killforfood
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Last week my hot water heater ruptured while we slept. About 5:30 I get up for work and no hot water???
Well of course the basement is flooded and I go straight for the main shut-off valve. I can only assume that the raging flow blew the seat off of the valve because the valve failed to stop the flow (I'll do an autopsy after I put the new one on). I grabbed a wrench and ran for the street meter.
Last week my next door neighbor noticed weeping in her galvanized pipes in her basement. She hired a "really good Plumber" to do a complete re-pipe. He is also apparently running a new pipe from the meter to her house because the jerk had laid a sheet of plywood over my meter and piled all of his ditch dirt on top of my meter. Now I'm really pissed and running for a shovel. It's a good thing he wasn't there because I would have sharpened my shovel on his face. OK maybe not but I was pretty mad.
I've seen him over there a couple times since but decided not to waste my energy. I've got enough problems (water damage) to deal with. The good news is that the new water heater went in without a hitch and works better than the old one. Well... I guess that old 70's harvest gold shag down in the storage/mechanical room was kind of ugly.
I also need to do a complete re-pipe and this kind of kicked my butt in gear to get going on it.
There, I feel better already. I'll bother you plumbers later with some re-pipe questions.
You can't all be bad
I forgot to add that just before all of this happened I had started tearing out walls to remodel all three of my bathrooms. Move toilets, change master shower form square to larger Neo, all new cherry vanities, tile work. electrical, repair dry rot, new flooring, lighting, fans, framing... MAN my plate is full!!!
Well of course the basement is flooded and I go straight for the main shut-off valve. I can only assume that the raging flow blew the seat off of the valve because the valve failed to stop the flow (I'll do an autopsy after I put the new one on). I grabbed a wrench and ran for the street meter.
Last week my next door neighbor noticed weeping in her galvanized pipes in her basement. She hired a "really good Plumber" to do a complete re-pipe. He is also apparently running a new pipe from the meter to her house because the jerk had laid a sheet of plywood over my meter and piled all of his ditch dirt on top of my meter. Now I'm really pissed and running for a shovel. It's a good thing he wasn't there because I would have sharpened my shovel on his face. OK maybe not but I was pretty mad.
I've seen him over there a couple times since but decided not to waste my energy. I've got enough problems (water damage) to deal with. The good news is that the new water heater went in without a hitch and works better than the old one. Well... I guess that old 70's harvest gold shag down in the storage/mechanical room was kind of ugly.
I also need to do a complete re-pipe and this kind of kicked my butt in gear to get going on it.
There, I feel better already. I'll bother you plumbers later with some re-pipe questions.
You can't all be bad
I forgot to add that just before all of this happened I had started tearing out walls to remodel all three of my bathrooms. Move toilets, change master shower form square to larger Neo, all new cherry vanities, tile work. electrical, repair dry rot, new flooring, lighting, fans, framing... MAN my plate is full!!!
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