#1143: Setbacks

“Water, water, everywhere!” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

RECORD STORE TALES #1143: Setbacks

Just when I had my music room coming back together again after the shelf disaster in June, another calamity has struck.  Things were going well.  I had all the CDs organized into the C section and was about to start working on D.  I had everything planned, and I knew I had enough storage to handle all my CDs and then some.  I came home from work one day to find the floor absolutely soaked.

There had been a torrential rainfall in the prior days, so I crossed my fingers and hoped it was an isolated incident.  My office at work flooded, so it didn’t seem impossible.  I got out the towels and fans and soaked it up.  The water refused to dry out.  Looking outside, there was no standing water in the area and nothing that could seemingly get into the house.

Process of elimination insinuated that the water was coming in from the air conditioner unit.  The unit is within the wall directly behind me when you see me hosting Grab A Stack of Rock.  Behind the black curtain is my AC unit.  In front of the access panel…are shelves and cabinets full of CDs.  (Yes, I know that’s not the best storage system, but I’m out of space.)

And so, I ripped apart my music room once again, called a technician in, and paid him overtime to fix the leak.

The good news is, he seemed to have fixed the problem.  Fans are running non-stop and it seems the floor is starting to dry out, finally.

Now I have to put the room back together again, a tedious, laborious, and frustrating task.

On an interesting side not from the files of “it could have been worse”, a pipe underneath my work broke and flooded a hallway.  They had to drill two giant holes in the floor to fix it.  Repairs are ongoing.

I hate water!

Tonight we are back to the cottage for some much needed R&R – rest & relaxation, and rock & roll.  We need it.

 

 

 

 

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  1. I always thought it was Samuel Taylor Coleridge who said Water, Water Everywhere in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner but I guess Lovecraft could have said it in another story.
    People will always continue to baffle me.

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        13. I wasn’t going to tell you this in advance (ask for forgiveness, not permission) but I planned to do a chapter of Noirison that’s entirely Harrison graphically sleeping with the nurse from the second chapter. Essentially turning it into erotic fiction for one chapter.

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  4. Sorry to hear about this, Mike. I had serious problems with water a few years back (flooding) and had to have a sump pump installed. I know what you mean about people not getting in touch too – I have family members who come to my area and have never been to my house which I’ve lived in for 14 years. Henry.

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    1. Aw Henry, thank you. That makes me feel a little bit better. Maybe these people will come back into my life, maybe not. I am always sad when people drift away.

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  5. I definitely know what you’re going through here. I live in a semi detached house and water is coming through my neighbour’s roof and is causing damp in ours. The council is dragging their heels in fixing the problem. At least you seem to have yours fixed. Have a great weekend at the cottage, you deserve it.

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        1. Yeah you don’t want mould to set in, that is for sure. Thinking of you man… hoping this gets resolved soon. Can you escalate your complaints? What is the holdup? You’d think the neighbor would want his roof fixed ASAP.

          Tim Durling tells me he has FOUR leaks in his roof presently.

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      2. Oh God, poor Tim. The council and the contractor keep going back and forth but nothing seems to be getting done. As for the neighbour, she wouldn’t have even noticed there was a problem if we didn’t point it out.

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        1. Oh that’s not good! She should be grateful, I hope. Sounds like they are haggling over the cost of fixing the roof! Is there anything you can do in the meantime to mitigate the damp?

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