We were just about to head out on vacation last week when my wife went to find the luggage and discovered the bedroom closet floor was soaked.  We were just hours from leaving as all the things that needed packed were laid out on the bed ready to get loaded.  While she continued on with the packing I went on a mad dash to find out the source of the water that had damaged the closet.  I found that the water heater was leaking out the the bottom and was dripping at a pretty heavy click.  Unfortunately do to the slope of the floor where the leak was located the water didn’t go down the floor drain but promptly headed under the wall and into the bedroom closet.  Since we were heading out for a week long visit to Lake Erie I just shut the water off, called a local plumber and scheduled to have a new water heater installed when we got back.  After getting everything out of the closet and doing some more investigating it appears the leak had been going on for sometime and repairing water damage was going to be a bigger chore than I thought. We would have to not only replace the carpet but there was extensive damage done to the drywall in the closet.  Not wanting mold and mildew to take over and destroy everything in the closet I put a floor fan in to help dry out the area while we were away.  It just never fails when we get ready to go on a big vacation something always happens to put a kink in our plans. Thank goodness we discovered it before we left know telling what it would have looked like when we got back.