Saturday, March 27, 2010

Water Leak

We had our first home emergency today. I was in the living room and started hearing running water. The minute I stood up to check things out, water began pouring out of the ceiling unit in the den. My picture doesn't do the amount of water justice; it was insane. I raced to get several containers for all the water, and then noticed it was also pouring outside the window of the den. Jon had left for work, so I ran to get a neighbor who kindly helped.

Evidently, they used the wrong kind of piping for the upstairs master bathroom sink. The thin hose/pipe burst, which is what caused all the trouble. To make matters worse, the builders covered up the pipes with a piece of wood that had to be torn out.

Jon came home from work and was able to get the sink fixed, though he bought some new piping which he will install tomorrow.

The ceiling doesn't have too much damage - at this point. There are two small holes that were leaking, and this seam is starting to show. Ugh.

Some of the water that came out of the fan. Yucky.

6 comments:

MUM said...

Oh, no.....that's a shame...and darn you can't call the landlord....OH! wait a minute...you DID call the landlord and Jon came home and fixed it!!!!

Anonymous said...

I am sooooo sorry sister

Lois and Jon said...

It's not looking too bad today - I think we may we able to just patch up the drain holes we made and call it a day.

Daltons Global Inc said...

What a pain in the arse....it's times like that I am thankful we rent. But then talking with my girlfriends last night about schools, etc made me want to put down roots...hard to win. So glad you and your handy man were able to do so much yourselves without having to call a repairman.

MorningSun said...

I'm so sorry for you and Jon. I'm glad Jon is a handyman and he fixed the leak! Good job,jon. I miss you both and take care of yourselves.

Mindie said...

I didn't realize! Man that stinks, but glad you guys are on the mend!