On March 12th, while I was attending a Relief Society Birthday Celebration at our church, Larry called me to tell me that water was coming through the dining room ceiling! Needless to say, I imagined the worst--water gushing through a gigantic whole in the ceiling of our dining room, flooding out our main floor.
Much to my surprise and gratitude, it was a smaller leak, MUCH SMALLER! However, it was still a huge problem! We knew it had to do with the kid's/guest bathroom upstairs which has been intermittently used for mostly showers since we've moved into this house 2 1/2 years ago. We had just finally started using that bathtub for James' baths more regularly in March. Larry, who had just finished bathing James and put him to bed, came down the stairs and heard water running. He looked over and saw the stream of water coming down the chandelier into a tall flower arrangement on the dining room table! Thankfully he works quickly, saving the table cloth and the flower arrangement! We emptied 3 bowlfuls of dirty water before it stopped. The drywall on the ceiling was spotted, and even one nailpop was filling up like a little balloon!
After 3 weeks of plumbers, painters, a small hole in the ceiling, home owners' insurance calls, insurance deductible payments, and cleaning, we are grateful that it's fixed! The cause of the problem was a sloppy mistake on the part of the home builder. Rather than using plumber's putty to seal the pipes of the bathtub drain, they used silicon putty which dries up and shrinks over time, making it impossible to hold back the gallons of water coming out of the tub all at once! We've learned a lot from this little leak! And we are THANKFUL it was LITTLE!
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