Yes There Was A Water Leak Inside The Ceiling Area

Amazing the way things happen Tom, you could never predict that it would happen this way.

It doesn't take much for a leak to start - whoever put that nail in probably didn't look behind the wood to see what they were nailing into.  Oops.

Good morning Tom.  Well this is a new one for me.  Interesting what one will find when playing here in the Rain

Mint chewing gum and you're as good as new.  Mint sticks the best and lasts the longest.

Good morning Tom. I guess you see it all. Imagine a ticking bomb that waited a year. Scary stuff.

Tom, Well at least they didn't cut through the pipe with a reciprocating saw while gutting a bathroom.  I don't know WHO did that, nope, pleading the 5th.....

Tom, The sound of gushing water was NOT a good feeling!  Fortunately the basement was unfinished, so the water was just landing on the concrete floor.  Cut the main and found out just how long it takes the remaining water to flow out of the pipe!  Lesson learned :) 

Good morning Tom. How often we see things like this happen, you really need to pay attention to what inside the walls before you start pounding nails.

Oh the dreaded nail through the pipe scenerio!

We had a couple of leaks on our boat this weekend. Took some real detective work on my husband's part, but he got to the bottom of both of them and fingers crossed they are all fixed. 

He actually taped his cell phone to an old windshield wiper and turned the video camera on and then stretched his arm through the access panel and shot a little movie to have eyes on the situation. Worked great!

Last week I had a hot water leak in a copper pipe under my pier and beam house, as a result of earthquake vibrations causing the copper pipe to rub against a joist.