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Turns out that the "affordable" painter we hired to paint the trim on the house last summer almost cost us a fortune. He caulked over the drain holes for the windows and we've been having rain storms with heavy winds that pound the front of the house. You guesses it, the bottom of the windows have been filling and silently overflowing into the house. Had a weird feeling that something was wrong last night, checked one window to find a large pool of water on the sill getting ready to overflow on to the floor. The standing water did damage some blinds and now two windows have black mold, but no damage to the woodwork. Found and opened the drain holes on two windows - off to clear the others now.

Paint contractor will be getting a call tomorrow.