THE DRIP….
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 | Adventures in Real Estate, Home Buying, Home Selling
THE DRIP….
It was a gorgeous day! I headed out to take some marketing photos of a property. When I arrived & started to take some outside shots… a few of the front, a few of the wooded outside area – then I headed in to get shots inside of the property. The property had a main level & a loft. I start to take pictures of the main level… then I hear DRIP, DRIP… wondering what the heck is dripping I start to look around… I head to the main level bathroom-the drip seems to be getting louder – I flick on the lights & notice the bath mat by the tub is very wet – then I look up… several spots on the ceiling are wet & the light fixture above the tub is leaking water making the dripping sound.
Slight panic… I decide to find the source of the water. I run up to the second level… as I head into the upstairs bathroom I notice the carpet outside of the bathroom is wet. I turn on the light & step in to the bathroom – the floor is covered with enough water to cover my foot – then I notice the pipe that connects the toilet to the wall is shooting water EVERYWHERE – to turn off the water I turn the knob on the pipe & slowly the water starts to stop spraying… I flush all the water out of the toilet. Whew! The water source has been stopped. I start to search for towels to clean up the water – towel after towel is used to get the water out of the upstairs bath.
Next, I head down to the main bath to see if the water has stopped – the water is still dripping. So I figure I had better try to dry out the light fixture. I grab a chair & head to the bathroom … I climb up & carefully start to wipe the water away from the fixture…things are going well so I decide to pull the fixture down to get any remaining water… WHOOSH! I am bombed with a huge gush of water in the face. At that moment, I realize I just got blasted in the face with toilet water. What can you do, but laugh !?! I manage to get off the chair & dry off.
Looking back, I’m so glad that I happened to pick that day/time to take photos of that property – probably saved the owner thousands of dollars in water damage – I can only image what would have happened if the water would not have been turned off for days.
The cause of the water leak was determined to be from the City turning up the water pressure by 15% which caused the water pipe to the toilet to break.
