Holy Walls

Two floors down from us, water is leaking from someone's bathroom fan. Luckily the fan is positioned directly above the toilet, so it catches the drips without too much of a mess.

One floor beneath us, someone's kitchen wall is bubbling as water builds up behind a sedimentary rainbow of paint.

Up here in the penthouse (ha!), we haven't had any problems with leaks. Unfortunately, the leak that's plaguing everyone else has taken up residence right behind our walls. Fun!

Last week a maintenance guy came by and removed a panel from our bathroom wall, where he located the leaky culprit. Today, another maintenance guy came by to further inspect the leak. But due to the awkward location of the panel, (beneath the bathroom counter and mirror, tight between the toilet and cupboard) he had to cut a hole in our kitchen wall to get better access. The hole he cut is 1' X 1' 3''.

There's a very good chance that this is gonna get a lot uglier before it gets better. It sounds like they'll need to cut a much larger hole in order to replace all the old pipes behind the wall. Awesomeness!

Oh well, I don't like the colour of our kitchen anyway, so I'm hoping I can use this as an excuse to repaint. :P

Because the bathroom panel hadn't been replaced, later in the day when I went in there, I was surprised to see our cat Emmy looking through the kitchen peephole at me. Here is Jim reenacting my Emmy bathroom surprise. (Except that I didn't tell him that's what he was posing for. Ha.)

We've obviously replaced the panel for a lil' more powder room privacy. Thank goodness we can replace it! Otherwise talk about awkward! Ugh!

Oh yes, good times...