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So I woke at 3:30 a.m. today by water coming out of my ceiling and being flung around the room by the ceiling fan. After I gathered myself I had to figure out where it was coming from and what the next action would be. Ran upstairs to the room above ours and dry carpet and no water from the ceiling. Realized I had a f*cking plumbing problem, listened closely and heard a hissing noise and from behind the wall where the water heater is in a dead space behind an upstairs bedroom. The flex line from the water heater had a pinhole in it and it probably leaked for a couple hours before we woke. The water ran down a floor joist to the junction box above our bed. Had it been a joist over we would not have found it until the ceiling came in. A 10 min fix after a trip to Lowes, put a blower up in the attic space to dry it out and it seems to be working, thankfully it woke us before it got to any carpet. I hope to hell I can laugh at this in a few days and appreciate dodging a huge bullet. Fingers crossed and thinking positive thoughts. Stay safe to those in harms way.
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