deb,
Sounds like you could use the 40+ questions. This is an answer to one of
them.
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> Department of Hot Stove League, or my short career as a water leak
> detecter in NYC:
>
> There was a job.... water mysteriously leaked down the walls in a 300+
> year old church. Many experts had been consulted and no one could
> figure out where the water was coming from so my and my partner's
> fresh eyes were requested. I was assured that the prime suspect was
> "wind-driven water," through porous mortar and or stones, in other
> words, nor'easters. Well, I'm from the midwest and we don't have
> nor'easters so I was having trouble featuring this phenomenon.
>
> But, rigs were rented and permits were expedited, and water sprayed
> here and there onto the exterior walls in various quantities and
> pressures, at different elevations. I had fun driving a JLG around
> lower Manhatten. No water came in, except through some of the stained
> glass windows - which problem they already knew about.
>
> I went back and checked through what WE knew: it all started with the
> tenant asserting that the attic was bone dry, and progressed from
> there. Just for giggles, we sprayed water all over the roof in
> different pressures and quantities and at different elevations - one
> person outside, one in the attic. Guess what? Us two hillbillies with
> a garden hose and a set of walkie-talkies, a ladder, and the precious
> key to the attic... well I'm sure you know the rest of the story!
>
> sign me,
> What You Can Do With a Degree in Math or Social Work These Days
>
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