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the simplest answer is that the water came directly from the diswasher and, due to the shape of the floor, it happened to center itself in the middle of the floor and whatever trail there might have been had evaporated. but i'm wondering if there's another possibility: that the water is coming from under the floor, somehow. from pipes in the subflooring that leak or something. there's some evidence for this in the kitchen. i had new floor tiles put in kitchen within a year ago. now they're pulling up and shifting around as if something (like water) is compromising the glue or whatever that holds them on. i had the same tiles put in the bathroom and they're just fine. has anyone ever heard of anything even remotely like this? i know if i call the front office with this they'll just think i'm crazy. the only choice i have with them is to keep running these appliances until there's so much damage they have to do something. |
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normally i'd just chalk it up to a valve or a gasket and just let maintenance take care of it. if they couldn't find a leak, they'd just take out the washer and replace it with one from an empty apartment. but the weird flooding of an adjacent room after doing laundry and the fact they found no leak in my washing machine makes me wonder if something "deep inside" somewhere isn't going wrong. i'm just trying to figure out how to play this. the bigger problem is the washing machine and whether this is all going to a big to-do eventually - like my having to find other accomodations for a while they take up my carpet or rip up walls. then next time i have an utterly free day on a weekday, i'll do laundry and try see if the flooding happens again. then at least i can have someone from the office see it and let them deal with it. by the way, the plumbing these apartments are notoriously problematic. i've had other members i met for the first time launch into similar stories. |
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In CJ's new condo her bath tub had a hair line crack in it and everytime she used it water seeped slowly into the condo below hers. Took months to find the source. If you are on ground floor, is your floor cement with vinyl tile over? Could be the ambient moisture from the cement, rather the ground below, seeping through causing the curl, or cd b bad cement. |
maybe it's just cthulhu getting your place ready for a nice visit :P |
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woke up this morning to a musty smell coming from the carpet. honestly, nowhere i live - alone - is exactly known for its fresh scent. but this was new to my nostrils. i might have a concrete floor. i'm on the ground floor. my apartment is actually a house sectioned into a triplex. i'm not that worked up about it anymore. but i kind of want another flooding incident to happen again just on principle - at least to show i'm not crazy. |
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Nastiest living conditions I ever had. |
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i really had to a load of laundry, so i got up early on friday and put a load in. it went though the entire wash cycle and there was no flooding our any kind of leaking. i left to take care of a little business and meet up with my mother who was in town for the day. she had just come back from marfa, texas where she had been staying at a ranch in a room next door to randy and evi quaid. it turns out that the quaids, particurlarly evi, are a bit insane. at least according to people who live in marfa. there was some story about evi quaid painting a door yellow and nailing crossed shovels on it as a "no trespassers" sign. but i'm not sure i can remember all the details. anyway, i got back to my place and there was still no water. i don't know what the hell to say. either the problem's over or one day my lung will be eaten away from mould spores and my floor will collapse from water damage. |
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called the landlord, he had a flushing attachment for a hose and had it unplugged in 10 minutes flat. hooray for easily solved catastrophes! |
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doesn't do much to the house, doesn't care what we do (within reason) but takes care of the important things pretty quick. |
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when i got home this afternoon there was a big "hurricane pro" blower in my bedroom. the had pulled out the dresser where the wet spot was and aimed the blower at it. i noticed later that they must have pulled up the carpet at the spot and cleaned out the underside. i called the office to see if i could get somebody to put my dresser back. jose and another guy came over and put the dresser back, but left the blower in my bedroom. they say the carpet people will be back to finish the job, but i don't know when. |
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