It will cost approximately $233,000 to repair the Carbon County Administration Building after several offices on all three floors were damaged as a result of a toilet water line breaking last month.

On Thursday, Commissioner Rocky Ahner said that the base work to repair the damage to the three floors of the building came in at $161,082; but since the county had asked for work to completed on nights and weekends, that bill would increase $43,985.

In addition, it was determined that there were $18,064 in loss of wages for employees due to two days of closing the building. There was also $9,821.20 in costs for equipment, furniture and moving stuff during the renovations.

Ahner said that the estimates are now being reviewed by the adjuster and PCoRP, the insurance company the county uses, to determine final approval and payment before work could begin.

Once the payment is approved, the county will then meet with the contractor to determine the best way to repair the offices and begin the project.

Repairs would include ceiling tile and flooring replacement, painting and some HVAC and electrical work.

The damage happened in early March after a broken hose in a toilet in the IT department caused severe flooding throughout the three floors of the administration building.

The water caused several offices to be closed for several days, with the whole building to also be shut down for two days while crews dried out the flooring and the insurance adjuster could assess the damage.

This comes at the same time the county has a $1.3 million roof repair and HVAC replacement project taking place on the building, as well as the repairs to the sole elevator occurring after several months of delays on the project.

Estimates on the damage done by a sprinkler malfunction on the first floor of 44 Susquehanna St., has not been determined yet. A second water leak in this county building was less severe, causing mostly water issues to the flooring.