Blue Bayou
The plumber's here, and it ain't looking good. Last night James came home and said he heard water in the (detached) garage. We sleuthed around with our flash lights and discovered our back yard was something of a marsh. And, indeed, there was some sort of deep rushing river under the garage. We called the city and had our water shut off (which lead to us getting ready for the day in the McDonald's bathroom this morning), and now the plumber.
Said plumber dug down and declared he had found the old rusty pipe, which he would saw off and cap. I suggested we might turn on the water to see where the leak was, but he was confident, so he went shopping for supplies and returned with the cap. THEN he turned on the water while I watched the pipe. Diagnosis? The leak was at least 6 inches east of the pipe in question, so it was not repaired after all. Currently he is sawing a hole in the floor to look for the offending pipe.
Sigh.
The plumber's here, and it ain't looking good. Last night James came home and said he heard water in the (detached) garage. We sleuthed around with our flash lights and discovered our back yard was something of a marsh. And, indeed, there was some sort of deep rushing river under the garage. We called the city and had our water shut off (which lead to us getting ready for the day in the McDonald's bathroom this morning), and now the plumber.
Said plumber dug down and declared he had found the old rusty pipe, which he would saw off and cap. I suggested we might turn on the water to see where the leak was, but he was confident, so he went shopping for supplies and returned with the cap. THEN he turned on the water while I watched the pipe. Diagnosis? The leak was at least 6 inches east of the pipe in question, so it was not repaired after all. Currently he is sawing a hole in the floor to look for the offending pipe.
Sigh.
posted by Jan at 1:06 PM
1 Comments:
Pipe is capped and sautered. Floor is torn up. $181 gone. I'm fine with all that.
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