For those of you that are new around here - my company has a very generous holiday schedule, which gives us the Friday before Labor Day AND Labor Day Monday off - which means a four day weekend. Yay! But since I've used very little vacation (thanks COVID!) I have taken the rest of next week off, as well.
So as my work day wound down, I found myself in the kitchen looking to start the dishwasher (coincidentally, I've read TWO posts this evening about dishwashers...what are the odds?) and reached under the sink to grab a dishwasher pod and noticed...something.
I told myself I'd worry about it later, that most likely one bottle or another was leaking.
Dear reader, it was NOT a random bottle of cleanser that was leaking. No, instead it was one of the pipes that was leaking and that underneath all the random crap that resides under the sink was a moldy, watery mess.
ICK!
I gathered up all the rags in the house and proceeded to mop up the mess, then bleached EVERYTHING. Twice. Put a bowl under the suspect pipe and waited for The Husband to come home, while I contemplated whether or not it would be easier to just move.
As you might imagine, The Husband was not pleased to walk into this scenario and is currently at Tractor Supply praying that he can find something to cap off the one drain until we can get a plumber out here. If he is successful in this mission, or so he says, we can at least use the other half of the sink (I have my doubts).
In the meantime, copious amounts of bleach has been poured and pipe bits are soaking in it.
What is shocking to me, is how this hasn't come to our attention before now. Am also now understanding why our allergies have been in overdrive lately.
Luckily, it seems, the leak hasn't been a gusher as none of the wood feels spongy or rotten. Small blessings, I suppose.
But still...what a way to kick off a vacation. Now I need to shower because...ICK!
You appear to be fixing or replacing everything in (and outside) your house, one piece at a time. Although the aggravation never lets up, at least it isn't all at once. And of course, it has to be during a holiday/weekend.
ReplyDeleteWell, this house is about 20 years old - so it's not surprising just very aggravating.
DeleteThis is the pits. I sure hope it ends better than the Thanksgiving stove (wait - was it the furnace? or some other appliance?) nonsense. That is a crap way to start off a vacation. Please tell me that you are getting to go somewhere else physically. HOT WATER - THAT'S IT, IT WAS THE HOT WATER HEATER. I'm remembering because staying at a hotel seemed to be an option. Good luck and if I were you - GET OUT OF DODGE.
ReplyDeleteOh, I WISH I was going somewhere but, no. The numbers here are rising rapidly so I'm staying put.
DeleteIf it's not one thing, it's the leaky pipe under your kitchen sink.
ReplyDeleteThe joys of homeownership never cease!! Good luck.
Own a home, they said. It'll be fun!
DeleteI am so sorry to hear this, at the beginning of a vacation from work. But there are good things like it doesn't seem to have damaged anything too badly. Other than your allergies. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, we are fortunate there was no lasting damage!
DeleteOh no! I'm sorry this was your welcome into vacation. :(
ReplyDeleteIt can only get better from here, right?!
DeleteOh, hell.
ReplyDeleteThis is a hate crime. Go to the proper authorities (the wine store).
I place an order this morning! ;-)
DeleteGigi, It's as though we are cosmically tied at the hip or something because we, too, had a leak under our kitchen sink this year. Did we know it? Not until the smell made itself very known. Then OMG! Turned out that it had slowly been leaking, drip by drip for who knows how long. Used a fan to air it out once the repair guy came in and fixed it. I tried going in with bleach water to scrub it out but the fumes from both the mold/mildew and the bleach itself were too strong. So after several days with the fan blowing at it non stop, I was finally able to go in and clean. I looked like I was wearing a hazmat suit. Ugh. What a mess! I'm glad you got yours cleaned up too! Sorry that's how you had to start your weekend! I know you don't really like to cook, but on The Widow Badass's blog, she gives a recipe for making bread that doesn't look like it's too difficult to make. I think I'm going to try it out. If you try it as well, it might do wonders for your kitchen. Because the smell of freshly baked bread fixes everything! Have a much better rest of your vacation, my friend! Mona
ReplyDeletePatience above! it's never a dull moment for you, is it?
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