The Housing Report

While meeting with our architect and design firm last week, they told us one of the contractors advised them that where the water comes into the house, the pipe had frozen (we shut off the water to the house, but we never thought there would be a problem with the water coming into the house from the street). So, over the past week, I've been stressed that the weather would turn, heat up, and thaw out the pipe - causing the basement to flood.

Of course, today, it's 64 degrees outside (up from 0 a few days ago). As a result, I've been popping over to the house every day, sometimes twice, to make sure the basement is dry. Today, I noticed a few drips and a small part of the carpet wet. So, I'm hoping this is just the result of the thawing of whatever water was left in the indoor pipes after turning off the water.

Just to be safe, we'll be going to the house again tonight and as often as needed to ensure you can't float a boat in the basement. I've asked the city to shut off the water to the house (last week actuallly), but it's Chicago - they're not in a rush (though, I'm hoping my frantic call last night made a difference).

PS - we've changed the color scheme of the house so look for new drawings soon!