Soggy drywall, insulation and flooring...the laminate survived relatively
unscathed. Got the water turned off before too much had accumulated and
caused it to buckle.
Outside water shutoff looks innocent enough. It was frozen solid and the
brass casting had cracked open around the stem. This has gotta go...
Note the awkward location. Had to cut out some drywall and part of the
window frame to get a good look at it.
Pipes tee off from here and run down alongside the window frame to the
laundry room. The wall itself is 2x6 with plenty of fibreglass...too
bad the pipes were on the wrong side of the insulation!
Look at this crazy shit...working on this was as awkward as it looks.
The frozen water was backed up to here. Note the green spot right where
the pipe does a jog and comes forward. At least there's insulation behind
it here, which probably explains why it didn't freeze further.
Cut the pipes off and replaced these sections with straight copper,
bringing the whole mess foward about 5 inches.
It was almost impossible to get a pipecutter or hacksaw in there, but the
dremel with flexable attachment and cutoff wheel made quick work of that
old outside shutoff.
Much neater now with the old shutoff gone. New outside shutoff in place to
the right.
Filled the gaps in behind with a can of spray foam. That should take care
of the cold drafts.
Spaces in between the ceiling joists filled with Roxul. New easily
accessible shutoff for outside water all soldered up and ready to go.
Patched up drywall and associated mess.
Last coat of Sheetrock-90 sanded and she's ready for paint.
