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bktheirregularLast month I noticed that the floor in my apartment's living room felt slightly uneven. I didn't pay it much heed, figuring: old building, maybe slightly quirky.
It got worse. Gradually, mind, but noticeable as time went on ... to the point where this past weekend, there was a visible bulge in the floor near the door to the balcony. And that door, set in the wall about an inch off the floor, actually hit the floor when opened halfway.
Obviously, this needed a look-see from someone who knows more about structural engineering than me. After some adventures - the guy called me at 4pm to say he wanted to meet at 7pm, or earlier if I could make it (7pm was pushing it for me), and then I got hit with surprise work which kept me in the office until quarter of 7, leaving me racing to get home in time - I got the initial diagnosis.
Water in the walls. Bad enough that it had apparently caused visible damage to the trim where the wall met the floor. Could be a leaky water pipe, or a leaky rain-gutter drain, they don't know. It looks like they may have to rip up the walls to find out what the story is. And maybe also the nice parquet flooring that I got with the apartment.
Who knows how much this is going to cost, or how long it's going to take.
*sigh* I guess that's why I've been saving up money bit by bit.
It got worse. Gradually, mind, but noticeable as time went on ... to the point where this past weekend, there was a visible bulge in the floor near the door to the balcony. And that door, set in the wall about an inch off the floor, actually hit the floor when opened halfway.
Obviously, this needed a look-see from someone who knows more about structural engineering than me. After some adventures - the guy called me at 4pm to say he wanted to meet at 7pm, or earlier if I could make it (7pm was pushing it for me), and then I got hit with surprise work which kept me in the office until quarter of 7, leaving me racing to get home in time - I got the initial diagnosis.
Water in the walls. Bad enough that it had apparently caused visible damage to the trim where the wall met the floor. Could be a leaky water pipe, or a leaky rain-gutter drain, they don't know. It looks like they may have to rip up the walls to find out what the story is. And maybe also the nice parquet flooring that I got with the apartment.
Who knows how much this is going to cost, or how long it's going to take.
*sigh* I guess that's why I've been saving up money bit by bit.
