RE: Life's Left Turns
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I had to follow my own advice about grace yesterday. Lol. We had some trees planted in the backyard and got a couple of Treegators to help keep them watered. I attached the hose to a spigot in the back (that we've never used before) and turned on the water supply to it. Suddenly I heard water rushing—the supply line to the spigot was gushing inside walls. Another thing the previous owners likely hid from us and our inspector didn't find. For now we have a dehumidifier running and when we get back from our trip to Ohio this week we'll have to open up the walls. Deep breaths. I don't think Hive is a lost cause quite yet but I do think there needs to be some kind of coordinated effort to decide on a cohesive path forward and that should probably happen pretty quickly.
Oh man, that sucks! I'm so sorry! I made an unexpected trip to Ohio myself today. It ended up being a grand disaster in a lot of ways, but also kind of good in some other ways.
Thanks my friend. It was horrendously stressful, especially after the chimney cap failed last summer and created a waterfall down our chimney. We've certainly been through it with this house. The home inspector we hired should have his license pulled. Also the previous owners should be ashamed of themselves for cosmetically covering up so many issues. The good news is after 48hrs the dehumidifier is pulling less water and the walls will probably be dried out before we hit the road for Ohio.
That is good news! We had a really good inspector do ours, but I think he is retired now. In the future we would probably have my buddy do it now that he is licensed for that. He'd probably be the one fixing any of the issues anyway, so hopefully he would pay really close attention to everything!
Yes, I don't think we'll have to worry about mold. I was also thankful the leak happened on a pipe we didn't have to shut the main water line down for so we can put the fix off until July when we're back. Both of those things are blessings. I won't be using this particular inspector ever again. I also want to be there when when/if we buy another house. I'll probably create a checklist myself of vital things to inspect and make sure the inspector checks them all off.
That is good and that sounds like a smart plan!