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I have been having such panic attacks over my leaky windows. You see, Mom is my landlady. She doesn't live with me and I pay her rent (not enough, family rate, but I do pay rent) but she is about to move in with me and rent the house she and my late stepfather own (ed).
Anyway, when my brother replaced some siding and rotten 4x4s and 4x6s less than a year after Mom bought this townhouse (in 2005), he caused cracks in the sheetrock in my bedroom by the worst of the 2 windows. It took me a couple of years after that to realize what was going on. I put it damp carpet by the window down to my cat and heavy condensation on the window down to me running the AC low or just really high Louisiana humidity. It took one really heavy and sustained rainstorm about 2 years ago now to make me realize it couldn't be the cat. Mom looked at it and realized leaky window but hasn't replaced it yet.
Anyway, I worry that the whole wall is rotten and it is my fault for taking years to realize what was going on. Also, the big living room window appears now to have a leak, albeit small. there is a water stain about the size of my thumb and mildew around the window frame. The big couch I got rid of was it front of that so God knows how long that has been going on. And that one is under the overhang! *worry* *guilt*
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