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Just think, though, a skinny guy won't have one of those creepy plumber's cracks that the plump ones always seem to sport as they bend down!!!
Just tryin' to make you laugh...
Hope tomorrow is better for you!
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I will try harder to get them right!
(ok, did ya smile a little bit?)
I AM sorry about your water. Right before DIL arrived, we were checking the main tub. We had not used it for so long that the valve had stuck shut! Neither one of us could open it. The hubster tore it all apart and had grease it so it would work again, then put it all back together. He drained the entire water system at the pressure tank. I am wondering why? I told him he had shut off valves in the crawl space...he said not he didn't. We disagreed back and forth a few times and let it go. Picked up the same conversation a bit later, after he drained the water from the pressure tank. I told him that he had put two shut off valves at the filter, one on each side for the drinking water. He looked at me with a blank stare, the light bulb came on and he had to admit I was right all along. She shoots, she scores! Not to gloat, I only wanted him to go check BEFORE he went to the barn to shut down the water.
But, it worked out fine. He shook loose some real gook in those pipes. I feel cleaner now.
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It's not just that some days bad things happens, other days good things happen. One day we can take bad news like a champ, other days it's the end of the world. For me, a week before my period, everything is the end of the world. LOL
Hang in there!! Enjoy your valium though! ;-)
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Sweetie, honey...some days are like this....even in Australia (don't ask - it's from book - lol).
Here's something to make you feel better. Thank your lucky stars you are NOT married to MY husband! HubbyD would insist on fixing the problem himself. ONly, he won't take off work to do it, so he would just shut the water off until the weekend. See a problem here? That means, fill some buckets with water for flushing - and only flush when you need to. As for showers.....fuhget about it.....spit bath in the sink. Yeah, if I had valium I would have taken it. Instead....I took a Xanax.
Then, when he finally does "temporarily" fix it.... it's rigged to be fixed - not for ascetics. You want ascetics, call the plumber. A few days later, when it's leaking again, you would think it would be time to call the plumber, but alas, HubbyD is SURE he knows a better way to fix it this time. Take another Xanax. Spend some more money on supplies and fuel into town to the Lowe's.
In the meantime, I have to mop up the mess in the floor as this leak sprung out from under the wall between the kitchen and living room. Thanking my lucky stars we cheaped out on the flooring and went with stained concrete (which is really quite attractive once you get up the dog hair).
After the THIRD repair (I use that word loosely) we called the plumber and guess what? The problem is under warranty. We don't have to pay for a thing....except for the mess that HubbyD made.
I have to replace 4 pieces of trim, two pieces of sheetrock because he cut them out to find the damage - both sides of the wall - one behind the fridge one behind the couch. The dog can pass through it to go to the kitchen if I move the fridge. Guess where I still have a big hole....at least it's covered by appliances and furniture. I spent twice as much as a plumber WOULD have cost had HubbyD listened to me in the first place. Not a lot of people could stay married to this man. I do because he gives me lots to blog about - LOL....
Go give Ken a hug honey.....and while your at it, hug that plumber. He's worth every penny.
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I'm so sorry Kat..that really sucks....
when we moved into out townhouse, we had all sorts of bad luck with the plumbing, hot water furnace, and huge repairs, we had to replace everything and had a flood twice...there was two inches of water in the hallway...ugh....
((HUGS))
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