'I was concerned the ceiling was going to come down on my daughter' St. John's family in N.L. housing spends Christmas week surrounded by mess due to water leak | SaltWire

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“I said you are not coming back in my house if you are going to be cursing and swearing in front of my 14 year old and my three year old, so I called Housing again and asked if there was someone else to come in to look at this.” No one showed up.

Gyproc was removed from the ceiling at Stephanie Wall’s home after a leak was discovered, and it took a week before repairs were finally made by Newfoundland and Labrador Housing. Contributed - ContributedThe day before Christmas Eve Stephanie Wall’s 14-year-old daughter watched a bubble grow on the ceiling of her bedroom in her St. John’s home — a bubble in the gyproc that eventually started dripping water.

At first Wall figured it wasn’t serious enough to call the emergency line that the housing corporation has set up, and knowing that their office was closed for the holidays, she placed a bucket under the drip to await for the office to open again, and tried to enjoy Christmas with her children.She called the emergency number on Boxing Day night and a plumber showed up at 11:30 p.m.

Gyproc was removed from the ceiling at Stephanie Wall’s home after a leak was discovered, and it took a week before repairs were finally made by Newfoundland and Labrador Housing. Contributed Shortly after, Wall said, Newfoundland and Labrador Housing sent someone over to look at the situation. SaltWire Network reached out to Newfoundland and Labrador Housing for information on the process followed when someone calls the emergency line, and what constitutes an emergency. The information was not received by deadline.

 

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