he plumber showed up bright and early and was out of here in less than two hours. The problem was nowhere near as bad as We had feared. He had intended to cut into the wall and remove the drain stack from the upstairs bathroom but we decided to do an exploratory hole in the dining room below the bathroom sink. There had been a repair done there about 15 years ago when the drain from the sink to the stack had leaked and the plumber replaced the brass with plastic and tied it into the sink drain pipe. Just above the connection to the new plastic the metal had rotted away and become detached.
The insurance company had sent a restoration contractor out to check it out. He immediately arranged for some of his guys to come, suck up as much moisture as they could from the carpet. The cut out more of the ceiling, and sealed it with plastic, took some samples to check for bacteria, mold and asbestos. That was to be sent to the lab. They left a super duty dehumdifier and will be back to repair the ceiling and steam clean the carpeting.
Nice to be able to use the upstairs toilet and to have a bath.