# M&P: Hole in my bathroom **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-p-hole-in-my-bathroom/539193 "2010-05-12T17:15:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-p-hole-in-my-bathroom/539193/1 "2010-05-12T17:15:52Z")
I got a call from the Super saying my shower drain was leaking into the apartment below. So they scheduled an appointment with the plumber to come today. And now [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/phriedo/4601872882/in/set-72157623923106945/) is the state of my bathroom. Oy. The sink is in the hall and there’s a hole in the floor. But at least they replaced the leaking drain pipe. (They’re going to fix the sink and hole later today.) The plumber dropped a tool down the hole into the apartment below. That guy is never home. I don’t think he’s gonna be able to get it back. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-p-hole-in-my-bathroom/539193/2 "2010-05-12T17:19:37Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > The plumber dropped a tool down the hole into the apartment below. That guy is never home. I don’t think he’s gonna be able to get it back. 😃 He could make the hole bigger and climb down, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-p-hole-in-my-bathroom/539193/3 "2010-05-12T19:23:30Z")
That is some sad looking tile. ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-p-hole-in-my-bathroom/539193/4 "2010-05-12T20:42:44Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > That is some sad looking tile. I’m not thrilled by the looks of the wood under the wall, either. But that might be something the plumber put there. Hope the Super hires good people to put things back together well, rather than cobbling it together himself, or hiring someone who’s best qualifications is that he works for beer. Your plumber COULD drop a decent magnet on a string to retrieve the tool, assuming it’s ferrous and in sight. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-p-hole-in-my-bathroom/539193/5 "2010-05-12T21:19:56Z")
I am assuming that if the hole now goes into the apartment below, that the ceiling down there needs fixing. Or were all of your pipes exposed to your downstairs neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-p-hole-in-my-bathroom/539193/6 "2010-05-13T00:39:42Z")
Have him throw in new floor tiles for your inconvenience. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-p-hole-in-my-bathroom/539193/7 "2010-05-13T02:24:24Z")
> [@RalfCoder](#): > > I’m not thrilled by the looks of the wood under the wall, either. But that might be something the plumber put there. Hope the Super hires good people to put things back together well, rather than cobbling it together himself, or hiring someone who’s best qualifications is that he works for beer. He did; the guys did an excellent job. The new tiles don’t match exactly, but I don’t care since that area is largely hidden by the sink (which has now been put back) and a weird vent pipe. (I have no idea why that drain doesn’t vent into a stack in the wall; there’s a lot of little oddities about this otherwise bland box of a building.) > [@Wilbo523](#): > > I am assuming that if the hole now goes into the apartment below, that the ceiling down there needs fixing. Or were all of your pipes exposed to your downstairs neighbor. Yep, they are going to have to replace the part of his ceiling that was damaged by the water, anyway. I assumed they removed it before they dug up my floor.