hi.
i don't know what you're doing up there this
morning, but i'm pretty sure i heard some wood snap and the light
fixture in the other bedroom was literally knocked out of it's frame as
the result of the banging. it sounds like a lot of heavy things have
been dropped on to old wood that shouldn't have heavy things dropped on
it.
i think i should be able to rescrew the fixture in.
but the fixtures belong to you, and i'm supposed to inform you of
issues involving them.
but i mean...this is pretty
extreme. and the snap was loud; it seems like the joists in the room
were damaged, so i'd advise coming down to see the damage - and maybe
being a little more careful with these old, rotting floors. between the
water damage and the crumbling plaster and everything else, the floors
are really taking a lot of stress.
(pause)
i
was able to fix the fixture, and there's nothing to see except some
chunks of plaster - although it seems like there's a lot of loose chunks
of something in the ceiling. like, when you adjust the fixture, you can
feel it rolling around in large, loose chunks of something broken.
so, on second thought, i'm not sure there's anything to see.
but it really sounded awful. it wasn't the creak of an old floor. it was more like a stick snapping in a fire.
i mean, these are old floors. if you abuse them enough, they'll give way.
