Tuesday, May 25, 2010

It's Dry in Here Now

The leak is fixed. It was coming from the neighbor store who had a drain leak. Then, the following weekend, the neighboring store on the other side, sprang a leak from a pipe in the ceiling. I've been keeping my plumber busy with referrals.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

It's Wet in Here, Part 2

The plumber came back yesterday to check on some things for re-routing the pipe. I told him that my faucet still had water and it looked like the valve in the meter box did not turn off completely (no surprise as it probably is the original valve). The valve in the meter box for the store next door also did not turn off very well. By chance, there was a city water works truck in the parking lot & the plumber talked w/ them to come replace the valves. So we ended up with 6 guys in orange shirts with two trucks working on two new valves in the meter boxes. In here, the carpet is drying out.
The plumber and the landlord are still talking.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

It's Wet in Here!

The good news is that the water pipe broke while someone was in the store. It would have been real bad if it had broke overnight.
This shopping center was built in 1980 and it was cheaply built so now things are coming apart. The water pipe in the concrete slab (and just who was the genius that decided water pipes should be in the slab?) broke and found its way into the store. Once we ascertained that it was not the sink or the toilet, I put in a call to my great plumber who rushed over and shut it off at the meter, which I could not do as I don't have a meter key.
It has been decided that it makes no sense to dig up the slab & fix the leak but instead to run a new line from the meter, into the store, up into the ceiling and back to the bathroom. Work will start when it starts. Plumber and landlord are in negotiation now.
Since the store has no water, I brought 4 one gallon jugs of water from home so I can flush the toilet. One does what one must.
Part of the back carpet is wet and has a fan running on it. We lost a few books but overall, it could have been much worse.