t take long, sh*t made it to the local news for everyone to see and hear about. A solid judge will not stand for a drawn out procedure.
A pipe broke underground in NYC and flooded my dad’s car. He had 2 payments left it was a $15,000 car. The city took over a year to pay him and only gave him $3000. I hope these people get paid.
If your father only had two payments left, the car was no longer worth $15,000. Once you drive the car out of the lot, it’s not worth what you paid for. So basically he was given the market value of the car. Lastly, your father should have sued
@@elsands9774 So. It was worth more than the payment. Maybe they should have paid for taxi fares for the whole period plus replace the vehicle for a vehicle one year younger than the vehicle because of the delay. Plus inconvenience. Taxis cost a lot of money. Plus time waiting for said taxis time is money.
@@elsands9774 Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. HEY THERE 🤗 JESUS IS CALLING YOU TODAY. Turn away from your sins, confess, forsake them and live the victorious life. God bless. Revelation 22:12-14 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Your basement flooded and the house was a total loss? I live in Maine, our basements flood all the time and we usually just pump the water out and run a few dehumidifiers. How high did the water get and for how long? Did you guys own the house when this happened? I am sorry you had to move.
The contractors or whoever was doing work better have insurance cause that's what it's for. I would imagine if the contractor didn't then the home owners insurance would kick in and they'd probably sue the contractor
So it wasn't the water company that was digging. The gas company didn't have any workers there working that day so that leaves the cable company that is being questioned… from what I have read so far
Not necessarily. There's tar paper underneath that acts as a water barrier. These contractors will, however, owe this homeowner a new roof and for whatever other damages occurred.
Maybe not. Here in NYC, they broke a pipe in the middle of the street during roadwork and guess who had to pay for it? Yes, that’s right. We were informed that the pipe (apparently) belonged to us so we were responsible for fixing it
I doubt the words “we regret” will be part of the sentence. More like “We hereby inform you” or “pursuant to NJ statute ##, we are required to” notify you that we accept no responsibility
In case anyone is wondering how much pressure that water is under, that pipe makes sure your water pressure is the same no matter where you are in the city, and only 2 people lost water because of this pressure loss. It was likely the homeowner and the neighbor across the street.
They talking bout they are gonna get some good money from either a lawsuit or insurance. But man that is still a big ass house already 😂 i live in a shed compared to this @miahhodge5130
In Albuquerque, there was a water main break the other day that crushed in a garage (typical flat roof Puebloan style) which killed a service dog named Ivy whom the first responders failed to locate for two weeks. This created a local debacle as first responders value human and non-human animal lives equally, so it was like leaving a dead human under residential rubble for two weeks.
That is truly horrible. It is also the way my downstairs neighbor and her Flock of old Hens react when I water my two succulent every two to three months.
The contractor’s blue & red ad planted in the lawn directly next to the geyser is kind of next-level humor in the face of what is honestly a tragic situation for that family however you look at it.
@@judas_cobaneI don’t think so because it said “heating cooling plumbing” if they did more then hvac and were working on plumbing issues it could have been them
That was my thought, why can’t they redirect the water. Maybe the pressure is too high to be able to do anything like that? I mean, if they put their work truck in front of it, it would probably move the work truck. 😂
The water pressure is too great, it would move the whole machine and even if it didn't the redirected water could cause other issues like tearing up the lawn and driveway. Just down from me a guy got killed because the county plans showed an 8" water main 15 ft from where they were working and it was actually 3 foot, the dirt around the mains is part of what keeps them from blowing apart and that wasn't enough dirt. It blew out and the water pressure tossed the guy in the hole into the shoring and killed him instantly. Even though the guy driving the backhoe did everything he could, of course it was too late, he was also cleared of any charges and didn't break any OSHA regulations. He quit that day and never went back to it. Last I knew he was working in a warehouse.
“They said the Water pressure should be ok for residents “ = “the insurance company will dispute your claim and say it was not a valid reason for coverage “
That’s not what they meant. They were talking about the water pressure in other houses, the whole in the ground that was leaking was not affecting that, they were informing the residents in the area. Thats what they meant, but you are still absolutely right! I don’t think insurance would cover this, they will most likely try to pass it off as an act of God or some other BS even though this was clearly negligence on the contractors part.
@PavltheRobot Talking about a single house not multiple homes, It's like a house catching fire but instead the water is taking it out and made people evacuate lol.
@user-lw1pm8qi1h Not in this fashion, it's the only house on the block being destroyed by water. Totally different scenario than your average flood or weather damage lol.
I busted a water main with a backhoe once, and it was hitting a house just like that. I deflected the water with the backhoe bucket until it was shut off.
I feel sorry for the home owners. They most likely lost everything in the house. That means that any pictures or books about their families in there would be ruined. The furniture and everything else can be replaced. Memories and documentation of the past cannot be recreated. I do genealogy research so I would be devastated if all my research was destroyed.
ABSOLUTELY TRUTH! I've lost EVERYTHING! But what HURTS the MOST IS ALLL 6 OF MY KIDS PICS! EVERY PIC OF THEM from the time they were babies, all through out growing up. And all their school pics and projects they did and brought home that I had saved, all their baby teeth, baby books, family pics, ALL MEMORIES, EVERYTHING GONE!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 ALL else can be replaced, BUT ALLL THOSE MEMORIES...NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN REPLACE THOSE, NOTHING! ONE OF THE WORST FEELINGS EVER!😭🤧💔
May be kinda cheesy, but when my oldest daughter was about 8 or 9 yrs old, the tooth🧚♀️wrote her a letter. In that letter the tooth 🧚♀️ had told my daughter that this would be her last visit collecting her teeth. And went on to say how she loved watching her grow up, and collect her beautiful baby teeth, and that she was going to miss and cherish those memories forever! Of course, tooth🧚♀️ let her know that she would still come check on her since she's assigned to still collect her younger sister's teeth.Tooth🧚♀️also told her that mommy and daddy has (had🥺😭) a surprise for her when she gets a little older and to be sure to remind them about that. Of course when my daughter first got up and read the letter, she was so excited that the tooth🧚♀️wrote her, and kept impatiently asking what the surprise was.😂 She was so excited, that she had taken the letter to school to show her teacher. (That teacher just looved my daughter. I guess she had been one of her favorite students.) My daughter comes back home asking me if her teacher can laminate her letter for her. Apparently, her teacher was so enthralled, noble-minded by the🧚♀️letter that she had past it around showing all the other teachers. She thought it was the sweetest thing ever and wanted to laminate for her. I had no idea my daughter even took it to school with her. But then she showed her teacher who showed all the teachers😳 I had wrote that letter really late at night while I was up breastfeeding my youngest. I couldn't believe everyone was reading my daughter's letter from the tooth🧚♀️I was so embarrassed.🤣😂 BUT I was soo GRATEFUL and THANKFUL FOR HER TEACHER LAMINATING THAT.....WHAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A BEAUTIFUL KEEP SAKE! A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY...A MEMORY THAT IS NOW GONE FOREVER AND WILL NEVER GET THAT BACK!!!THAT'S THE KINDA THINGS THAT HURT THE MOST!!!😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔
Many years ago, a 6 foot pipe broke in Vancouver BC Canada, UNDER a house. The water came straight up and THROUGH the house. It broke the foundation and was coming straight up through the house and up out of the roof. Happened in the 80's. I'll never forget seeing it.
You’re telling me that that contractor doesn’t have one piece of heavy equipment that you could park on top of that to stop the water from damaging the house?
@@rubenguzman6243 you’re right I actually remember seeing a video where someone tried to put a truck on one and it blew it sideways. The initial pressure is insanely high.
@@nnelg8139 perhaps, but I'd both not risk driving a car into that from a safety standpoint and would doubt the efficacy of the strategy in the first place. Whatever was in front of that would be torn like paper imo
People that think this homeowner is just gonna get some big check are delusional. This is a nightmare for this homeowner and they’ll be LUCKY to be made even after this. Dealing with a town/city and their contractors is a nightmare and often thrusted on the homeowner who’s already the victim. This is New Jersey after all…very corrupt state.
Yup and it’s not just the state either, I live in Canada and it’s the same here. The city will damage your property and then find some excuse not to pay it or only reimburse you for 1/10th the cost hoping you’d accept. Same goes when they do snow removal and damage peoples cars and driveways in the winter. Even with video evidence they still deny that they did it.
A. A backhoe or any other vehicle, as I've seen in other comments, ain't going to do a darn thing to stop the water. B. Even if it would help, by the time you do that, it's already too late C. You are putting the operator at risk. Either they have an enclosed can, but it's far from waterproof, or they would get knocked over pulling up or getting out. D. You would just be adding to the damage. Now you also have to replace an expensive piece of equipment, or parts will be knocked off and carried by the water and get embedded in the house.
Why wouldn't they place an excavator or something similarly heavy in front of it to deflect the water up into the sky and away from that building?? This world has gone stupid.
Im sure you’d be sh!tting bricks in this situation too. You can think of that now because ur watching in from the comfort of your phone. You don’t know what happen when that pipe burst, I’m sure a machine or tip over at that pressure and how do you know the owner of the machine was even there? You are allowed to use it for work . Unless they got told to do that, you don’t just go do that in a company’s 50k plus machine
@@elizabethbottroff1218 I think blocks and plywood would just be absolutely destroyed from that pressure. I was thinking the same thing as the op, sacrifice a car to save the home. It'd be so much cheaper. I can just imagine all the appliances, electronics, MEMORIES on PCs or USBs, and the entirety of the building materials/framework needing to be fixed... I'd rather lose a $15k car payment than a $300k home. Buy with our twisted laws I think they'd try and finagle that as a loophole, won't pay for the car or home because you intervened instead of letting it continue, as if you take responsibility for everything by that one action. I should actually dig into finding an answer for that, cause now I'm curious, lmao!
Yes because that would TOTALLY stop the leak geyser of water shooting out at a psi greater than the weight of your truck or a backhoe 🙄 y'all are pretty dumb
I think they were too busy trying to stop the flow. Could have maybe blocked it with the excavator, but that sounds like a good way to make this situation worse . They're already gonna have to buy the dang house. No need to damage the sidewalk driving up on it, or get somebody injured trying to deflect.
@@MDuarte-vp7bm it's not your fault you can only think of one solution to redirect the water which include destroying a sidewalk.bless you...also I'm pretty sure a sidewalk is less valuable than someone's home so actually destroying a sidewalk to protect someones home is a good trade, otherwise they lose their home and sleep on the sidewalk
Parking a dozer, dump truck, or even just the excavator bucket in the way of the flow would surely mitigate the damage to the house. Yes, it might cause damage to that vehicle, but they’re heavy steel - they’d be less damaged than the house, and they’re easier to repair or replace. And, yes, the street and sidewalk and possibly yards might be a bit messed up, but those are easier and less costly to fix than the house. Of course, they could just … i don’t know … shut down the water for a bit to fix the main … but let’s just let it destroy a house first while we wring our hands and say “there’s nothing we can do.”
@@jasonescottcommon sense, even if I was a worker for the company I’d risk my job by sacrificing a truck or piece of equipment. End of the day, Much less hassle for the owners insurance on a piece of machinery or vehicle vs THAT ENTIRE FLOOD DAMAGED HOME
@@b-41subject57 I know! Kinda my point. Then after lawyer fees, court costs, hoping it gets restitution. WHILE you're having to renovate your house. Hopefully there is something covered under the township, or city equivalent of "insurance" in case mains cause damage from maintenance. Anyway. Horrible
Dear Homeowner, If you happen to come across this message, I want you to know that you’re in my thoughts and prayers. I sincerely hope you and anyone else that may have been affected find a comfortable place to rest your head during this challenging time. 😥 And as for that contractor-let’s just say I’m also hoping they have excellent insurance for the legal showdown that’s on the horizon! 🫣 Wishing you strength and resolution as you navigate this situation. 🙏
I Hope they Sue the company rather than just accepting Compensation. One who knows how hard to buy a House in this economy knows it's values and the reparations and hassle the family need to get through to go back to it's normal state. If it's my house that I've bought with my hard earned money or settlement funds, I would be Devastated.
No SUE company. The main is in right of way. It should have been cleared by notifying NJ One Call, and the water company itself does the locates there...
I feel so bad for the owners. They will have to talk to 3 different companies and about 20 people to get the right one to pay for the damages. The contractor will blame the city and the city will say it's the contractor. Finally, someone's insurance will say they'll take care of it just to not take care of all of it.
Was in construction for over 30 years. Forget at this point the contractor was *_Digging_* and broke the main. What makes them more ignorant is that to mitigate the issue all the needed to do was place the arm/shovel in a position to lessen the direct flow on the residence. At that point the roof could bery well have been saved from being compromised and further damaging the interior.
I was at a business when a 48" broke under the building. Next thing I know, I'm flowing out a window that burst into the parking lot. Within a matter of minutes, that office building was gone.
Vet worker: “……yeah boss remember that new guy you hired last week……we got a lil problem on the job” Manager: “well shit can it be fixed without me coming down to the job” Vet worker: “naaah you need to come down here trust me”
@@michaelramsay6547 someone else quoted it could be as high as 150 PSI. Based on my research of municipal water systems, that would definitely be in the high range. The heavy equipment would have easily tanked that piddly piss stream.
The contractor that hit the main could have used his brain for like 15 seconds and immediately parked his truck on top of it. Better to cause a few grand of damage to a truck than to flood and destroy an entire home.
What activity do you expect to see on site? This would have to be addressed elsewhere first, shutting off the high-pressure geyser before anyone can get in to do anything.
"I'm sorry, but your insurance does not cover this"
-The insurance company probably
Actually, the damage from the water hitting the house through the air probably is covered.
Definitely is tho but I get the joke
That’s fine. The contractor would be.
“Cosmetic Damage” it’ll be fine
Insurance companies are the kings of excuses and lecturing people about being responsible and not building homes where they know their infrastructure is going to be garbage.
“Dude, the neighborhood only dates back 20 years. The contractors that put it in were frick’n cited for poor materials.”
Housefire ❌
Housewater ✅
Waterhouse
Waterhouse Down🐇
This is worse lol
@@Adam-hp5hjYou mean its worse than a housefire?
Bruh. I would choose this any day than a house fire
Wouse 👌
I bet the owner of that house is so relieved that the neighborhoods water pressure wasn't affected.
ahahhaa
I know. What a silly reporter.
🤣🤣🤣 This is so good 😆😆😆
This is why I would never live in new jersey.
This is the state of main stream media today, the say "trump vows to end taxes on tips which will cost the country billions over ten years" but when kamala says the same thing it reads "harris vows to end taxes on tips saving middle class Americans millions a year" its really scary how they are the ones who elect president's not the people because the media controls the minds
The company that hit the water main now not only has to pay for the water main but the damage to the house.
Unless they're found negligible in civil court. And I'm sure whoever could afford that house can afford a good lawyer
Edit: this reply was to someone who deleted his comment saying the company wouldn't be responsible
@@hermasmorayou sound dumb as hell
They probably didn’t , they would find every way possible to go around it.
The shingles peeling back is tragic, I'm sure water got inside. Either the locate company or the contractor are about to end up paying out a lot of money
Their insurance company is going to pay the homeowner's insurance company.
They will probably try to find some way to claim immunity for carrying out a government job. Or they will dissolve, on paper, never to be seen from again.
I hope somebody pays back the family (who is no doubt going to end up paying up front if they want anything fixed before the end of the legal battle for who is responsible to cover costs)
@@valhallamcgaughey3720at this point the legal battle won’t take long, sh*t made it to the local news for everyone to see and hear about. A solid judge will not stand for a drawn out procedure.
🤣 …..you think?!?!?
A pipe broke underground in NYC and flooded my dad’s car. He had 2 payments left it was a $15,000 car. The city took over a year to pay him and only gave him $3000. I hope these people get paid.
If your father only had two payments left, the car was no longer worth $15,000. Once you drive the car out of the lot, it’s not worth what you paid for. So basically he was given the market value of the car. Lastly, your father should have sued
@@elsands9774
So. It was worth more than the payment. Maybe they should have paid for taxi fares for the whole period plus replace the vehicle for a vehicle one year younger than the vehicle because of the delay. Plus inconvenience.
Taxis cost a lot of money. Plus time waiting for said taxis time is money.
@@elsands9774
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
HEY THERE 🤗 JESUS IS CALLING YOU TODAY. Turn away from your sins, confess, forsake them and live the victorious life. God bless.
Revelation 22:12-14
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
@@JonathaninEssex , Your comment shows pure ignorance, do better.
@@elsands9774Cut all that out. Those calculations don't count in RETRIBUTION! Geez
i lost my house as a kid due to a water main flooding our basement, they better give that family all the money to correct this
Your basement flooded and the house was a total loss? I live in Maine, our basements flood all the time and we usually just pump the water out and run a few dehumidifiers. How high did the water get and for how long? Did you guys own the house when this happened? I am sorry you had to move.
Who cares.. who's gonna lie about that? And if they do then so be it.. it's not worth the time. 🤣@@xbrandi12345x
Sad😂💀
Did YOUR family get their money back?
Who's "they" tax payers?
As a homeowner this would be a nightmare, but as a child this will be amazing
Until you realize what it can do to skin if it can strip shingles off a roof 100 feet away
Until it you realize that it flooded your room and ruined all of your electronics.
I can already see the excuses to not cover this poor homeowner from their insurance policy. We need a follow-up
My thoughts exactly😮!
They can sue the contractor
The contractors or whoever was doing work better have insurance cause that's what it's for. I would imagine if the contractor didn't then the home owners insurance would kick in and they'd probably sue the contractor
So it wasn't the water company that was digging. The gas company didn't have any workers there working that day so that leaves the cable company that is being questioned… from what I have read so far
@@BIGGER_RED"So you wanna cancel your cable TV? Sure...we'll send out a technician that will have to check some cables under the street."
look at those shingles peeling back... water is probably pouring down inside through every level.
Looks like it's flooding the garage too
100 % is
Not necessarily. There's tar paper underneath that acts as a water barrier. These contractors will, however, owe this homeowner a new roof and for whatever other damages occurred.
That was a really nice house‼️
@@ianbelletti6241 my money's on the geyser
That contractor is going to have a big bill
Maybe not. Here in NYC, they broke a pipe in the middle of the street during roadwork and guess who had to pay for it? Yes, that’s right. We were informed that the pipe (apparently) belonged to us so we were responsible for fixing it
@@squiggleworks9lawyer up
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@@ozzy1599lawyer up = $20,000 retainer.
That's not easy for most people lol. @@ozzy1599
That's gonna be one expensive lawsuit...
What a nightmare for those residents 😢
Sounds like money to me
A nightmare for the company responsible for the damage!
We regret to inform you that after an investigation we found that the damages to your house are not water related
Haha. CY the inspector found the water leaks before. 😂
A normal modern American inspection.
100% that's what will happen.😢
I doubt the words “we regret” will be part of the sentence. More like “We hereby inform you” or “pursuant to NJ statute ##, we are required to” notify you that we accept no responsibility
Aaahh, sorry to inform you,but hmmm, it was water related but we only cover water disaster, natural causes.🙄🤧🤒
imagine just calling up your insurance agent and being like “you’re never gonna believe this. turn on the news.”
The contractors call their insurance
😳😀😄😆😂🤣😂🤣
At least it is on video.
😂😂😂😂😂
While he looks up at the chopper with the phone to his ear "This is Fkn ridiculous"🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
In case anyone is wondering how much pressure that water is under, that pipe makes sure your water pressure is the same no matter where you are in the city, and only 2 people lost water because of this pressure loss. It was likely the homeowner and the neighbor across the street.
Imagine getting a free house in 2024 cuss some dummy broke the water main line and now we Sue.
Yeah but it’s not like getting a check or a free car. They’re gonna have to EARN that “free” house 😅
Learn to spell my guy.
Find the contractor who built that roof and include them on the city lawsuit
no such thing as a Free House in 2024. That place costs millions
@@ryanpaul6012they're going to simply turn it back to the contractors who hit the pipe.
This is why plans and maps of mains exist. That contractor must be sweating bullets now.
That’s what I was thinking! How does this happen now a days
Must of been the operator ex-wife house 😂
Someone forgot to call miss utility.
Don't let them be mom and pops.......
Watch them try to act like it wasn't they're fault
That house is about to triple in size
Right giant ass house
Right it’s a big ass house
It's only right 😅
They talking bout they are gonna get some good money from either a lawsuit or insurance. But man that is still a big ass house already 😂 i live in a shed compared to this @miahhodge5130
lol so you can actually water your house and make it grow. You just have to make sure the person watering it has good insurance
In Albuquerque, there was a water main break the other day that crushed in a garage (typical flat roof Puebloan style) which killed a service dog named Ivy whom the first responders failed to locate for two weeks. This created a local debacle as first responders value human and non-human animal lives equally, so it was like leaving a dead human under residential rubble for two weeks.
A dog is not a human a human is not a dog...not equal...absolutely not.
I didn't hear about that story. I'm on Central and Atrisco now.
@@Mookaron It was up in the Heights, somewhere near Montgomery. Very sad.
@@jul1440 Wow
@@angmitchell637 This is not a play pet. This dog saves the lives of many people during its short life
Homeowner is filing a fat lawsuit. And I can’t say I blame them
You are a genius
Right 🤯@@jaypruitt8639
More like their insurance provider!!
Not a single penny will be seen but most of their life savings will be gone fixing someone else’s mistake for years.
That is truly horrible. It is also the way my downstairs neighbor and her Flock of old Hens react when I water my two succulent every two to three months.
Imagine coming home after work and seeing your house flooded when it never rained 😅 Lord, I have questions 🙋🏽♀️
People from Florida every year.
Imagine coming home and seeing a big hole in the street full of water and still being confused as to how your house got wet 😂
The only question is the contractors bond and insurance paid 😂
They probably think a water main is their first Pokemon
The insurance company will claim it's an act of God so they don't have to pay lol
THAT HOUSE IS ABOUT TO BE PAID IN
FULL
Can you total a house 😅?
If it stays a house
20 year guarantee on the shingles.
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No the house is only getting full the owner is getting paid
The heating and plumbing sign in the front yard is gold 😂
Homeowner: sips morning coffee
Pipes: fuck this house!
😂😂😂
This a new take on the "yep this is fine meme" with the dog sipping the coffee while the house is burning down around him 😅
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The insurance company will probably say, "You didn't take due caution to protect your house. As a result, we won't be covering the damage."
I think they'll collect from the contractors insurance and pay the homeowner, if it was even insured.
The "no umbrella" clause in the policy.
@@biglemon204😂
That’s so crappy, I’m sad for the home owners
Or we'll have to cancel your insurance
Homeowner has excellent video footage from above to show the insurance company
No need the contractor is liable
That's me trying to aim for the toilet in the morning
OR AFTER SEX 😂
😂
Imagine going to work, and end up having to buy somebody a new house because of your incompetence 😂😂
MERICA!
It's a water main break. They just happen, nobody hit it.
@@brianpearl7504”contractors were working and hit the water main” makes it sound like you might be wrong
@@brianpearl7504the chopper reporter quite literally said that it was hit.
@@brianpearl7504most people don't read. Guess you don't listen either 🙄
The contractor’s blue & red ad planted in the lawn directly next to the geyser is kind of next-level humor in the face of what is honestly a tragic situation for that family however you look at it.
Yes that was an HVAC sign, I doubt they were working on a water main.
That wasn’t the company working on the water 😂 that’s a HVAC company
What’s even more ironic is the fact that their sign depicts them as super heroes to help you in your time of need. 😂 I just can’t
@@judas_cobaneI don’t think so because it said “heating cooling plumbing” if they did more then hvac and were working on plumbing issues it could have been them
The sign literally says "Plumbing".
Several of you can't read 3 words without replying and telling someone they are wrong. 😂
So use the bucket on the machine to block the water from directly hitting the house
Was my first thought too 👍😁
That was my thought, why can’t they redirect the water. Maybe the pressure is too high to be able to do anything like that? I mean, if they put their work truck in front of it, it would probably move the work truck. 😂
As an ex operator and soil engineer ya that is a whole other level of ya you done effed up, they probably just walked away
@twatdidusay304 sorry I didn't see your post. Just posted the same thing. Seems like a no brainer
The water pressure is too great, it would move the whole machine and even if it didn't the redirected water could cause other issues like tearing up the lawn and driveway. Just down from me a guy got killed because the county plans showed an 8" water main 15 ft from where they were working and it was actually 3 foot, the dirt around the mains is part of what keeps them from blowing apart and that wasn't enough dirt. It blew out and the water pressure tossed the guy in the hole into the shoring and killed him instantly. Even though the guy driving the backhoe did everything he could, of course it was too late, he was also cleared of any charges and didn't break any OSHA regulations. He quit that day and never went back to it. Last I knew he was working in a warehouse.
Somebody is FIRED!!!!
“They said the Water pressure should be ok for residents “ = “the insurance company will dispute your claim and say it was not a valid reason for coverage “
Insurance companies suck. Waste of money
The contractor should have to pay, as it was their fault.
That’s not what they meant. They were talking about the water pressure in other houses, the whole in the ground that was leaking was not affecting that, they were informing the residents in the area. Thats what they meant, but you are still absolutely right! I don’t think insurance would cover this, they will most likely try to pass it off as an act of God or some other BS even though this was clearly negligence on the contractors part.
That construction company is about to go into bankruptcy.
Insurance is a thing accidents happen 😢
Insurance for these things
Sue the state too
That’s not how it works 😂 insurance will cover it
Nope, the insurance company covers the damage. The contractor's premium may go up, but they're not going out of business.
Weird to see a house getting destroyed by water opposed to fire.
Floods?
@PavltheRobot Talking about a single house not multiple homes, It's like a house catching fire but instead the water is taking it out and made people evacuate lol.
@@ClanDarkassasins Fair, didn't catch that
Happens all the time.
@user-lw1pm8qi1h Not in this fashion, it's the only house on the block being destroyed by water. Totally different scenario than your average flood or weather damage lol.
Somehow this seems so much sadder than a house fire. Like how tf do u put out the water ?
I busted a water main with a backhoe once, and it was hitting a house just like that. I deflected the water with the backhoe bucket until it was shut off.
I was wondering why nothing was done to either shut the water line off or deflect till it could be shut off.
Exactly!!! 👍🏻
Yes. My first thought was temp fix. They just don’t want to try!
Next time… Dig Safe…
Perfect tool tk have to deflect water tbh. This stream looks too high for anything lower than a box truck
The plumber ad sign in the yard getting drenched has me dying.😂 Time to change your company's name.
Oh my god! Hilarious!!! 😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
the news is diabolical for that.,
💀💀💀
I KNOW RIGHT
That’s exactly a hvac company not plumbing company, I fellow some of there guys on IG
I feel sorry for the home owners. They most likely lost everything in the house. That means that any pictures or books about their families in there would be ruined. The furniture and everything else can be replaced. Memories and documentation of the past cannot be recreated. I do genealogy research so I would be devastated if all my research was destroyed.
Yes! I have very few pictures of myself from age 2 and younger because of flooding! It sucks!
ABSOLUTELY TRUTH! I've lost EVERYTHING! But what HURTS the MOST IS ALLL 6 OF MY KIDS PICS! EVERY PIC OF THEM from the time they were babies, all through out growing up. And all their school pics and projects they did and brought home that I had saved, all their baby teeth, baby books, family pics, ALL MEMORIES, EVERYTHING GONE!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 ALL else can be replaced, BUT ALLL THOSE MEMORIES...NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN REPLACE THOSE, NOTHING! ONE OF THE WORST FEELINGS EVER!😭🤧💔
May be kinda cheesy, but when my oldest daughter was about 8 or 9 yrs old, the tooth🧚♀️wrote her a letter. In that letter the tooth 🧚♀️ had told my daughter that this would be her last visit collecting her teeth. And went on to say how she loved watching her grow up, and collect her beautiful baby teeth, and that she was going to miss and cherish those memories forever! Of course, tooth🧚♀️ let her know that she would still come check on her since she's assigned to still collect her younger sister's teeth.Tooth🧚♀️also told her that mommy and daddy has (had🥺😭) a surprise for her when she gets a little older and to be sure to remind them about that.
Of course when my daughter first got up and read the letter, she was so excited that the tooth🧚♀️wrote her, and kept impatiently asking what the surprise was.😂
She was so excited, that she had taken the letter to school to show her teacher. (That teacher just looved my daughter. I guess she had been one of her favorite students.)
My daughter comes back home asking me if her teacher can laminate her letter for her.
Apparently, her teacher was so enthralled, noble-minded by the🧚♀️letter that she had past it around showing all the other teachers. She thought it was the sweetest thing ever and wanted to laminate for her.
I had no idea my daughter even took it to school with her. But then she showed her teacher who showed all the teachers😳
I had wrote that letter really late at night while I was up breastfeeding my youngest. I couldn't believe everyone was reading my daughter's letter from the tooth🧚♀️I was so embarrassed.🤣😂
BUT I was soo GRATEFUL and THANKFUL FOR HER TEACHER LAMINATING THAT.....WHAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A BEAUTIFUL KEEP SAKE! A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY...A MEMORY THAT IS NOW GONE FOREVER AND WILL NEVER GET THAT BACK!!!THAT'S THE KINDA THINGS THAT HURT THE MOST!!!😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔
I don’t see anything at this point that would cause them to lose everything in their house.
That's what I thought. Plenty of time to rescue photos and documents.@@jrhackman7414
I’m sorry Mrs. News lady but who gives a shit about the neighbors water pressure???
Whos ever given a fuck about that??
Many years ago, a 6 foot pipe broke in Vancouver BC Canada, UNDER a house. The water came straight up and THROUGH the house. It broke the foundation and was coming straight up through the house and up out of the roof. Happened in the 80's. I'll never forget seeing it.
Oh good god i hope the city paid to replace that house or insurance at least😰😰😰
Was anybody in the house at the time? Hopefully they're okay! Because that had to be crazy to experience while in the house 😂
@@-Cellucor-omg the sight of the water carrying them through the roof like a cartoon is killing me 😂 in all seriousness I hope no one was hurt lol!
Sh*tty planning. Who puts a house on top of a water main 😨
Holy cow!
You’re telling me that that contractor doesn’t have one piece of heavy equipment that you could park on top of that to stop the water from damaging the house?
An excavator and block some water with the bucket.
That would have been brilliant
First thing I thought was to park in front of the water but...on top works too lol
Do you realize how much pressure is coming out that main? Although its worth a try.
@@rubenguzman6243 you’re right I actually remember seeing a video where someone tried to put a truck on one and it blew it sideways. The initial pressure is insanely high.
The one and only time when "Can I have a minute of your time to talk about your insurance" is accepted 😂😂😂
Insurance company: let's play my favorite game... I call it deny deny deny
I don’t know, maybe drive a company vehicle in the way of the stream instead of letting it destroy an entire roof?
I'm pretty sure it would either move the car or go right through it, that pressure is no joke
@@TheBen1202I was thinking a contractor should own a dump truck that might work.
@@TheBen1202 Even if it destroys the car, it should greatly reduce the damage to the house. Overall, it'd probably be cheaper to fix!
@@nnelg8139 perhaps, but I'd both not risk driving a car into that from a safety standpoint and would doubt the efficacy of the strategy in the first place. Whatever was in front of that would be torn like paper imo
Turn off the water
Thank god the water pressure for other residents will remain unaffected.
People that think this homeowner is just gonna get some big check are delusional. This is a nightmare for this homeowner and they’ll be LUCKY to be made even after this. Dealing with a town/city and their contractors is a nightmare and often thrusted on the homeowner who’s already the victim. This is New Jersey after all…very corrupt state.
Sounds like truth. Been there.
Yup and it’s not just the state either, I live in Canada and it’s the same here. The city will damage your property and then find some excuse not to pay it or only reimburse you for 1/10th the cost hoping you’d accept. Same goes when they do snow removal and damage peoples cars and driveways in the winter. Even with video evidence they still deny that they did it.
Right, what I was thinking. It’s probably going to take them years to get a settlement…and get the house fixed…well that’s a whole other story…
Absolutely correct.
The rich get richer
The phrase "high rate of speed" makes me physically cringe
That house is getting the roof blasted off it and all kinds of interior damage and the reporter is worried about everyone else’s water pressure 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Then again, it's a news report. She reported in the house and what happened and then just reported the rest of the story.
"Hey babe, it's pouring outside...wait" 😂
That's a huge beautiful home. I hope it's completely restored!!
She's f*cked
At 0:04 , It’s the superhero on the promotion sign in the front lawn for me 😂 “Heating, Cooling, Plumbing”
Speaking with the insurance agent over the phone:
You will never believe what happened!!! Turn the tv on channel 7.
Agent: 😮
Agent: You didn't buy the flood insurance... Not covered. 😅
I would have done that! 😅
Imagine you’re upstairs taking a nap and you wake up to thousands of gallons of water in your face 😣
Free water park😂
@@thelostsou1hahaha fr😂
@@Iamluiking Lol
Shit ye! Don’t needa shower today! 🤣🍺💪
Water main said “fuck that house in particular”😂
underrated comment
The city was like "fuck this roof in particular"
Contractors should have moved the backhoe into place to stop that carnage they created…
A. A backhoe or any other vehicle, as I've seen in other comments, ain't going to do a darn thing to stop the water.
B. Even if it would help, by the time you do that, it's already too late
C. You are putting the operator at risk. Either they have an enclosed can, but it's far from waterproof, or they would get knocked over pulling up or getting out.
D. You would just be adding to the damage. Now you also have to replace an expensive piece of equipment, or parts will be knocked off and carried by the water and get embedded in the house.
that stream of water there would push over a semi truck.
@@BionicMilkaholicthat water wouldn't budge a trackho bud. It would of saved that house
@@BionicMilkaholic if you drove a back hoe right over it. You think there was enough pressure to blow it off?
It's tearing a roof apart 30 meters away. A back hoe would get pushed out of the way.
Why wouldn't they place an excavator or something similarly heavy in front of it to deflect the water up into the sky and away from that building?? This world has gone stupid.
Guess what happens when you hire unskilled labor from 3rd world countries 😂
Exactly!!! they’d rather destroy the house than use a brain cell 🤦🏻♂️
Im sure you’d be sh!tting bricks in this situation too. You can think of that now because ur watching in from the comfort of your phone. You don’t know what happen when that pipe burst, I’m sure a machine or tip over at that pressure and how do you know the owner of the machine was even there? You are allowed to use it for work . Unless they got told to do that, you don’t just go do that in a company’s 50k plus machine
It’s NJ that’s why😂
They don't care. I've heard "Insurance will take care of it."
I'd pull my truck in front if it saves my house. Just leaving it is lazy af
Some blocks and plywood at least to divert it.🤦♀️
@@elizabethbottroff1218 I think blocks and plywood would just be absolutely destroyed from that pressure. I was thinking the same thing as the op, sacrifice a car to save the home. It'd be so much cheaper.
I can just imagine all the appliances, electronics, MEMORIES on PCs or USBs, and the entirety of the building materials/framework needing to be fixed...
I'd rather lose a $15k car payment than a $300k home. Buy with our twisted laws I think they'd try and finagle that as a loophole, won't pay for the car or home because you intervened instead of letting it continue, as if you take responsibility for everything by that one action. I should actually dig into finding an answer for that, cause now I'm curious, lmao!
@@h.s.6269Literally just a hunk of steel would be fine. This makes no sense.
I was thinking the same. The contractor broke the main so they had to have a backhoe or trackhoe Digging. Put the bucket over it
Yes because that would TOTALLY stop the leak geyser of water shooting out at a psi greater than the weight of your truck or a backhoe 🙄 y'all are pretty dumb
Whoever’s installed the roof/shingles…SOLID job and I mean it, incredible how it’s holding up to that geyser
love how there is no plan in place if this happens
Can't believe nobody has redirected it or even attempted to protect the house
I think they were too busy trying to stop the flow. Could have maybe blocked it with the excavator, but that sounds like a good way to make this situation worse . They're already gonna have to buy the dang house. No need to damage the sidewalk driving up on it, or get somebody injured trying to deflect.
@@MDuarte-vp7bm it's not your fault you can only think of one solution to redirect the water which include destroying a sidewalk.bless you...also I'm pretty sure a sidewalk is less valuable than someone's home so actually destroying a sidewalk to protect someones home is a good trade, otherwise they lose their home and sleep on the sidewalk
How? That much water pressure, there’s not exactly much they can. And anything they could would take longer than just fixing the issue.
Parking a dozer, dump truck, or even just the excavator bucket in the way of the flow would surely mitigate the damage to the house. Yes, it might cause damage to that vehicle, but they’re heavy steel - they’d be less damaged than the house, and they’re easier to repair or replace. And, yes, the street and sidewalk and possibly yards might be a bit messed up, but those are easier and less costly to fix than the house. Of course, they could just … i don’t know … shut down the water for a bit to fix the main … but let’s just let it destroy a house first while we wring our hands and say “there’s nothing we can do.”
@@jasonescottcommon sense, even if I was a worker for the company I’d risk my job by sacrificing a truck or piece of equipment. End of the day, Much less hassle for the owners insurance on a piece of machinery or vehicle vs THAT ENTIRE FLOOD DAMAGED HOME
dude that was personal-
Hit job
,……RIGHT?! someone’s birthday wish 🎂 came true 🤣
“Fck this house in particular” - The water main.
@@dearcole123 exactly!
@@dearcole123
🤘🏽🤣👍🏽 word up! ,..it’s personal. 😆
"Hello, sorry boss can't make it work.. my house is flooding"
The city is gonna be paying that homeowner millions. 😂
Millions?!?!? 😂😂😂😂
Bless ur heart
It’ll cost a million just to take them to court.
Insurance and the city simultaneously being like "not my problem"
It's NOT their problem it's the CONTRACTORS problem!!!! 🙄
That‘s where lawyers come in to play - someone will pay a huge bill and spoiler alert, it won‘t be the owner of the house …
@@SURO90But how long will that take? 😮
@@wardengentles53years maybe, sadly
@@b-41subject57 I know! Kinda my point. Then after lawyer fees, court costs, hoping it gets restitution. WHILE you're having to renovate your house. Hopefully there is something covered under the township, or city equivalent of "insurance" in case mains cause damage from maintenance. Anyway. Horrible
If the house was on fire, this would come in clutch
Unless the fire was on a different area of the house.
Then you'd have fire + flood damage.
Yep, that house is done for. The peak of the roof is a vent and that water is definitely forcing its way into it
The only good news is, the break is before the main and that makes it someone else’s issue and not the home owners.
God I really hope so. I feel so bad for them.
Unfortunately, it's still an issue for the home owner...lol
Imagine the homeowner getting billed for the water!😆
@@planethedgehog2427 - they would have if the break was on the other side of the meter.
@@auntiem873 And that would have to be a really big mater.
Omg the lawsuit
Probably won't require a lawsuit. It will be handled out of court.
One expensive f*@k up right there.
I’m 99% sure they overwatered the house.
That contractor filed bankruptcy 20 minutes later 😡😡🤬🤬🤬
@@Theechad21 I was speaking in general. Usually when contractors screw up bad, they file bankruptcy and leave the homeowner with the problems.
Isn’t that why they have insurance? (Both the owner and contractor)
@@FearlesslikeahoneybadgerI don’t think you know how bankruptcy works.
Do you? Im pretty sure when file bankruptcy it clears all debt and ruins your credit @2434-k3l
Um no……that’s not how things work. Lol you can spend less than 60 seconds doing a google search and see how incorrect you are
Dear Homeowner,
If you happen to come across this message, I want you to know that you’re in my thoughts and prayers. I sincerely hope you and anyone else that may have been affected find a comfortable place to rest your head during this challenging time. 😥
And as for that contractor-let’s just say I’m also hoping they have excellent insurance for the legal showdown that’s on the horizon! 🫣
Wishing you strength and resolution as you navigate this situation. 🙏
🥹
Very well said
who gave oprah's disabled sister a pc.
@@udapie3135grow up child.
Beautifully stated ❤ amen 🙏
This is what happens when you’re ’pressured’ to get the job done asap.
Lmaoooooo
The worst part is the owner will be responsible for the water bill.
😳…The “First Choice Heating Cooling Plumbing” sign next to the geyser at the beginning of the video!!..😂
I Hope they Sue the company rather than just accepting Compensation.
One who knows how hard to buy a House in this economy knows it's values and the reparations and hassle the family need to get through to go back to it's normal state.
If it's my house that I've bought with my hard earned money or settlement funds, I would be Devastated.
If they are fully compensated for all damages, I don't see the ground for suing.
mentally disabled Americans seem to think that suing is always a good way to help the world. So braindead.
No SUE company. The main is in right of way. It should have been cleared by notifying NJ One Call, and the water company itself does the locates there...
That news helicopter did that plumbing company dirty by zooming in on their sign 😂
Well now, we ALL know WHO NOT to call for plumbing work.
Name 'em and shame 'em!
Random plumber doing work at a residence would not be digging up the middle of the street -- other side of the meter is the city's problem.
I feel so bad for the owners. They will have to talk to 3 different companies and about 20 people to get the right one to pay for the damages. The contractor will blame the city and the city will say it's the contractor. Finally, someone's insurance will say they'll take care of it just to not take care of all of it.
When your water springler works too well.
springler 🥰
Prayers for this family
They could have tried to parked the excavator to deflect the water off the house, would have saved contractor $$$ fixing the house.
Why risk the life of whoever is parking the excavator
Kid:”Mom, why is it raining, I thought we were going to the park?”
Was in construction for over 30 years. Forget at this point the contractor was *_Digging_* and broke the main.
What makes them more ignorant is that to mitigate the issue all the needed to do was place the arm/shovel in a position to lessen the direct flow on the residence. At that point the roof could bery well have been saved from being compromised and further damaging the interior.
Thank you. Someone providing common sense solutions.
I'm thinking to myself, did the contractors just bounce?
I was at a business when a 48" broke under the building. Next thing I know, I'm flowing out a window that burst into the parking lot.
Within a matter of minutes, that office building was gone.
Vet worker: “……yeah boss remember that new guy you hired last week……we got a lil problem on the job”
Manager: “well shit can it be fixed without me coming down to the job”
Vet worker: “naaah you need to come down here trust me”
Call 311 before you dig, such idiots...call miss utilities so that can tell you where to dig.
Sue the company for hiring idiots that mess up your home
Why didn't the constitution company park a digger machine in front of the water jet to redirect the stream of water away from the home!
You don’t understand how much pressure a 30 inch water main has….
@@michaelramsay6547wont move 30-40 tons tho.
@@michaelramsay6547 A Person/Human has no understanding of anything? Shocker
@@michaelramsay6547 someone else quoted it could be as high as 150 PSI. Based on my research of municipal water systems, that would definitely be in the high range.
The heavy equipment would have easily tanked that piddly piss stream.
Wish I scrolled the comments. I just said the same thing! Park a piece of equipment to deflect the spray!
Omg!!!! Hope everyone is safe.😮😮😢
Obviously everyone is safe in this wet t-shirt contest - up to the guy who has to pay the bill for all this …
Sideways rain definitely goes in through those round roof vents 😰
Smallest problem to what we can see in the video …
Time to sue the contractors. Think they hit the lottery
A new home is coming 🤔🧐😬🤨😟😲
Shut down the water main. There are irreplaceable items inside. No amount of money can replace heirlooms, photographs and memories.
Memories should be in the heart , and pictures in your phone.😂
@@DB-fr7gkyour such a young kid too comment that
The contractor that hit the main could have used his brain for like 15 seconds and immediately parked his truck on top of it.
Better to cause a few grand of damage to a truck than to flood and destroy an entire home.
Who cares. Water for all the other families is more important than some pictures.
Its ruining their fuqin house. Forget about the photos. Most of them are digital these days.
All city had to do is use the bucket of a loader to break the stream of the water.
A dump truck bed would work also.
Came here to say this.
Ive never heard of water referred to spraying at a "high rate of speed" 🤨
Insurance company:
“It was an act of God.”
😂
“ELLLOOO…. Hossskeeepping?!?! Sommmbahdee call for hosswashing?!?!” 😂😂😂😂😂
I just had this exact thought 😂😂😂😂
I love how there is absolutely 1 person standing there and nobody doing nothing.
He’s just keepin an eye on things
What activity do you expect to see on site? This would have to be addressed elsewhere first, shutting off the high-pressure geyser before anyone can get in to do anything.
What would you have him do? Stick his gum in the hole?
You don't know who that person is and if they are capable of doing anything. This is not a simple standing pipe that anyone can easily turn off.
The Supervisor 😂
*They really really really overdid it with their sprinkler system*