We have been enjoying eating dinner outside on the back porch, but last night we had dinner inside, at the dining room table. After dinner, Colin noticed a large paint blister on the ceiling. It was pretty late, so we moved the dining room table, chairs, and mahogany sideboard as a precaution and went to bed. This morning we poked a hole in the paint to let it drain out. We have a leak somewhere. We tightened the tub drain when we did the ceiling ten plus years ago, so at first we went with that hypothesis. We were literally leaving for England at noon today, so we thought, not a problem, no one is going to be taking a shower or bath in the tub. Since we are going to be gone so long, Colin decided to poke a hole in the drywall. So sad. We worked hard on installing that ceiling. Anyway, when he did, it was a waterfall of water.
We were still going on the assumption that it was the drain, but just as we were leaving, I went to get a toiletry out of the cupboard behind the shower and I could hear a hissing noise. Maybe it is a supply line. We decided to shut off the water to the whole house (the valves to the upstairs don't seem to be working), put down some plastic sheeting and buckets and hope for the best.
