Let me pass along the timeline of events...
Summer 2005 - Begin work on the basement...
January 2008 - Finally finish framing, sheetrock, paint, moulding, etc...
Monday, January 30, 2008 - Carpet is laid, family is ecstatic about the new space...
Kids have a ball...
Baby Alan rolls around on the carpet...
... Five days later... Saturday, February 2, 2008... Sewer backs up in the basement, soaking a fair amount of the five day old carpet...
Spend all day cursing, dealing with roto-rooter, cursing at the home builder (who screwed up the main drain line, as as shown from the camera of roto-rooter man...), cursing, drying out the floor, dealing with the insurance company, cursing, cleaning up human waste on my hands and knees from the brand new carpet, and from the basement bath tub, drying the nasty brand new carpet, cursing, and wondering about the horrible timing of it all...
