Anyone remember my post from February 11, 2007? Check it out HERE to refresh your memory. Almost one year to the day, I had the same problem happen again. My pipes froze over the weekend due to the cold temperatures, and Monday night they started bursting. This time it burst from under the sink, in the cabinet, punctured the drywall, and was shooting a spray of water out about six feet into my hallway. I had just fallen asleep at about 12:30AM, when the water hitting the bathroom door woke me up. Shutting off the valve under the sink didn't work, neither did shutting off the one under the toilet. Fortunately, maintenance was there within 10 minutes, but it felt more like 30. He shut off the water to the building, but had to go back to the other apartment he had been working on when he was paged for my emergency.

About 20 minutes later he comes back, with Jack (my buddy from last year), the maintenance supervisor. They proceeded to try to replace the damaged section of pipe, but every time they'd turn the water back on, another area would start leaking. They left about 3:45AM since there was nothing more they could do until a plumber came. They were hoping to have one there by 6:00AM. I called work to leave a message for my boss, explaining what happened, and that I would be there in the afternoon. I went back to bed at 4:00AM and slept till 9:00AM, so I could be up, showered and dressed before the guys with the shop vac came to suck all the water out of my carpet.

Monday night, showing the drywall that was cut out to get to the pipes, and the interior insulation that was pulled out from around the pipes.

This was taking Tuesday morning, after the plumber had been in while I was sleeping. They pulled the toilet up (it's sitting off to the left in the bathtub) and ripped out more drywall.

Here's a close up of the pipes and insulation in my wall. If you look carefull, you can see some small shiny sections of copper pipe. Those are the newer pieces they put in to replace the busted sections. I'm assuming some are from last year. There are at least four that I can tell in the picture, one longer piece on the right side, lower pipe, one small piece in the middle top pipe, and one small piece on both top and bottom pipes on the left.

Because of the water on the bathroom floor, I knew it would start leaking to the carpeting in the bedroom, so Monday night (Tuesday morning actually), once the water was shut off, I started getting everything out of the way before the water got to it. I dragged it wherever I could, and still leave a path to my computer.

Here's the finished bathroom tonight when I got home. Same toilet, can't get that replaced yet (next on my list), but I have a new vanity, cabinet, sink, faucet, I got it all. If you compare this photo with the first one, you can see the difference in the cabinet door. This new one is much nicer quality than the old one.

Everything needs to be thoroughly cleaned, but the water is back on and working. This morning when I got up for work, I didn't have any hot water, so took an amazingly quick shower, then called Jack from work. Apparently, while the plumber was here yesterday, they had been turning the breaker on and off for the water heater, because it's electric, and Jack forgot to turn it back on when they left. So my water heater wasn't heating any water! It's back on now, and I have hot water again! This Saturday, after my dentist appt, I'll be cleaning the bathroom, and putting everything back in it's place in the bedroom.

What are the odds this would happen two years in a row, and on exactly the same day?