In the early evening, I needed to pop down to the drug store downstairs. As normal, I took the stairs because it’s a good way to get some easy exercise. On the way down, around the eighth floor, where the parkade floors begin, I noticed the air felt damp, like it was really humid. I also noticed water pooling near the landings of the stairwell. Then came the most obvious observation, the concrete walls of the staircase were wet. There was clearly something wrong.
When I got back from the drug store, I posted some photos to the building’s Facebook group. I was told by the group admin that the issue was that a unit in the building had suffered a very severe water leak and what I saw was the water from that leak. I cannot imagine how bad the leak was that it was able to leak through the concrete walls between floors. This is bad for the concrete, right? At the very least, it can’t be good?
I have no idea how the leak happened or what the circumstances were behind it, but the owner of that unit is gonna be in for a world of hurt both financially and practically. I hope they have enough insurance to cover this leak because if they don’t, this could potentially ruin them.