It's been a few days since the last house update, so in case you were wondering...
One of the biggest challenges we've been facing appears to be solved. The front door of our house opens into a large area with an angled ceiling that reaches two stories tall. Also, the height of the ceilings in our place is a foot taller than normal. Consequently, we have an 18' foot tall wall in our entry we've needed to figure out how to paint the top of without painting the ceiling unintentionally in the process.
A friend came through with MegaLadder. It's one of those transforming contraptions that folds in half, unfolds out straight, extends to nearly twice its length... it's an origami ladder. I may be inviting some kind of cosmic smiting by teasing victory before we've actually done the painting, but we have messed around with the ladder and it seems like it's going to work.
So, that's the good news. The bad news came last night in one of Denver's freak storms that happens from time to time. A torrential downpour opened up, revealing a leak in one of our windows. We're not talking river of water, but it's not exactly drip... drip... drip either. To put it another way, it's the kind of leak that can't just have begun, and there's no way the former owner couldn't have known about it. Jerk.
In any case, we'll have to investigate a bit and see if this is the sort of problem that a little caulk will fix (that's what she said). Here's hoping this is an easy one. (Giggity.)
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"To put it another way, it's the kind of leak that can't just have begun, and there's no way the former owner couldn't have known about it"
In Quebec, there's a law about "hidden flaws", where any house seller is financially responsible of undisclosed physical issues with the house that couldn't be noticed with a general pre-buy inspection.
There might be a similar law in Colorado?
I'll add a further bit of (down-to-earth) advice.
If there's ANY possibility that the leaked water might have gotten inside the wall itself, I strongly suggest you open up the wall to see what the insides look like before you start painting it over.
Take it from me, you could be very surprised at what you find there. And better to find it now than ten years down the line (in which case it might very well find *you*...).
FKL
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