So our house is a mess. We have things moved, stored and basically looking horrible waiting on the front remodel that starts Monday, weather permitting.
During the winter with the rains it's common to smell musty in the closet under the stairs because that is where the floor door is to see under the house (dirt) and where the sump pump is located. And considering the winter we all are having the smell is expected.
Then my wife notices a wet spot at the very edge of the closet door (carpet laid inside the closet floor). We look up and see no drip point so I get down and touch the carpet. Its soaked. And everything on the floor has become a wick and is sopping wet. Our bags with ski clothes, soaked. Backpacks soaked. A leaf for our dining room table soaked and delaminated. Even my old bowling ball....its cracked because water got in the finger holes and expanded the core.
We throw everything out. I try drying the area while looking for the source. Under the house I can see a drip, drop at the point where the wall is the worst. I cut off a large piece of drywall (wetwall) and there is a pipe so corroded and wet.
Call a plumber this morning and they replace the pipe and get us water again. They suggest we get the house re-piped with PEX. These houses from the 70s have steel pipes which are a timebomb...as we learned. So after the remodel is done we'll be doing more....getting re-piped.
What fun.
During the winter with the rains it's common to smell musty in the closet under the stairs because that is where the floor door is to see under the house (dirt) and where the sump pump is located. And considering the winter we all are having the smell is expected.
Then my wife notices a wet spot at the very edge of the closet door (carpet laid inside the closet floor). We look up and see no drip point so I get down and touch the carpet. Its soaked. And everything on the floor has become a wick and is sopping wet. Our bags with ski clothes, soaked. Backpacks soaked. A leaf for our dining room table soaked and delaminated. Even my old bowling ball....its cracked because water got in the finger holes and expanded the core.
We throw everything out. I try drying the area while looking for the source. Under the house I can see a drip, drop at the point where the wall is the worst. I cut off a large piece of drywall (wetwall) and there is a pipe so corroded and wet.
Call a plumber this morning and they replace the pipe and get us water again. They suggest we get the house re-piped with PEX. These houses from the 70s have steel pipes which are a timebomb...as we learned. So after the remodel is done we'll be doing more....getting re-piped.
What fun.
