10/29/2026
One toilet supply line. By morning, water was in the hallway, the living room, two bedrooms and a second bathroom.
Fictional Halloween dramatization, inspired by a real Sarasota water-extraction project. The monster is invented. The water damage is not.
Wet carpet over tile holds moisture against the grout while it blocks evaporation from the assembly below, so 285 square feet of carpet and padding came out. Documented Protimeter readings on the walls started in the 50–70 range; by day four the same instrument read 7.
Full project record, with the real photographs:
https://servicemastersrq.com/case-study/water-extraction-home-sarasota-fl/