http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=156 Um, no, I cannot say that I have ever mistaken the spiky sprinker head for the flat round red-light flashing appearance of a smoke detector; but I will have to keep this in mind for any future instances in which I am impared in both the visual and sensory departments. But in seriousness... wow, that just bites. I hope you guys are able to get the landlord to let you move to a different unit. If he protests, just throw out the mold issue and say one of you has a mold allergy and you can't stay there for health reasons. In the house I lived in during my junior/senior years of college, we had a similar situation with water, but caused by a very different situation. Our washer/dryer were on the second floor right next to my bedroom. The washer broke one year from old use and lack of maintenance. Basically the tube that fills the main washer basin up with water somehow detached itself from the place it is connected and was just pouring water on the outside of the basin rather than the inside - meaning it was basically just pouring it onto the floor. We figured this out the first time when one of my roommates put in a load of laundry, and when we were both in the living room we heard dripping in the kitchen and realized what had happened. Then despite the warnings to not use the machine until the landlord fixed it my other roommate (one of those people who is insanely intelligent yet simulatenously a complete moron) throws in a load of laundry one day and leave for class. We come home to water gushing through holes and light fixtures in the kitchen ceiling, and about 4 inches of standing water in the laundry room. Quite fun to deal with for sure. Especially since the landlord replaced the washing machine but did nothing about the water that had soaked its way into the walls and hard wood floors. With the hot and humid DC summer that soon followed, I don't even want to imagine how much mold is now growing in that house. EW. CapitolZebra@idkfa.com (CapitolZebra) Mercy General Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:54:44 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=156 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=115 The lemons in this case are covered in destroyed drywall, paint, and texturing. I'd say these lemons are OK to walk away from. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:30:41 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=115 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=114 That's ridiculous. Lemons are delicious, life giving fruit. Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) Mercy General Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:28:29 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=114 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=113 Lucky indeed. Like a great man once said, "If life gives you lemons, just say 'Fuck the lemons,' and bail." kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:50:38 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=113 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=112 We are incredibly fortunate in one aspect; none of our belongings were damaged. I was able to race home when it happened and move stuff away from the damaged areas, and it just so happens that our computers and other electronics were in relatively safe areas. In the immediate future I'm worried about the horrible mess of hastily shifted household items and the general dusting of semi-wet plaster which now covers most surfaces in my house; it looks like a bomb went off. After that, I am really not willing to live in the apartment while they so very slowly fix the damaged sheet rock and carpet. I think it will be a health hazard, and our apartment is just to small to feasibly live in while it's being repaired. katidid@idkfa.com (katidid) Mercy General Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:47:21 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=112 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=111 That is pretty lame. I hope your renter's insurance covers any personal property that got destroyed. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:59:10 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=111 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=110 Has anyone ever looked at the fire sprinkler head in your apartment/office and thought that it was your smoke detector? And then while the smoke detector was beaping in that way that tells you it needs a new battery, you accidentally start twisting and pulling on the fire sprinkler in a misguided attempt to change said battery? Well apparently that is exactly what our upstairs neighbor did yesterday and subsequently set off a gushing deluge of high pressure water right into his face and filling up his apartment with about 4 inches of water. That water then started its fun journey down through the floor into our apartment mostly in the kitchen, dining, and entryway area, though one wall in our bedroom did get a nice trickle going. In the end we now have a sagging and peeling ceiling with several holes cut, drilled, or just broken off to allow drainage. The musty smell of damp insulation is permeating the air and making Katy sneeze. And the floor is wet in several places which is just unpleasant to walk on. Seattle is also pretty much mold central... great. With any luck though we can pressure the managers of the place to allow us to just move into an unoccupied apartment for the same rent for the remainder of the lease term. MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) Mercy General Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:24:34 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=110&msg_id=110