Well that changes things.....

...so I had a fine blog post scheduled for tonight, but we had....sort of a plumbing issue. Actually it was exactly a plumbing issue. Each side of our building has three main "stacks" that are pipes that run from the top floor to the main pipe that runs to the sewer. Previously, not sure how long ago now...maybe 9 months or a year, we had a stack back up. So what happens when a stack backs up is that the water will follow the path of least resistance as it backs up under pressure. In theory, if all of the pipe openings are sealed on the first and second floors (tubs, toilets, sinks) the water would back up to the third floor and come out either a sink or toilet or tub.  However, since OUR toilet and tub on the first floor are not sealed, waste water came into the master bath tub and toilet.

"But wait", you say, "you're renovating your master bath right?"  Well aren't you a smart cookie! Yes I am, however I'm not replacing the tub, so it did indeed gather some "unpleasantness". The toilet however was completely removed and was stuffed with towels, which was not enough to keep the waste from overflowing straight to the ceiling in the basement back in LL's dressing area and closets. Fortunately it hit mainly the middle of the room except for LL's travel bag. We were literally 5' away from the area that got leaked on but in the other room when it happened (by my desk). LL said she heard something like rain and we are expecting storms so I said it could be the storm hitting. Then we opened the door to the back room and panic ensued. We caught it pretty quickly and were lucky to even be home!

There were several lucky things: 1) we were home 2) we were downstairs 3) the toilet in the master bath was not hooked up; if it was, the waste would have spread all through the master bedroom instead of falling straight through to the ground floor.  So it sucks and it's dirty and it's going to cost the condo building some money to fix, but it all could have been worse.

Tomorrow, I'll get to the much happier post about the weekend and such.