Better send them to me one at a time, I'm easily distracted/overwhelmed 
these days!   ;)
~deb

Gabriel Orgrease wrote:
> deb,
>
> Sounds like you could use the 40+ questions. This is an answer to one 
> of them.
>
> ][<
>
>> 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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