The Mold

For the past year we have been living in an apartment in my dad's basement, and it was working pretty well for everyone. Throughout the year we have had lots of random water problems all over the apartment - the closet in the spare bedroom, the laundry room, the bathroom, the kitchen and the furnace room. Each room had its own problem that came and went.

Lately we've been having water by the window and sink in the kitchen which didn't seem to be a big problem until we realized the water was coming from above. After much deliberation we found that the leak must be the pipe that drains from the upstairs kitchen sink & dishwasher. My dad cut holes in the wall behind drawers and cupboards in their kitchen trying to find a break in the pipe, all to find nothing. He then came to our kitchen and cut around the window where the water seemed to be accumulating. Once he started cutting the walls kind of fell in, and what did he find? A pipe with a nail in it, lots of water, and lots of mold. Gah!

While he was cutting all these holes, Scott and I were at Julie & Landon's house. My dad was texting me updates as he went along, which was nice for us to have an idea of what we were coming home to. When we got home we ran downstairs to grab some basic things and could hardly breathe because of the smell. We slept upstairs in my old bedroom until Tuesday when we left for Boise.

As of right now, the entire kitchen will need to be torn apart, as will the furnace room, bathroom and bedroom. We found an apartment that is near by that we are hoping to move into on the 1st of December, but we're still working out the kinks on moving in. I guess we'll see come Monday!