Home repair

It's been just over 3 weeks since we discovered the leak in T's bathroom. The first week was playing email and phone tag with the builder and then the subcontractor. The beginning of the second week the subcontractor came out to evaluate the situation and he spent quite a bit of time tracking down the source of the leak. I was pretty convinced that this was his way of trying to make it be something we would be responsible for rather than a problem caused by the original construction. He was very thorough and after about 3 hours determined that water was entering the house through the utility line conduit pipes. He thought that was an error in the original construction and submitted his report to that effect. The rest of the second week was spent waiting to find out whether the builder would take responsibility. I called on Friday and learned that the builder was taking responsibility and that the sub would be back on Tuesday.

This is now the third week. The sub returned on Tuesday and he and 2 of his workers spent about 4 hours ripping out the vanity and closet and toilet. They tracked the tubing and capped off ends, sucked out residual water, ripped out wallboard, insulation, where it existed, and clean up the mess. They returned Wednesday to finish cleaning up, apply anti-mold chemicals and begin reconstruction. Thursday was spent finishing the walls and applying texturizing. They are scheduled to return on Monday.

In the meantime on Wednesday the sub's sub inadvertently cut the cable connections (read TV, Internet and phone) to our neighbor's house and he arrived on our doorstep at 8PM demanding that we try to get our contractor to come back and fix it that night. Didn't happen - but they did get the cable company to come out the next morning and now all's right with the world. Sigh!