make it rain..

Like I said last week, we haven’t done much to the house. However, the house has done something to us. Like.. start leaking. Let’s rewind to super storm Sandy in October. You remember that little thing- everything was close, it rained a ton, there was a lot of wind, etc. Well during that storm the vent/fan in our master bathroom started leaking. It was verrrryyyy minor but still a leak. We called the contractor and he came out and fixed any “holes” he saw on the roof and re-sealed around the vent. Fast forward a few weeks to another rain storm- fan/vent leaks again. However I noticed that it started after we took our morning showers and at that time I suggested that it could be something other than the rain/roof problem. RC ignored/laughed at me. So,back the contractor comes and seals everything again. Fast forward another week.. and you guessed it, another leak. They decided that this time it was something with the valve to the fan, wind blowing it open and water getting in. They thought it wasn't really a leak so the HVAC guy came out and “fixed  the valve to the vent on the roof. Meanwhile our bathroom looked like this…

It seemed to fix it. Then after the snow storm last weekend it started again. But just like every time before, it was so minor. It was almost like someone pulled the drain plug and a little amount of water would come out and then stop.  So the HVAC guy came back to our house and he opened up the ceiling to see what was going on and turns out the vent hose was shoved into the ceiling/insulation so it was kinked and the water vapor couldn’t escape, it would build up and then eventually break free and pour out. Does that make sense to you? It only kind of makes sense to me, I'm still not 100% convinced it's fixed. I'm just not.  The rain/snow thing still sort of seem suspicious.

Let the record state- I was right. It wasn’t a leak in the roof and it had to do with us taking hot showers- I was right. RC was wrong. Somehow we both still lose since we have been dealing with this for 4 months and have to live with this for a week or so..