Water Damage

We've got a rather interesting problem in our apartment these days: our wall is collapsing. Or rather, it's peeling away. About the middle of last week we noticed that the wall that separates our bedroom from bathroom looked like it was getting water damaged, and by the end of the week it was so bad we called our building mechanic to take a look at it.

He confirmed that it was water, and that it was not coming from our apartment but rather from the one above us. No problem, he told us, we'll send someone on Monday to fix it.

Well, no one showed up Monday. On Tuesday, today, we got a note from our building manager saying that the master plumber would be around today to fix things up.

Well, no one showed up today either. So when I got home I called the manager and she gave me the story. Apparently the problem is huge - it goes down the same wall from the 4th floor to the basement! So "demolition" starts tomorrow, with the top floors going first, which should be interesting.

Supposedly it should take 1-2 days to get rid of the pipes, but of course, to do that they have to take out all the walls on five floors, and then they have to repair them when everything is finished.

So I have a feeling this place is going to be a disaster for a while. Our bedroom already looks like we are refugees, since all of our furniture is piled up on the opposite side of the room from the cracking wall. Fortunately, we haven't seen any actual leaks, but our wall does look pretty pregnant.

Good thing we're going to be away over the weekend. I'll try to take pictures if they knock anything out.