The Dawn of the Dead (bathroom)

[helen99]

So rialian was upstairs taking a shower, and I heard the water falling through the pipes a little too clearly. At first I thought that was because the bathroom now has no walls, and whatever soundproofing was there had been removed. Still, it sounded suspiciously like water falling onto plastic, a sound one generally does not want to hear while someone is taking a shower.

Finally I decided to take a peek into the Zombie Bathroom, just to see if I could locate the pipes that were making that noise. I could see down to the crawl space because the rotten subflooring shown in the photo above has been removed. I soon saw that I wasn't hearing water in the pipes at all... I was hearing water emerging from a disconnected pipe and splashing onto the plastic vapor barrier that covers the gravel "floor" of the crawlspace.

Uh Oh.

We tested what would happen if we flushed the upstairs (still intact) toilet while it had just water in it, and sure enough, water emerged from the same disconnected pipe, which had once been connected to the erstwhile bathtub. So... Whilst I had my tub disconnected, the main line clogged today because of the yearly tree root invasion. It ordinarily would have backed up into the tub, except there wasn't any tub to back up into. Nonetheless, it did back into the tub pipe - and directly out of the tub pipe. This created a wondrous mess of shower water mixed with zombie bathroom debris that had fallen down into the crawlspace during the shedding of decayed parts. Luckily it only started this morning and I discovered it right away or it could have been much, much worse...

Meanwhile - earlier this week, the contractor discovered that for a very long time, the tub pipe had been cracked near the top and the seal had not been water tight for ages... So every time someone took a shower downstairs, it would deposit water into the crawlspace, creating a permanently moist breeding ground of crawling, betentacled globules of semi-sentient life.

Therefore, although this all sounds really horrible, I am exceedingly glad to have found out about it before someone fell through the floor. I would never be able to explain how my crawlspace is actually Sunken Ryleh, or why people keep disappearing...

Comments

[per-akh.livejournal.com]

Oh shit that sounds fun. Been reading between yours and rialian's entries. Good luck with that..

Now here is a tanuki merrily waving his man bits to amuse and delight...or disturb. Or both.

~Solo, crawling off to bed.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Wow, I just learned that crawlspace anxiety and huge, bobbling nads don't seem to co-exist simultaneously...

[per-akh.livejournal.com]

AAAAA I'm sorry I was trying to make you laugh not die...x.x...

~Solo

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Nono, that's exactly my point - I was laughing too hard to be anxious over the crawlspace!

[per-akh.livejournal.com]

Ah! Success then!

Hehe...*smirk*

~Solo, trying to compute with headache

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Meep! That's a scary thing to realize. But I, too, am glad you found out before anyone fell through the floor!

I'm wondering if your bathroom is the real reason several of us had zombie dreams...

[helen99.livejournal.com]

It might be. Real zombies are probably re-animated with crawlspace mold-creatures.

[lyssabard.livejournal.com]

See, here's the problem: You said no event horizons in the *living room* (or was it the house?) Either way, the crawlspace is technically outside both living room and house, thus leaving a zone where a gate to the Outer Dark could be opened.

Next time, hire a bard to word your contract.

...did I mention I accept mead as payment? ;)

*HUG* It will get better, don't worry. (Though I will lose the much entertaining descriptive entries...)

[helen99.livejournal.com]

We have some mead with your name on it... Sorry I missed everyone this past weekend. I had to work on Saturday (bleg.)

[lyssabard.livejournal.com]

No worries. There will be other times. Heh,in fact, I think we are going dancing this weekend, too, as my sister has come in...but I am not sure. (Nor, do I think I wish to inflict my family on anyone else, frankly).


Mmm. Mead.
Heh...I need soemthing. I've been a little mad lately...in the insane sense.

[gleef.livejournal.com]

Yes, when people disappear into the gaps between within your house, it's always good to know the explanation ;-)

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Sunken Ryleh really doesn't smell very good. I look forward to the day when my place smells good (of course with seven cats this may be one of those dreams from the ever-elusive ludicrous zone)...

[gleef.livejournal.com]

So you can plant fungi from mi-go, make the crawlspace smell like eldrich puffballs.

[laurelindel.livejournal.com]

It's not as bad as I had imagined R'lyeh to be. Damp, mostly, with just a hint or nose of tentacle.

[rhiannasilel.livejournal.com]

Mustn't have Cthulu eating your house guests or anything.:)

[helen99.livejournal.com]

I may have to bribe him (what does one bribe Cthulhu with anyway). What do you get for the giant squid that has everything. Hm...

[lyssabard.livejournal.com]

Mittens.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

That could work... Mittens, Zombies, and Cthulhu all have that head-eating thing in common, though, so it's a tossup as to who would win.

[laurelindel.livejournal.com]

*snarf*

[rhiannasilel.livejournal.com]

A Mrs. Giant Squid?