The Study with Holes

Well, the leak is not in the wall to the right. Instead it is at the base of the stool in the upstairs bathroom. Carol had suggested that I find the source of the water before digging down 6-8 feet on the outside. I removed the drywall at the bottom of the study wall (underneath the ladder is where some of the mold was growing) and the bathroom wall on the backside and found water on the 4" sewer pipe running upstairs. Poked a couple of holes into the upper part of the wall (just above the cute giraffe on top of the ladder) and was able to see the leak on the underside of the floor above. The device on the pipe for fastening the stool has some sort of offset shape and I think is going to require more wax than the two I tried that John had available at Crossroads Lumber. After I reset the stool, I still have a leak. Nothing is ever easy.

I think I have to replumb the hot water heater I installed in the lake rental on Friday, as a couple of slow leaks have not stopped by late Sunday.

Also have some electrical problems in the rental in KC!! I think I should have stayed in Brasil!!!