I have stress.

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I have stress.
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Sat, 02-17-2007 - 3:01pm

Earlier today, I was having the thought that maybe it's time to buy a house.


Then the tenant at my rental house called.

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Sat, 02-17-2007 - 3:51pm
Plumbing hassles are the worst. I had a leak in my last condo. I won't go into detail but it was a nightmare. I hope your home owners insurance covers it too! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
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Sat, 02-17-2007 - 4:19pm
Boy do I ever understand leaks. I had 6 of them in my newly bought condo in a span of 5 months last year. What a hellish year. I was always looking over my head and freaking out everytime I saw a brown spot on the walls or ceilings or bubbling paint. Plumbing problems are the pits. Hang in there, my last major leak was last April and it's been a record that I haven't had to deal with much more since then and the pipes will all be replaced with copper by the end of this year. There is an end to the madness eventually
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Sun, 02-18-2007 - 10:17am

So the leak wasn't under the concrete, and the plumber who told her so is a moron.

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Sun, 02-18-2007 - 11:18am

Oh man. Pipe issues are the worst. My best friend just had a leak in her bathroom... that ended up with the contractor ripping out the entire bathroom and rebuilding it from scratch.


It was a domino effect: the plumber came to fix the leak, found the pipes weren't up to code (they were lead pipes because the house is over 100 years old), pulled stuff out and found that the floor (over the dining room that holds the baby grand piano) was weakened and a wall was held up by a wing, prayer and some tile...and so on.


But now everything is re-done and looks very pretty.

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Sun, 02-18-2007 - 1:36pm

That sounds like a nightmare.

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Mon, 02-19-2007 - 1:00pm
So glad that it turned out to be a minor problem! Yay!