Hi Guys,
This morning when I went into the bathroom to shave, my left foot stepped on
wet carpet. Gads, that wasn't my favorite way to start the day.
First things first. Unroll a yard of towel paper, sop up the water and get
the area dry. It took nearly an entire roll of paper.
What caused the wetness? I looked toward the living room and asked our cats
which one of them left me a present. Neither paid any attention to me (no
signs of guilt), so I gave the towel paper a quick sniff test (still not one
of my favorite ways to start the day). Smelled like ordinary water with a
carpet fragrance. What did I expect?
Next came the flashlight and dry paper towel inspection of all plumbing in
the bathroom followed by turning on and off each faucet while looking for
even the slightest sign of wetness. None of the faucets were wet, none of
the water lines under the faucets were wet, the toilet pedal wasn't wet nor
was there wetness on any surface anywhere near any of the plumbing lines.
Next came an inspection of the shower plumbing (with a mirror and flashlight
I can see the plumbing in back of the cabinet). With fingers feeling around
behind the cabinet I felt for dampness. None was found.
Both cats were still snoozing. By chance I touched the area where I'd just
dried and it was sopping wet. Right about then Sandie mentioned the trailer
seemed low at the back and asked me to check it after I finished shaving.
Bingo! I knew the source of the water. It's funny how a simple comment can
right the bells. Sure enough, my gallon of distilled water was empty. I had
stored it on the floor forward of the bathroom along with canned goods.
The rubbing of cans against the side of the plastic gallon jug had worn a
small hole in the jug, it drained toward the back of the trailer and pooled
in front of the bathroom sink.
A half hour later with another roll of towel paper and more wiping up of wet
distilled water and we were dry (well almost - somewhat?). A few more days
of sunny weather like today with all windows open should do it.
Once burned -- I've learned,
Terry