Leaky Pipe

Under the kitchen sink. Now I know where the tub cleaner is!

Oh oh. It was too good to last. I was cleaning up the kitchen and the mat in front of the sink slipped like a body board on mud when I stepped on it. When I picked up the mat, I saw about 1/8" of water on the floor and notified the husband -- his department, not mine. This kind of incident always leads to some kind of interrogation and blaming, but I really didn't do anything wrong so felt that I was off the hook.
We picked through the stuffed broom closet for a bucket and mop and removed everything from under the sink. Fortunately, that area is relatively uncluttered so the job was not too difficult. Bob located the source of the leak and put a pot underneath. The pipe dripped for awhile, then stopped until Bob tried the kitchen faucet and the drips began again.

The guy on the right fixed the pipe

The temporary solution seems to be to avoid using the kitchen sink -- glad I don't have to get up during the night to change the drip collector. Bob, who usually does his own repairs, is lamenting the absence of a wrench and other tools. He left a message with the office, closed until tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 19: one of the maintenance guys knocked loudly on the door shortly after 9:00 a.m. and promptly diagnosed a separated "P-trap pipe", blaming old plumbing which has not been replaced when cosmetic "upgrades" were made. He also removed a piece of plastic (looked like a small corner of a shelf support) from the garbage disposal, thereby eliminating the racket that scared me into avoiding its use.