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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