"When Matt Charette arrived at his business, Matt's Barber Shop, just before 10 a.m. Tuesday, he expected an ordinary workday. Instead, he was met with several inches of ice on his storefront steps. "What the hell is that?" he recalled thinking to himself. He could hear the sound of rushing water, and opened the door to a devastating sight. Inside, he found four inches of standing water consuming the mid-century modern furniture, artwork, barber tools, and vinyl records he'd been collecting for years."
""I couldn't even look in. Like anyone else who owns a small business, you put your heart and soul into something like that," he said. The cause, Charette said, was simple but costly: one of the tenants upstairs turned off his heat when he left town, and the pipes burst. "Public service announcement," Charette said wryly in a phone interview, "When it's real cold out, do not turn your heat off. Because pipes will burst.""
"The burst pipe sent water cascading into the 315-square-foot shop he opened in December 2018, where he works alongside two fellow barbers, Jesse Cabbage and Jake Bell. Barbering is more than a career for the 41-year-old - it's a lifelong craft. Charette has spent 22 years of his life barbering - about as much time barbering as he has spent in the Brighton neighborhood."
A burst pipe flooded Matt's Barber Shop in Brighton Center, arriving fast and without warning. Matt Charette found several inches of ice on the storefront steps and heard rushing water before discovering four inches of standing water inside. The flood consumed mid-century furniture, artwork, barber tools, and vinyl records. A tenant upstairs had turned off heat while away, causing the pipes to burst. The 315-square-foot shop opened in December 2018 and is staffed by Charette and two fellow barbers. Charette has barbered for 22 years and commutes from Worcester; he called building management, city officials, and began cleanup.
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