What meteorological phenomenon (phenomena) affects you this day ?

[Verencat]

Oh My! Zelda I hope it doesn't turn into another watery nightmare! Can't you stick something on the window to block the leak until the rain stops? Duct Tape, anything, really..

[Patricia]

We had the flying ants a couple of weeks ago. Today they'd be drowned ants.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Laz116

Easy now. Everything will be allright.

But as I've always said: Nature is evil, not to mention disgusting and unhygienic.

i couldn't agree more.

Originally Posted by Patricia

Zelda, maybe it's time to annoy your landlord by making him do some repairs. Surely you don't have the only faulty window in your building? Maybe several tenants could jointly request that he organises some maintenance?

actually i may well have the only faulty window in the building but perhaps it is time to mention it to him. really bad timing, as i've recently learned he finally made good on his promise to throw the old tenants out (so he can double the rent on their appartements...) and gave an eviction notice to one of my neighbors who lives across the courtyard, she is (was) the oldest tenant and has been here longer than me. my lease expires next june and i was really hoping to lie low until it passed in hopes he forgot about me because i'm afraid my turn is next, and i really can't afford to move right now. also he is possibly the most odious man i know and every time i have to deal with him i come near having an apoplexy from rage.

Originally Posted by Verencat

Oh My! Zelda I hope it doesn't turn into another watery nightmare! Can't you stick something on the window to block the leak until the rain stops? Duct Tape, anything, really..

the last time this happened i discovered that tape does not stick to wet walls / window frames, alas.

the good news is, the storm was very brief this time, it's over already, so there wasn't too much water to clean up. i just can't understand where the hell it's coming from, it makes no sense. i don't think the mastic is at fault (particularly since i redid it. not very well, but well enough i think). and looking at the way the window is constructed it just doesn't seem physically possible for the water to get under there.

now i think i will blame this guy i was going out with for a while, he is one of those people who never thinks before he acts, means well but always ends up doing more harm than good... he thought my window didn't close properly (it did, at the time, but i had it propped open a few cm with a wire to get some air circulation) so one day when i wasn't there "to surprise me" he "fixed" the window with some isolating... foam tape stuff, i don't know what the hell you call it. then, he forced the window closed with the wire still in it. now that i think about this more i am even more astounded because it occurs to me he must have removed the wire to put on the tape, yet it apparently seemed logical to him to put the wire back before closing the window... and the foam already prevented it from closing properly as well. so he managed to force it shut but only the bottom peg was in, the top peg was completely out of the frame, and the window was quite warped (i was away at the time, i didn't see it until 2 weeks later when i came home, plenty of time for the wood to be deformed). i had to ask for help from someone to push on the top of the window to get the peg back in to unwarp it (over a period of *months*). anyway the frame is no longer warped (i hope) but i bet that stupid foam tape is causing problems, and just now when i tried to remove it i discovered that it is nearly impossible, the adhesive is still sticky after all this time (i got it all over my fingers and had to use acetone to get it off) and the foam just shreds into little crumbs when you try to pull it, or compacts down if you try to scrape it off with a spatula. nasty, infernal stuff. arg ! men !!!

Originally Posted by Patricia

We had the flying ants a couple of weeks ago. Today they'd be drowned ants.

thank heavens for small mercies, is that what you're trying to say ? i suppose you're right...

[Laz116]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i couldn't agree more.


actually i may well have the only faulty window in the building but perhaps it is time to mention it to him. really bad timing, as i've recently learned he finally made good on his promise to throw the old tenants out (so he can double the rent on their appartements...) and gave an eviction notice to one of my neighbors who lives across the courtyard, she is (was) the oldest tenant and has been here longer than me. my lease expires next june and i was really hoping to lie low until it passed in hopes he forgot about me because i'm afraid my turn is next, and i really can't afford to move right now. also he is possibly the most odious man i know and every time i have to deal with him i come near having an apoplexy from rage.

It's not something you can fix yourself?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Laz116

It's not something you can fix yourself?

well, i would try, if i could figure out where the hell the leak was coming from ! i thought it was the mastic last time, so i redid that. but apparently that was not the problem. now i think it might be that stupid foam tape, so i'm trying to remove that (i'll finish tomorrow, i've had enough for now). if it's not that... i really don't know ! looking at it, the water shouldn't be able to get in, since as far as i can tell it's coming in *under* the window, but there is a small ledge on the outside which overhangs the joint of the inner and outer frame, so i really don't understand how the water is apparently defying the laws of physics to run along the underside of that to come in the window. and since it only leaks when there is a very strong rain (thank heavens, i suppose) it's hard to test if it's still leaking or not... stupid window, stupid rain, stupid ex-boyfriend and his stupid foam tape, stupid landlord...

[Patricia]

It sounds as though there is a gap between the actual window frame and the surrounding brick. There are expanding fillers that you can buy. But if you live above the ground floor then these could be a pain to apply.

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

well, i would try, if i could figure out where the hell the leak was coming from ! i thought it was the mastic last time, so i redid that. but apparently that was not the problem. now i think it might be that stupid foam tape, so i'm trying to remove that (i'll finish tomorrow, i've had enough for now). if it's not that... i really don't know ! looking at it, the water shouldn't be able to get in, since as far as i can tell it's coming in *under* the window, but there is a small ledge on the outside which overhangs the joint of the inner and outer frame, so i really don't understand how the water is apparently defying the laws of physics to run along the underside of that to come in the window. and since it only leaks when there is a very strong rain (thank heavens, i suppose) it's hard to test if it's still leaking or not... stupid window, stupid rain, stupid ex-boyfriend and his stupid foam tape, stupid landlord...

By your description I'm not too shure of the window type you're mentioning. Could you post a picture?
It could be an absent ledge over the window that causes the trouble also but I'd have to see. I'd love to visit but it's a long swim.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Patricia

It sounds as though there is a gap between the actual window frame and the surrounding brick. There are expanding fillers that you can buy. But if you live above the ground floor then these could be a pain to apply.

i'm on the 4th floor, which only complicates matters further.

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

By your description I'm not too shure of the window type you're mentioning. Could you post a picture?
It could be an absent ledge over the window that causes the trouble also but I'd have to see. I'd love to visit but it's a long swim.

*sigh* shame it's such a long swim. i'm going to ask a friend of mine to take a look though, i hope he knows something about windows, he seems to know everything else. i will take some photos tomorrow, as well.

[Sweetpea]

Is your windowframe made of wood?

When we bought our house, we noticed water trickling down the wall from upstairs. (This wasn't as much a problem as it is for you, as we had no floor at that time and the walls were bare as well ) This only happened on rainy days with a strong wind from the west. So, we checked the upstairs windows and the wood was so rotten, the water was just "pushed" through...

(needless to say, we also replaced those windowframes even though we never planned for them to be replaced!)

[lilac_jive]

It's pouring here. I was supposed to go to a baseball game (with my company), but it kept getting delayed. I was sick of being wet so I went back to the bar (suprise?) and now I'm home. Good thing too, they postponed it until tomorrow. Alas, I'll be in Virginia.

Hey, wasn't this a thread about what we're doing?

[F1Wild]

We had our first official duststorm!!! Yeah! I was hotter than heck today in the stupid teens again and then we got the huge wall of dust over the Valley of the Sun on the very late afternoon!! It was cool! Unfortunately, I don't think we're getting a monsoon after.......drats!

[vivaldirules]

A guy was telling me yesterday that water can actually fall from the sky. Needless to say, I laughed my head off.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Is your windowframe made of wood?

When we bought our house, we noticed water trickling down the wall from upstairs. (This wasn't as much a problem as it is for you, as we had no floor at that time and the walls were bare as well ) This only happened on rainy days with a strong wind from the west. So, we checked the upstairs windows and the wood was so rotten, the water was just "pushed" through...

(needless to say, we also replaced those windowframes even though we never planned for them to be replaced!)

yes, the window frames are made of wood. i suppose it's possible the wood is rotten although it doesn't seem so... i think actually it's a case of the window not closing properly due to that stupid foam tape which blocks it from fitting tightly. it wouldn't hurt to have the windows replaced, but i'm pretty sure that's not going to happen.

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

A guy was telling me yesterday that water can actually fall from the sky. Needless to say, I laughed my head off.

no really, it's true ! come over here, i'll give you a demonstration.

[yvanleterrible]

Yesterday evening was soccer night for my old geesers. We came to the field in a raging storm so strong that the wiper blades were at the quickest setting and it wasn't fast enough to see anything. We parked there admiring the light show for 30 minutes until the thunderstorm gave way to light cold showers.

That's where the fun started. The turf was soft squishy and waterlogged.
The first reaction one gets is Yuck! but as cold water permeates through the boot material you get used to it. You still have reserves until you fall flat in it. I played defense so falling is part of the game. After a while it was fun, each time I tacled someone, we'd come back up covered in mud and laughing like crazy.
The beer was better than ever again.

[Greg Anos]

Weird weather here. Sunshine, low humidity and a high only in the low 30's (C, VR, don't hyperventilate!).