Before the year ends I need to make at least one post for 2025. I may as well make it about the unexpected, unwanted and forced remodel we had to do.
In late July we found we had a water leak. At first we thought it was a pressurized line; it wasn’t it was the main kitchen sink drain above a corner of my office on the outside wall, where we noticed the moisture. Bottom line, the 55 year old drainpipe rusted through. Insurance pays for the damage and repairs, but not for the plumbing.
Plumbers will rip a hole to do the repair. From there the insurance company want bids. Once a bid is accepted and contract signed work can begin; demolition starts and samples for asbestos are sent to the lab. In our case small amounts of asbestos was found in the joint compound used with the drywall. All work (about 80% demo done) came to a halt.
Finding asbestos changed the rules, timeline and costs. 2.5 weeks were added to get the crew in for the demolition & abatement team to ready the site to go back together.
The new office setup is nice, but we are still dealing with ramifications from the leak, some I’ll talk about in another post. The main visual one is no art work on the walls yet; a project for the new year.
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