On old buildings...

We lived in a rather old (but not too old) building. So I guess it shouldn't have been any surprising that old pipes would burst. And burst they did. For the past 6 months, there'd been pipes bursting in more than 4 units. Last night, our next door neighbor had buckets in his kitchen catching the constant streams of water coming down the ceiling lamp and the exhaust fan. And tonight, we had the same thing, though the water was coming down from under the sink. It's such a pain. There's talk of the need to rip out all the walls (and everything along that wall, including cabinets) in order to replace the pipes. I can't imagine how that's gonna be like. I guess we'll find out on Monday...