In a Titanic-esque turn of events, the massive residential high-rise Vancouver House flooded last week, damaging homes and elevators.
In a letter to residents Vancouver House Management explained a gasket on Level 29 of the building had failed on Thursday, April 15. That led to water cascading through the building.
The issue was reported at 8:50 p.m. and crews got there within half-an-hour, but not before 17 units were directly impacted and three elevators were shut down, according to Westbank, the developer behind the structure.
Repairs are estimated to take a month, though one elevator is back to working order and the other two are expected to be working this week. The building has almost 20.
"Georgia Mechanical is conducting a full investigation to address cause, repairs and prevention. They have been requested to replace all gaskets of this model in the building as soon as possible," states the management.
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