Plumbing

So this weekend, I took a shower and Brett knocked on the door and said I needed to see something. I came out and apparently downstairs under the shower the ceiling was bulging and water was dripping from the vent.

That is not a good sign.

This morning the plumber came over to see what was causing the problem. he cut a whole in the dining room ceiling (size of a piece of paper) and then started the shower.

Turns out the problem was not something horrible like a pipe bursting. it was our shower head. Right after moving in I had a hand held shower head installed (by a friend of mine) and it had adjustable settings and was way better than the original shower head. And for two years it has worked perfectly. cut to about 2 months ago, when we finally had our leaky bathtub faucets fixed (they dripped constantly since the day we moved in) and suddenly there was more water pressure coming into the shower head, and it started leaking out of the hose.

We didn't think anything of it, because why would you? turns out the water leaking from the hose was running down the wall of the shower and getting behind the faucet fixture and into the wall, and subsequently the ceiling below ("ceiling below"?! Dad is right, English is weird).

anyhoo, this is why I love renting! I would have hated to have called a plumber and had to pay a plumber only to find out I need to buy a new shower head. He put our old shower head back on, and this weekend I will go out to get a new and improved shower head. (Good thing I have a bed, bath & beyond gift card from Uncle Pop, from graduation!)


of course, now we have to call the handyman to come patch up the ceiling downstairs. so many repairs!