Feels Like Old Times -- Flooding in My Kitchen
Yesterday morning I went into the kitchen and stepped in a bit of water. It was seeping out from under a couple of boxes of recycling, so I thought it was simply excess moisture from the containers. I put a towel down, took Wolfling off on a jaunt, and forgot about it.
This morning I went into my kitchen and foud a distinct pool of water in the same place.
When the weather got hot, I found out that the ice maker in my freezer didn't work. The head of maintenance came by and discovered that the water source had been turned off at the wall. He turned it on, told me to toss the first few sets of ice that came out -- or to call him if the ice maker still didn't work and he'd get it fixed immediately. No ice was forthcoming. I called and left a message for him, and never heard back.
I'm assuming the water in my kitchen is the result of the faulty ice maker.
Fortunately, my phone call to the office a little while ago resulted in the immediate dispatch of a maintenance guy, and he is now working on the problem.
I really, really did not expect to have to deal with even minor flooding in my third floor apartment!!
ETA:
Maintenance Guy (scratching his head): I've never seen anything like this. We just put in a brand new valve and a brand-new ice maker, and it still doesn't work. The ice maker cycles, but the valve doesn't open. It tries a few times and then just stops. The only thing I can think of is that they sent us bad parts. We're going to go out and get some new parts and see if that works.
Me: Well. . . I have weird karma around water. . .
ETA 2
Maintenance Guy: In 17 years I have never had this much trouble with an ice maker!
This morning I went into my kitchen and foud a distinct pool of water in the same place.
When the weather got hot, I found out that the ice maker in my freezer didn't work. The head of maintenance came by and discovered that the water source had been turned off at the wall. He turned it on, told me to toss the first few sets of ice that came out -- or to call him if the ice maker still didn't work and he'd get it fixed immediately. No ice was forthcoming. I called and left a message for him, and never heard back.
I'm assuming the water in my kitchen is the result of the faulty ice maker.
Fortunately, my phone call to the office a little while ago resulted in the immediate dispatch of a maintenance guy, and he is now working on the problem.
I really, really did not expect to have to deal with even minor flooding in my third floor apartment!!
ETA:
Maintenance Guy (scratching his head): I've never seen anything like this. We just put in a brand new valve and a brand-new ice maker, and it still doesn't work. The ice maker cycles, but the valve doesn't open. It tries a few times and then just stops. The only thing I can think of is that they sent us bad parts. We're going to go out and get some new parts and see if that works.
Me: Well. . . I have weird karma around water. . .
ETA 2
Maintenance Guy: In 17 years I have never had this much trouble with an ice maker!