Wall leaks – 2009!

When we came home from Puebla, our living room walls looked a little different than they had before:

Yes, it looks like it’s time for some leaks again.  Those are huge wet spots on the wall.

We’re not sure where they come from, but we have a theory.  Behind that wall is another house, which is vacant.  I don’t think they have their water turned on, but they do have a window open.

So the theory is that water is getting in that window (we’ve started getting a little rain once in a while – it’s getting close to rainy season), sitting on the floor and seeping down into the wall and ceiling.  Quite a mess!

We’re going to try to track down our neighbours (who we’ve never met – I don’t think they’ve visited the house since long before we moved here) and let them know that there’s a big problem.

(Why not just close their window, you ask?  Well, I may do that.  However, they need to know the problem because their house is likely in worse shape than ours.  Second, once we close the window it will lock and we’ll never be able to open it again.  It might not dry with the window closed.  The window is covered by bars and won’t be easy to close.  I’ll also need use a ladder to get onto my roof, hoist it down and use it to get down to their roof, then somehow climb over the side of the wall to reach the window….)