2 Mommies and 2 Boys

For our water leak update…

The water leak has been resolved and we definitely would have had a much bigger mess if we didn’t have Lois’ brother (JD) come over and fix the problem.

As you may remember from Monday’s post, there was a fresh water stain on our basement hallway ceiling. The contractors thought the leak was from the main floor bathroom (we have a 3 story townhouse) and would have ripped out much more wall, including the upstairs vanity and counters.

JD came over and did his own investigating to discover that the problem was from the upstairs bathroom and was leaking down 2 full stories!

JD stated his case to the main contractor that the pipe was cracked during transit and was not a wear and tear issue. Normally, this means that the construction company should be performing all of the repairs free of charge. (even though our 1 year home warranty expired 6 months ago)

The head contractor, BCG, took pictures of the pipe and the damage. I hope he goes to his boss and states the case for them to cover all of the work since they put in a defective pipe (that was noticeable defective) and how much more damage it could have caused due to their negligence AND that the homeowner is a lawyer…(LOL).

Since JD and his buddy did the work, I seriously doubt we will get the company to reimburse us for the fees. Even though JD probably won’t take much $$ from us, we should pay his buddy and we should give him at least enough to cover a few meals and the broken toilet he replaced.

Oh yeah, JD broke our toilet in the process trying to move it and had to run out and buy a new one. The new one is much nicer than our previous one!

So, it definitely could have been much worse. And the contractors are doing all of the drywall replacement as we speak.

Our basement hallway ceiling…

The main floor bathroom…

The top floor bathroom…the first pic is the leaky broken pipe