So I'm watching a movie out in the living room when all of sudden I hear a loud "Thump, Crash!" come from the back of the house. The back of the house is where my room is. I go walking back expecting to find a fallen over bike or something else uneventful. Turns out a 4'x5' square of my ceiling decided to fall on top of two of my bikes, all of my traveling bike tools and car tools.
Rewind about 3 months to when it was raining for weeks at a time and my ceiling was coincidentally leaking water into my bedroom. I put out pans to collect the water and called the rental agency about the leaking roof/ceiling. An underpaid and under skilled handy man comes by and tars the roof. Rain comes again, roof leaks again. I call rental agency again. Same handy man comes by and puts more tar on the roof. Rains a little more and roof leaks a little less but still leaks.
Random carnage shot-
Last Thursday I got back to my house after a short 3 day visit to parents and see the ceiling is noticeably lower/sagging. So much that you could almost see into the rafters from in between unlevel squares of sheet rock. I call again and tell them I'm extremely worried about how the ceiling looks. They put in a work order and the same handyman finally comes by today and again tars the roof and claims "I found the hole that was leaking!!" He said it was a 2" gap around where the chimney meets the roof. Sounds promising as that would let a decent flow into my ceiling.
Handyman then comes into my room and I point out the sagging ceiling. He says he's not sure what to do and that he doesn't have the proper supplies. I ask him if he thinks it's going to fall down and he answers my question with "Do YOU think it's going to fall out?" Ugh.
Anyway, it fell out tonight at 11:45pm and this leaves me thinking of what to do about it tomorrow morning as far as contacting the rental agency... suggestions?
I've already cleaned up the mess myself and patched the hole with some tape and plastic wrap. Feels like home again and smells like asbestos! yay
Oh and here is a shot of where I'm guessing a bigger portion of sheet rock struck my Blur's top tube and rear shock. I don't think it's dented...
Funny thing is I got a call last week from the rental agency asking if we wanted to renew the lease for another year. I was going to say yes..... buut
Rewind about 3 months to when it was raining for weeks at a time and my ceiling was coincidentally leaking water into my bedroom. I put out pans to collect the water and called the rental agency about the leaking roof/ceiling. An underpaid and under skilled handy man comes by and tars the roof. Rain comes again, roof leaks again. I call rental agency again. Same handy man comes by and puts more tar on the roof. Rains a little more and roof leaks a little less but still leaks.
Random carnage shot-
Last Thursday I got back to my house after a short 3 day visit to parents and see the ceiling is noticeably lower/sagging. So much that you could almost see into the rafters from in between unlevel squares of sheet rock. I call again and tell them I'm extremely worried about how the ceiling looks. They put in a work order and the same handyman finally comes by today and again tars the roof and claims "I found the hole that was leaking!!" He said it was a 2" gap around where the chimney meets the roof. Sounds promising as that would let a decent flow into my ceiling.
Handyman then comes into my room and I point out the sagging ceiling. He says he's not sure what to do and that he doesn't have the proper supplies. I ask him if he thinks it's going to fall down and he answers my question with "Do YOU think it's going to fall out?" Ugh.
Anyway, it fell out tonight at 11:45pm and this leaves me thinking of what to do about it tomorrow morning as far as contacting the rental agency... suggestions?
I've already cleaned up the mess myself and patched the hole with some tape and plastic wrap. Feels like home again and smells like asbestos! yay
Oh and here is a shot of where I'm guessing a bigger portion of sheet rock struck my Blur's top tube and rear shock. I don't think it's dented...
Funny thing is I got a call last week from the rental agency asking if we wanted to renew the lease for another year. I was going to say yes..... buut
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