Well, today appeared to be another nightmare. Jim called me upstairs to show me dripping water all over the ceiling in the hallway of the 2nd floor. Not sure if this picture does it justice:
We started our mini-investigation to find the source and any further damage...
Here's the crawlspace in the attic - way in the back you might be able to see that the boards/wall are also wet.
and here is inside the knee-wall closet in the attic. LUCKILY, this is the same closet that I have been keeping my vintage sewing pattern collection. Nice combination: water and 50+ year old tissue paper patterns... I don't think any of them were damaged yet
And here is looking outside of the window in the attic - notice how all of the clapboards are wet. We weren't sure if it was that rotted out cornice trim missing a cover - maybe rain water was getting into that and soaking up the walls?
Then Jim looked outside at the roof. He thinks he found the source. Again, I'm not sure you can really tell from this picture, but it appears to be a small dip in the roof...
I think he's going to look at it closer tomorrow. After he takes the dog to the internal medicine specialty service because she's not eating again. I need one of those money trees. Does anyone know where they grow?
4 comments:
Um, yikes?!! That looks seriously unfortunate. Good luck finding the source and getting all of that fixed. We've had some mysterious discolorations show up in the walls of our apartment. Maybe I should be concerned.
And I thought money trees grew in grad programs. No? Well this explains a lot.
Oh noooooo! Stupid water. That sucks! Glad your patterns are safe, though. Hope the puppy is all right too!
money tree?
I think the government sells them (they're called defense contracts), but it'll cost you... your soul! mwaahahahaha... ahem.
sorry to see all the leaking water; I'm hoping our house holds together because we wouldn't know where to start to fix it ourselves.
Yes! Yes! I know where the Money Tree grows!! I gave a speech about it in high school--the Ozarks of Texarkana! Woo hoo! Unfortunately, they only grow I'm Mad About Madison fake money (my visual aid).
That stinks about the leak. Water will find its way just about anywhere.
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