No Cold Water in Shower, Fixed

After yesterday's missing hot water got fixed, we ended up with no cold water in our shower+bathtub. We had cold water in the rest of the apartment, just not the bathing facilities. 'Called Forward Management in the morning, and ~1 hour later we had a maintenance guy in who fixed it. Pretty speedy.

Aftermath of Forward Management Fixing the Bathroom Shower Pipes

After the bathroom pipes were fixed 9/28/13 (Saturday) we realized that our cold water was scalding hot, so I left a voice message on Forward Management's answering machine.

The next day (Sunday), the cold water is now cold, but when you try to take a shower, every 2.5 to 3 minutes there's a 5 second burst of scalding hot water. It makes it rather uncomfortable to shower.

[Edit 10/1/13: A maintenance guy came today and I explained that it wasn't a cold water problem anymore, but a sporadic burst of scalding hot water. He said he might come back tomorrow if the problem persists. It does.]

Forward Management Pittsburgh and Bathroom Leak Call #10

At approximately 2:30pm today (5/10/12), I called Forward Management Pittsburgh and submitted a maintenance request for the bathroom leak, again. It appears that since the last time they painted over the leak, the leak has decided to move across the replaced dry wall to come out at the seam between the bathroom window and the wall. You can see where the water comes out most of the time, as the paint is tinted orange in that area. See photo below:

[Edit 5/21/12: A maintenance guy entered my apartment at ~11am on 5/16/12, mumbled something about getting permission from the upstairs neighbor, and has not returned since.]

Forward Management Pittsburgh Fails to Fix Bathroom Ceiling Leak, #9

I returned to my apartment after a two week vacation, only to find that the bathroom leak "fix" that was done nearly a month ago by Forward Management Pittsburgh has once again failed. This time, the water is coming out of the right side of the new dry wall, landing on top of the toilet, filling my Christmas vase with nasty water, and destroying the artwork on the wall. Photos below.

This will be the NINTH time I have called about this same problem, in a little over two years.

Water Damage on the Ceiling & Water Damage/Paths on the Wall

Close Up of Wall and Ceiling water damage (this was just painted a month ago, so the streaks are from a new leak)

Water Damage to the Artwork on the Wall

Water Collected Over Two Weeks by Christmas Vase
This vase had no water when I left it two weeks ago. All the water in the vase is from the bathroom ceiling leak.

Water Residue Left on Toilet Seat Lid from Leak
The leak must also be coming out from the middle of the ceiling in order to land on the bathroom toilet lid and leave behind this water residue.

Forward Management Pittsburgh One Month Response to Ceiling Leak

A month since I last called Forward Management Pittsburgh, and they've finally sent maintenance over to fix the bathroom ceiling leak. The maintenance guy claims he replaced some pipes and such of the upstairs neighbors' bathroom, but we'll see how that works out. In the meantime, here's their one day progress in fixing the damage to my ceiling/wall:

Hopefully they do a better job of cleaning up when they finish the job...

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[Edit 12/8/11 Fixed and somewhat cleaned. A little?]

Fixed.

Rubble on top of the medicine cabinet

Rubble in the medicine cabinet

A Review of Forward Management's Slow Maintenance Response

Another bathroom ceiling leak! I called Forward Management Pittsburgh today (11/2/11 at 2:36pm), and spoke with the office manager. Maybe this thing will be fixed for real? We're still on leak call #8 here.

These two leaks are sprouting around previously "repaired" dry wall. That is, in past attempts to fix this, maintenance has replaced squares of drywall, and the water is simply escaping around those squares now.

A smaller leak, on the right hand side of the wall, several feet from the "two leaks."

Water from the ceiling leak, pooling on the floor.

Water and Electricity

[Edit 12/7/11: Forward Management Pittsburgh has finally sent a maintenance guy over to "fix" the leak. He claims to have replaced some of the pipes of the upstairs' neighbor, and that his bathroom floor is all wet. Who knows. It has taken them over a month to send someone over here.]

Bathroom Ceiling Leak, #8

If you've read the previous post on the bathroom ceiling leak, you'll be glad to hear it took a week for Forward Management Pittsburgh to "fix" the leak.

By "fix" I mean that the cracking paint and rotting dry wall were painted over. Today. At 4pm. At 9pm, I found water leaking out of the bottom of where the rotting dry wall is, the middle of the wall. The below photos will show how the cracking paint has been fixed, but the photos also show the eternal leak.

The bathroom leak, coming from a newly painted wall.

A little closer.

All photos were taken on 9/21/11.

Bathroom Ceiling, Leak #7

Bathroom ceiling, leaking and damage, from up close.

I called Forward Management Pittsburgh this morning at ~11am to report another, not surprising, maintenance problem. For the seventh time in three years. Yes, this is a chronic bathroom ceiling leak that Forward Management Pittsburgh refuses to fix properly. I assume the maintenance guy will do what all the other maintenance guys have done in the past: repaint the affected area. We all know how well paint fixes a chronic bathroom ceiling leak.

Dirty water from the ceiling, pooling in the bathroom cup holder.

Bathroom ceiling, leaking and damage, from afar.

Water droplets falling off my light fixture. This leak is a fire hazard!

These photos were all taken on Monday, September 12, 2011.

[Maintenance came by and "fixed" the leak on 9/21/11. The fix was simply a paint job, and five hours later, the wall was leaking again as shown below:

The bathroom leak, coming from a newly painted wall.

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The Return of the Bathroom Ceiling Leak (thanks for failing me, Pittsburgh Forward Management)

Remember me calling Forward Management about the leak in my bathroom ceiling, every time my upstairs neighbor takes a shower? Remember the first time? How about the second time? Or the third? Maybe the fourth time? Or, the last time, which was January 19th, 2010 (a year ago)?

Well, I'm calling again. Because, it's happening again and Forward Management Pittsburgh seems incapable of fixing this properly. Although, the last fix did work for about a year. Well, for that entire year, the leak was still occurring, it just wasn't showing. You can tell, because all the dry wall around the leak is rotted and soft, hence the larger hole in the photo below:

The water comes out of that little tiny hole near the ceiling, and then drips down...

...drips down past the light fixture, and continues further downwards...

...it drips further downwards, until the water pools on my sink, cup holder, and in a particularly nasty space on the floor (I'll spare you the photo). The water brings a lot of dirt/debris with it, so I'm stuck cleaning my sink on a semi-daily basis.

Maybe you'd like to see a video of what I'm dealing with? Here it is:

I'd like to point out that by poking one spot on the wall, you can make another spot inflate. Walls are not supposed to inflate.

[Edit 3/1/11: I left a message on Forward Management Pittsburgh's answering machine, leaving a maintenance request.]
[Edit 3/2/11: Returned home from campus and found a message from maintenance saying they would return later.]
[Edit 3/3/11: Maintenance returned the next morning, I explained that the leak happens when the upstairs neighbor showers/bathes (for the gazillionth time). They proceeded to do something upstairs, but didn't fix any of the damage in my bathroom.]

Two Problems for Forward Management Pittsburgh: Peeling Ceiling and Toilet Handle

Two maintenance requests today (Wednesday, October 13). No answer when I called, so I left a message. I called sometime last week and there was also no one to pick up.
[Edit 10/14/10: Received a call from Forward Management's secretary this morning, confirming receipt of the maintenance request.]
[Edit 10/18/10: Came home from work and the peeled-ceiling-paint was repainted and the toilet seat handle was fixed and replaced with a plastic handle.]

The first, a problem I had last year. Whenever it gets humid in Pittsburgh, my ceiling paint starts to peel. The edges of last year's fix is beginning to peel again as well:





The second problem: the toilet seat handle appears to have dislodged itself from whatever was holding it in. It still functions, but you have to hold it down until the water refreshes.

Fixed: Bathroom Leak #5

After [regrettably] having to curse at the Forward Management secretary [whose fault this issue isn't], one day later the secretary calls me to say that the maintenance guy and a worker have fixed the leak again. 15 minutes later, I get a call from the Forward Management office manager and she tells me that maintenance fixed the leak by going to my upstairs neighbor's apartment and dealing with it there.

From the look of some new caulk in my bathroom, my guess is that they fixed the issue by re-caulking the upstairs neighbors' bathroom. They also repainted the drip spot that was re-appearing on my wall.

Let's hope this sticks.

Photos taken 1/24/10.

Bathroom Leak #5

The ceiling leak appears, directly above the shower curtain pole where the wall meets the ceiling. The leak occurs EVERY SINGLE TIME my upstairs neighbor takes a shower.

As you can see in the below photo, the giant ceiling hole was patched adequately when Leak #4 was fixed, however, as you can see from the wet spots in the spackle the leak is reappearing.

I will call Forward Management (landlord) tomorrow. This is getting ridiculous.

See the other bathroom leaks: [1], [2], [3], [4], and [5].

Photos taken on 1/20/2010.

Fixed: Bathroom Leak #4

No photograph this time, and just an approximation of the date. Forward Management will have to check your maintenance records for this.

I returned from winter break, and the giant hole in the ceiling had been fixed. There was, however, bits of rotten wood on top of my mirror, in my bathroom cup, in the bathtub, and all over the floor. There is new lumps of spackle slopped above the sink and the Forward Management maintenance guys tracked sidewalk salt all over the floors.

Bathroom Leak #4

The ceiling leak appears, directly above the shower curtain pole where the wall meets the ceiling. The leak occurs EVERY SINGLE TIME my upstairs neighbor takes a shower.

As seen in the photos below, the patch applied by the Forward Management maintenance guy failed miserably. Even if you do not believe my photo-less posts, you can tell that this sort of mold damage to the wood has taken a long time to build up. I have to tie a bucket to the wood so that the water doesn't leak into my light like before.

 

See the other bathroom leaks: [1], [2], [3], [4], and [5].

Photos taken on 12/11/2009

Fixed: Bathroom Leak #3

No photograph this time, and just an approximation of the date.Forward Management will have to check your maintenance records for this.

Called Forward Management maintenance and after a few weeks someone came over and tried to redo the paint [again]. However, the damage was too extensive, so he ripped a small hole in the ceiling and attempted to patch it up with a piece of drywall over the hole, using spackle.

Bathroom Leak #3

No photograph this time, and just an approximation of the date. Forward Management will have to check their maintenance records for this.

The ceiling leak appears, directly above the shower curtain pole where the wall meets the ceiling. The leak occurs EVERY SINGLE TIME my upstairs neighbor takes a shower.

Wilting paint and ceiling drywall again. I turned the light on, and instead of a light on the left of the mirror, there was a flame. The water is dripping into the fixture again.

See the other bathroom leaks: [1], [2], [3], [4], and [5].

Fixed: Bathroom Leak #2

No photograph this time, and just an approximation of the date. Forward Management will have to check theirmaintenance records for this.

The Forward Management maintenance guy came over and redid the paint around the leaking area again. This time, he also had to replace the light fixture since it no longer worked.

Bathroom Leak #2

No photograph this time, and just an approximation of the date. Forward Management will have to check their maintenance records for this.

The ceiling leak appears, directly above the shower curtain pole where the wall meets the ceiling. The leak occurs EVERY SINGLE TIME my upstairs neighbor takes a shower.

The previous bathroom "fix" did not work. The paint around the leak got moldy/wilted again and began leaking into my lightbulb again. The light fixture stopped working and the light bulb had rusted into the socket.

See the other bathroom leaks: [1], [2], [3], [4], and [5].

Fixed: Bathroom Leak #1

After having a Forward Management maintenance guy at my apartment while I was absent, nothing happened. The maintenance man thought my complaint about the steaming/boiling light fixture was about the light switch. There was nothing wrong with the light switch. It is the light FIXTURE.

I called Forward Management during the day when the leak was happening, the maintenance guy came over in 15 minutes, and said it would be fixed. Forward Management fixed the molding/wilted ceiling paint with some spackle and another coat of paint. The maintenance guy also talked to my upstairs neighbor. Perhaps he is improperly using his shower head?

We'll see how long this lasts.

Bathroom Leak #1

The ceiling leak appears, directly above the shower curtain pole where the wall meets the ceiling. The leak occurs EVERY SINGLE TIME my upstairs neighbor takes a shower.

The video needs to be rotated 90 degrees. However, in it you can see that the leaking water drips DIRECTLY into the light fixture, causing bubbles and steam to rise out of the light. I will be calling Forward Management with a complaint...

See the other bathroom leaks: [1], [2], [3], [4], and [5].

Photo and video taken on 10/16/2008.