Better check your Ozarka bottle before you leave for the day

Sigh. With the hard, poor-tasting water we have in Kyle, we use an Ozarka water delivery service where you flip over those 5-gallon bottles onto the dispenser. I put on a new bottle last Sunday morning, then we all left for the day. When we got back home after lunch at about 2 or 3pm, the bottle had emptied all over the floor. While it initially appeared that the water remained only in the kitchen area with the hard tile floor, we later noticed the laminate flooring in the living room starting to swell and bubble up in a few areas near the transition.

We ended up having to rip out a pretty large area of the flooring. The pad underneath was soaking wet over a pretty big area. Fortunately, Ozarka has a subcon insurance they keep for situations like this. So I don't think I'll end up with any out-of-pocket expense. I've got an appointment next week with a flooring installer to get a quote on the repair. Home Depot is checking to see if they still make this color of Pergo -- if they don't, the whole living room flooring will have to be replaced. See photos below. In first photo, note position of Ozarka bottle in upper left.