Three Leaks in a Matter of Weeks!

When we moved into our house, we thought the kitchen would be one of the easiest rooms when it came to projects. We didn't do any painting and our refrigerator and oven came with the house. We were wrong.

Here is an overview of our kitchen projects.

Ceiling: About two weeks after we moved into the house, we had our first unexpected house project. I was driving home from Indiana and received a call from Josh that our toilet had leaked through our kitchen ceiling. I was expecting a small baseball-sized leak, so you can imagine my surprise when I found this!

Josh put his handyman skills to work. He fixed the toilet and, with some help from a friend, sanded the ceiling (I'll leave out the details of the electric sander that left a layer of dust on EVERYTHING in the kitchen, dining room, and part of the living room) and retextured the ceiling. We just triple coated that section of the ceiling today, and although it's not perfect, it looks much better.

Ceiling Numero Dos: About two weeks after we fixed the hole in the ceiling from the toilet leak, we had a shower leak. This time the shower was leaking through the light in the kitchen ceiling. After a few hours of testing, we discovered exactly where the leak was coming from and Josh fixed leak number two.

Faucet: We soon discovered that our kitchen faucet had a leak. Once again, Josh put his handyman skills to use and installed a new faucet.

Dishwasher: This one's my favorite! Before moving into our new house, we decided we wanted to install a dishwasher. The first week of June, we were blessed with a new dishwasher as a gift. The first step was adding switches to our breaker box. My Uncle Rick made the trip to Akron to install a whole new breaker box and rewire our electricity. What a blessing to have an electrician in the family! Step two was finding someone who could make space in our cupboards and install the dishwasher. So after sitting in a box in our kitchen for 4 and a half months, we finally have a working dishwasher!!! (Well, almost working. Sears is coming tomorrow to repair a broken part.)





Our next project is finding a breakfast nook table. Without the dishwasher sitting in the corner, we have a big open space to fill!