Terowan thats great . Similar here im a hockey fan and loading the sports along with other things useing Aol was crazy. I copied and pasted the sports site from Aol and have it in my bookmarks which is basically same thing as favorite places on Aol. No more waiting eons to load to read about my favorite sports teams. I do remember a time when AOL worked fine but it seems over long period of time it just started getting slower and slower even with all there constant updates to no avail. Ever notice on AOL it says "top speed on" bottom left corner of screen? Its crazy what top speed? The Misses computer has the I7 chip in it which basically has 4 processors but on AOL for most part it does same as my old machine it lags. Martin

I have seen this type of damage a lot over the years being in the homeowners insurance business and here is my take on it. Based upon the drywall damage as seen in the photos it needs to be pulled and replaced. While it's possible some of it may be dried with fans the cost to do that versus cutting it out and replacing just isn't worth it. Plus you really need to get the framing behind it dry as quickly as possible. The entire continuous ceiling should then be painted to match. The floors may be a bit more difficult as you already have some cupping of the wood. Usually the cupping and warping will get worse before it gets better so don't be suprised over the next day or two if it looks and feels worse. The GC probably wants to wait and see if thats the case or not. If the cupping is very slight it may go back down but it usually takes a few weeks for wood floors to dry out completely after being wet enought to show cupping. Worst case scenario is the entire floor will have to be resanded and finished, the problem with that is they can't sand flooring with too high of a moisture content or it will buckle again so the damaged area should be pulled and replaced as you are not in a situation to wait a month or longer for it to dry out. You also don't want to put off the floors until after you have moved in because you then have a whole lot of furniture and contents to worry about moving etc.. Plus refinishing floors is dusty and smelly work requiring you to be out of the house for several days once it's done. Unfortunately you can't sand and refinish just the area and get it to look right. If this was a pantry or small bathroom you may get away with it but not in the middle of the kitchen. It's too bad because if you have to resand it you have just lost some of the useful life of your floor as you can only sand it so many times before it has to be replaced. Hopefully it turns out not to be too bad and it can easily be repaired but if not hang in there and work through it. The idea of getting a water mitigation company out to take a look is also not a bad idea just for a second opinion. They can use moisture meters to tell you how bad the floors are and if they can dry them or not. Good luck.

Windowtech, Bless you. Bless you a thousand times. Yes we will have the carpenters look it over but frankly, I trust the people here a lot lot more to be properly and critically analytical. Also we've never dealt with this company before so they are actually the other variable in this whole thing that is making me nervous. ;-) We'll have the carpenters look it over certainly, but in general, given that there are no structural or construction worries here, would you wood putty this before installing it?

Well bottom line is that we did not pay 100% and the contractor as well his supplier are in agreement that the company S&R window did shotty work at best and are going to take the windows back once our contractor removes them. We ordered new windows from our typical supplier and they are scheduled to be installed next week. Sad thing though is that this forum used to be a buzz with all sorts of help and advice. From my reading of it I see a lot of the tough questions and issues have gone unanswered. Sad to see that this forum is not as relevant as it used to be.