Liquid Lessons Learned Last night

Well, mostly re-learned, but still...

1) Even if you have a very small leak now, build an aqueduct much bigger than you think you'll need. Otherwise, you may come home to find your bed soaked anyways.

2) The pillow-in-the-bucket trick does a great job of muffling dripping noises -- but only until it becomes completely and utterly sodden, at which point, it's of little help.

3) siderea is very clever, and I should always pay close attention to what she says. Her suggestion of using a string to wick water silently from the aqueduct to the bucket was easy to implement, and allowed me to sleep last night.

4) If you're not directly under the roof, the water that's leaking probably took a long path to get to you. Even if it's bright and sunny outside, the interior rainfall may continue working its way through the eaves for several more days.

Liquid Lessons Learned Last night

Well, mostly re-learned, but still...

1) Even if you have a very small leak now, build an aqueduct much bigger than you think you'll need. Otherwise, you may come home to find your bed soaked anyways.

2) The pillow-in-the-bucket trick does a great job of muffling dripping noises -- but only until it becomes completely and utterly sodden, at which point, it's of little help.

3) siderea is very clever, and I should always pay close attention to what she says. Her suggestion of using a string to wick water silently from the aqueduct to the bucket was easy to implement, and allowed me to sleep last night.

4) If you're not directly under the roof, the water that's leaking probably took a long path to get to you. Even if it's bright and sunny outside, the interior rainfall may continue working its way through the eaves for several more days.