This happens.
Last night my sister Becky and I went to the house to unpack some of the bamboo flooring so it can acclimate to the house. When we went upstairs I saw some water on the floor at the top of the main stairs. And when I looked up, sure enough, there was a water mark on the ceiling. The ceiling that was just drywalled and painted. As in DONE.
I wasn't happy.
A quick message to our contractor revealed that it had to be the A/C unit in the attic. I was supposed to check the drip pan and make sure the insulation wasn't blocking it, but I couldn't climb the steep ramp to get into the attic. Plus, the light in the storage room that has the attic access isn't working and I could hardly see anything in there.
Within a few minutes the slow drip became a fast drip. I put a bucket under the drip, texted our contractor again, and ended up turning off the A/C per his instruction.
Today when I stopped at the house I saw the result of that lovely little drip. A big section of ceiling had to be torn down so the guys could figure out what was going on. And it turns out that THERE IS NO DRIP PAN under the flippin' A/C unit! This is something that should have been a problem for the previous owners as we never touched that unit or anything around it. How nice that it decided to make a mess right after we did all that finish work.
I guess I can look on the bright side. We haven't laid the wood floor yet, so at least it isn't damaged.
Yeah, let's look at the bright side.
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