Toilet Frog

Here's one for the books...In many units when clients leave for the season we recommend that they pour some bleach into the toilet bowls then cover them with Saran Wrap. We always thought it accomplished two things...#1 it prevents toilet water evaporation from puting moisture into the air thereby lessening the chance of mold and mildew and #2 the bleach keeps the inside of the toilet bowl clean. Now we have a 3rd reason....Recently when we checked a unit in Cedar Hammock we discovered a dead frog inside a bowl that had been sealed with saran wrap. Somehow the frog must have came in through the plumbing and entered the toilet bowl only to encounter bleach water that promptly ended it's life. Sad news for the frog but good news for the client because the saran wrap prevented the frog from entering the home and doing whatever damge frogs may do.

Water Disaster

My heart dropped when I went to enter a unit in Forest Glen the other day and saw that water was running out the bottom of the front door. As I tried to steady myself I couldn't imagine where the water could be coming from, since we ALWAYS leave the water main OFF. As I cautiously entered I found a waterfall gushing from across the kitchen ceiling. I immediately realized that the 3rd floor unit had some kind of serious water problem and it was intruding into my clients unit on the 2nd flood (needless to say it also went down to the 1st floor as well). I immediately contacted the property managemant company and after they entered the 3rd floor unit they discovered a sprinkler system pipe had broken. We notified the owner and referred a disaster cleanup company who hastily began their work. The photos above show the holes that were drilled to dry out the inside walls, the first step in the restoration process. Fortunately my client was insured for this kind of problem so be sure you have insurance because even though the problem was caused by the upper unit my client was responsible for the repair costs to his unit.