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Basement Ceiling Leak - Part 9 - Meet Mr. Hammer … Jack Hammer

August 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

In Part 8 we saw how simply using the hand-held circular saw was not overly efficient. There was just way too much gosh darn poured concrete underneath the floor tile.
Enter Mr. Hammer; Jack Hammer

The next day, Bennett returned with a small jack hammer. The was the Rotary Hammer Drill by Superior Power Tools. […]

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Basement Ceiling Leak - Part 7 - The Probable Cause and, Gulp, Action Plan

August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

In Part 6 we wrote about Bennett’s investigation into the water that had been causing those ugly brown water stains on our basement’s drop ceiling tiles.
 
After spending a fair amount of time (around 2 hours) he said “That’s it.”.
What was the cause in Bennett’s opinion?
Well, it seemed that the wrong type of shower floor drain […]

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