A lot of people already know about this, but here are some pictures to go with the description...
About a week or so ago, the temperatures here in Northeast Ohio dropped down into the single digits for a few days (which usually occurs a few times per winter in this area of the country). And apparently, there is a new problem with our house, because one of our hot water pipes froze, and then burst.
Luckily, Heimlich was home and was able to shut off the water relatively quickly. I had just gotten to work. I have a pretty long commute, but it is against traffic. That long commute became even longer, as I had to turn around and follow all of traffic back into town to go home. There, I found a formidable assembly of buckets that had converged in the kitchen to catch all of the water that had been pouring out of the ceiling -- along with Heimlich's family, who had saved our asses by dropping everything on a weekday to help us out.
So, for the past week, we have been living in a wind tunnel, complete with industrial dehumidifiers, which are doing an excellent job of drying out our skin.
All in all, it has been very stressful, but we are really lucky that the damage was confined to a pretty small area.
[More entries on this subject: Feb 19, Feb 25, Mar 6, Mar 12.]
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