I *just* purchased my first house and last night our first disaster struck. I live in Michigan, in a 2 story house with a basement. The Master Bed and Master 3/4 bath sort of overhang the first floor by about 3 feet - the master shower sits above this overhang.
I was taking a shower last night and my boyfriend was outside in the yard. When I got out of the shower he was yelling about water coming out of the house. Indeed, there was a copious amount of water pouring from the overhang directly beneath where the shower is located. There is no indication of water inside the house at all. The shower is all one piece fiberglass installation.
The house sat vacant since September, and I'm sure they didn't fully winterize the house as the water and power were on when we purchased it - we did however, have a very bad storm which left much of the city without power (thus without heat) for 5-7 days. And I'm wondering - could the trap have frozen and burst?
Its either that or the drain has corroded or broken somehow.
I'm hoping that its the winter thing, which means that water has only been going down and out the wall for 3 days and not 3 years... A plumber could easily cut into the overhang to inspect the drain as well, so I'm not worried about needing to pull up the entire floor. But water is a destroyer... I'm envisioning tens of thousands of dollars to repair this problem and I just bought the house and have no money for something like that. Any ideas? Any idea how much something like this would cost?
I was taking a shower last night and my boyfriend was outside in the yard. When I got out of the shower he was yelling about water coming out of the house. Indeed, there was a copious amount of water pouring from the overhang directly beneath where the shower is located. There is no indication of water inside the house at all. The shower is all one piece fiberglass installation.
The house sat vacant since September, and I'm sure they didn't fully winterize the house as the water and power were on when we purchased it - we did however, have a very bad storm which left much of the city without power (thus without heat) for 5-7 days. And I'm wondering - could the trap have frozen and burst?
Its either that or the drain has corroded or broken somehow.
I'm hoping that its the winter thing, which means that water has only been going down and out the wall for 3 days and not 3 years... A plumber could easily cut into the overhang to inspect the drain as well, so I'm not worried about needing to pull up the entire floor. But water is a destroyer... I'm envisioning tens of thousands of dollars to repair this problem and I just bought the house and have no money for something like that. Any ideas? Any idea how much something like this would cost?