The Water Wouldn't Stop...Then the Plumber Disappeared

What would you do if water was pouring through multiple apartments, and neither the building shutoff nor the city shutoff would stop it?

 

What started as a small puddle became nearly 3 days of water, city crews, the fire department, unavailable plumbers, a contractor problem, new holes in copper pipes, demolition and drying.

 

Then we finally found the original cause: one tiny nail.

 

In this episode of Rental Problems Solved, I walk through what happened and the emergency systems I would put in place before the next leak ever starts.

 

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