Woke up at 4:30am as usual and went into the bathroom to take care of business and to brush my teeth. Lifted the toilet cover to find that the seat was wet. I felt the toilet cover on the cover and it was soaked on the part that wraps around the bottom of the lid. So I put the lid down and felt the top. It was generally damp, but I noticed two wetter spots in a particular place. I looked up to see the ceiling slightly bubbled around the vent. Not too bad, but clearly there’s a leak up there somewhere.

Since it was 4:30am, I opted to wait until Beau woke up to tell him about it. Then we had to wait for Jesse to wake up before we made the trip up to the attic. Sure enough, there are actually three places in the roof that are wet, but only one that is obviously dripping. Fortunately, it’s in a part of the attic where we’re not storing anything so it’s just insulation getting wet. We put a bucket under the drip and called our landlord to report the bad news.

We have had a lot of rain and it rained hard last night. But I noticed the toilet seat felt damp a couple of days ago, so I think we’ve had the leak for a while. I didn’t see an obvious place where the damp could have come from then and figured I imagined it.

Anyway, I feel for the landlord having to deal with this. And maybe us, if it turns out to be a bigger deal than we think.

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1. Are you sure you want to buy a house? If this was your place, you’d have to put out the money to fix this problem and all the other ones (big and small) that come along with home ownership.

   Basically, they recommended that you have 10% of year mortgage cost set aside for repairs, etc. Figuring what we have spend over the years, that’s probably about right.

   Hope you get that leak fixed soon.

   Posted by  on  05/12/08  at  10:03 AM

2. Denis, the thought crossed my mind. Believe me.

   Posted by  on  05/12/08  at  10:39 AM

3. Wish I could write one sentence in English. LOL

   Posted by  on  05/12/08  at  11:44 AM

4. Huh? I’m confused…

   Posted by  on  05/12/08  at  11:51 AM

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