01-25-2014, 07:50 AM
Greetings, gang.
12 degrees and a blizzard watch. Not a good way to start the weekend. Weather people are talking about 1-2" of snow and 40-50 mph winds for tonight and tomorrow. Good weekend to stay indoors. Then temps back down well below zero. Yesterday it was 39.
January has not been good to me. First off, I found a leak in one of the old galvanized water pipes in the basement. Put a temporary patch on it and tried calling plumbers. We called a dozen before we got three to come out and give us an estimate. The the basement drain plugged up. Took them two tries to get it unplugged. Then the drain stack from the second floor sprung a leak. Had to rip out the wall in the dining room and found a crack in the cast iron that is 3 feet long. So now the upstairs bathroom is out of commission. Talked to the plumber and he said he would fix that the same day he does the pipes in the basement.
Finally yesterday the big day arrived and the plumbers showed up to start replacing the pipes. Arrived at 8:30, finished at 6 PM. Completely destroyed the basement. My Fair Lady and I spent a couple hours mopping the floors, re-stacking stuff that was knocked over, etc. They helped themselves to my tool box. I did managed to recover all the borrowed tools before they left (I hope). Also found a broken light fixture cover neatly piled on my workbench. Someone broke it and didn't even tell me about it. Oh, and the drain from the second floor is still not fixed. Supposed to be back tomorrow morning to fix that.
On top of all that, I can't get the upstairs shower to work. Water just dribbles out of the showerhead. I have a feeling either the tub faucet has gone bad or there is crud in the line that got knocked loose when the work was done on the pipes.
I was so disgusted I decided to get a Papa Murphy pizza for supper. Went to the garage and the battery was dead on my car. Just my luck!
All stay safe.
Tom
12 degrees and a blizzard watch. Not a good way to start the weekend. Weather people are talking about 1-2" of snow and 40-50 mph winds for tonight and tomorrow. Good weekend to stay indoors. Then temps back down well below zero. Yesterday it was 39.
January has not been good to me. First off, I found a leak in one of the old galvanized water pipes in the basement. Put a temporary patch on it and tried calling plumbers. We called a dozen before we got three to come out and give us an estimate. The the basement drain plugged up. Took them two tries to get it unplugged. Then the drain stack from the second floor sprung a leak. Had to rip out the wall in the dining room and found a crack in the cast iron that is 3 feet long. So now the upstairs bathroom is out of commission. Talked to the plumber and he said he would fix that the same day he does the pipes in the basement.
Finally yesterday the big day arrived and the plumbers showed up to start replacing the pipes. Arrived at 8:30, finished at 6 PM. Completely destroyed the basement. My Fair Lady and I spent a couple hours mopping the floors, re-stacking stuff that was knocked over, etc. They helped themselves to my tool box. I did managed to recover all the borrowed tools before they left (I hope). Also found a broken light fixture cover neatly piled on my workbench. Someone broke it and didn't even tell me about it. Oh, and the drain from the second floor is still not fixed. Supposed to be back tomorrow morning to fix that.
On top of all that, I can't get the upstairs shower to work. Water just dribbles out of the showerhead. I have a feeling either the tub faucet has gone bad or there is crud in the line that got knocked loose when the work was done on the pipes.
I was so disgusted I decided to get a Papa Murphy pizza for supper. Went to the garage and the battery was dead on my car. Just my luck!
All stay safe.
Tom
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Occupation: Professional Old Guy (The government pays me to be old.)
Dinosaur Rider