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Posted by John Grabowski on May 18, 2006, 8:33 pm
>
> I own a duplex unit that is between tenants and getting new tile floors
> to replace the old vinyl...
>
> The installer pulled the quarter-round *and* a nail that was driven
> through the molding and into the plastic house main supply water line
> coming up out of the slab!
>
> Turning off the water at the street did not completely stop the flow ;(
> but I managed to clamp and seal it (after using the nail as a plug).
>
> I figure that 2 inch (!) casing nail had been there since the last
> floor was installed, maybe 10 years ago...
>
> Oh, the joys of owning...
>
>
> HankC
>
Several years ago in my sister's former house which was six years old at the
time she had her ducts cleaned. One of the crew removes a vent cover in one
room and all of a sudden water starts coming out from under the wall. It
turned out the screw for the vent cover was driven into a water pipe for the
toilet on the other side of the wall. My sister had always wondered why
there was a wet spot in the crawl space below, but never had anyone
investigate.
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