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Announcer: Well, we've had a few days now to dry out from the heavy rains,
but that does not mean that life is back to normal. Leaky roofs and flooded
yards are now getting extra attention by homeowners and some busy
contractors. Consumer Bob has the story.
Bob: Joe Pasladek piles scaffolding into the back of his truck. Michael
Rojas looks over a backyard water heater. For both men, heavy rains means
more work and more calls from worried homeowners.
Michelle: It's a panic time, because you don't know what the future's going
to hold.
Bob: People across the county saw their homes tested to the limits from the
flooding rains. Some houses came through OK, others didn't. Michelle
Montanez didn't have any hot water after the rains flooded her outdoor
water heater.
Michelle: Is this going to be something that's going to resolve itself? Is
this something that I'm going to have to invest more money in? Is this
something that's going to be a major inconvenience? You just don't know
until it's over.
Bob: Do you get a lot of panicked calls?
Michael: You get a lot of panicked calls, you get a lot of people just
worried.
Bob: Michael Rojas with Anderson Plumbing says the downpour limited what
they could do. Now that the rain is gone?
Michael: That means a busy day for me, so I've got to pick up the slack
from over the week when it was raining heavy. It means a busy week for us.
Man 2: This kind of rain really finds the weak points.
Bob: The folks at JRP Plastering are out and about finding those weak
points, fixing wet drywall and damaged stucco.
Joe: When you see moisture coming in your walls at that point, and we have
these kinds of rains, it's telling you something. It's a signal. It's
saying you have something wrong; it needs to be addressed.
Bob: As the roofers and the drywallers and the plumbers make it to the
individual homes, sometimes the problems disappear with the water.
Michael: A lot of calls ease themselves off by the time we get out there.
What we do is we usually, typically, get it prepared for the next rainy
season, just so they don't have to deal with it.
Bob: Hopefully, it will be a while before we see such heavy rains. Until
then, contractors will work to fix, improve, and hide the evidence of the
winter floods. For NBC 739, I'm Consumer Bob.