Beyyyaaaarrrggghhh! (Plumbing disaster)

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Water poured through the ceiling of my condo bathroom this week.

In the wee hours.

The condo upstairs is vacant, office closed, no answer on the condo emergency number, so nobody to shut the water off.

Next day, the owner sent plumbers upstairs. Shut off the water. “Fixed” the leak.

Five minutes later–EVEN MORE WATER!!

Plumbers came to MY condo, to tear out my bathroom ceiling, & get at the pipe. They used the tarp I thoughtfully provided them.

TO WIPE THEIR FEET ON!

ceiling crap, all over my sink, medications, and toothbrush.

Spent all the rest of yesterday cleaning. The carpenters will arrive after it has dried.

That evening, grocery shopping.

Today–my refrigerator died. Everthing spoiled.

BEYAAARRRGGG!

BOSDA SMASH!

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Fourth time water has come down from the upstairs condo.

Beyarrgh, as stated in my previous communiques.

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Is it poor construction /maintenance by the Condo Assn or is it negligent neighbors in the upstairs unit?

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Good grief. Here’s hoping the Bad bad bad Beyarrgghh! Ends soon.

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Yes.

YERRADDh.

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I sincerely hope you can get the condo association to pay up for damages (and/or whoever owns the place above you). Money is the only thing likely to get their attention.

Of course, that does not help the Beyyyaaaarrrggghhh! moment when this all happens and you have to deal with it.

Treat yourself to a nice dinner. Or some drinks at the local pub (if you drink). Something nice for yourself, whatever that is for you.

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BEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYARRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I have nothing to contribute, except my sympathy and mutual experience in dealing with water leaks. Cost me a lot of money and health.

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Same old then: determine negligence and who has deep pockets.

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Hopefully, both the building and your upstairs neighbor have third-party insurance, so whoever ends up liable will have no problem paying.

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I feel your pain, if not recently…. back in 2002, we were selling our townhouse. After the contract was all signed, we found a wet spot in a basement corner. We’d had that before but thought it was taken care of by regrading the soil to direct water away from the houses.

Nearly lost the house sale, as we of course had to disclose it. The buyers were literally walking away, when the neighbor came over: turns out, the drainage pipe from the interior part of their A/C, which was simply a pipe running along the floor to a drain, had gotten dislodged…. causing the water to pool against the common wall between the houses.

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I live in a condo and insurance is required (also, my mortgage lender requires it so doubly have to prove it). More than that, I have to prove it to them that I have it (and my bank actually pays my insurance for me to be sure it is paid…I, of course, pay them). Maybe not all condos require it. Hope this one does.

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Insurance for the upstairs condo is covering the fixes. Allegedly.

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Everybody is negligent.

This is Tennessee, home of Billy-Bob Quality workmanship.

Nobody has money.

This is Tennessee, home of Billy-Bob .

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I’ve never been to Tennessee. That said the news said that there was a HUGE explosion at a military munitions factory there today. If you can link the two, they have deep pockets.

You just need a hungry lawyer; one that’s half Clarence Darrow and half Danny DeVito…

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Goddamn Gravity! And possibly Fluid Dynamics (not my area of Expertise. In fact, I have no area of Expertise. Doesn’t keep me from posting on The Dope! :wink: )

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Man, I’ve been there. Sucks. Hope you didn’t have any plans, you do now.

My last time - I was in my upstairs office. My wife comes up and says “We have a leak”. I thought dripping faucet, so I said “I’ll look at it a little later”. She said, “I think you should look now.” :sigh: OK. This ‘leak’ had pulled down about 40 square feet of our ceiling. Destroyed the hardwood floor too.