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So that plumbing problem for which I "took the evening off" turned out to be a little harder than we'd thought.
The guy with the snake gave up after two hours of fruitless effort. No laundry Monday night. Surely the guys with the high-pressure water jet would be able to fix it the next day.
I came home tonight and saw "DO NOT USE" signs on the washer and the kitchen sink. The largest clue, though, was an incomprehensible diagram on a sheet of paper lying on the clothes dryer. Somebody had drawn that for Rob.
Turns out the whole drainage side for the north end of the house is ruptured. The crawlspace is flooded. (It was galvanized pipe. All you homeowners out there are nodding, aren't you? The corrosion was the only thing holding some of the joints together, and the snake was just enough to knock things loose.)
No laundry or clean dishes until January. I put the dirty dishes in the freezer. They'll keep. And no more evenings off while the plumbers are working; the office building has bathrooms and a shower!
The guy with the snake gave up after two hours of fruitless effort. No laundry Monday night. Surely the guys with the high-pressure water jet would be able to fix it the next day.
I came home tonight and saw "DO NOT USE" signs on the washer and the kitchen sink. The largest clue, though, was an incomprehensible diagram on a sheet of paper lying on the clothes dryer. Somebody had drawn that for Rob.
Turns out the whole drainage side for the north end of the house is ruptured. The crawlspace is flooded. (It was galvanized pipe. All you homeowners out there are nodding, aren't you? The corrosion was the only thing holding some of the joints together, and the snake was just enough to knock things loose.)
No laundry or clean dishes until January. I put the dirty dishes in the freezer. They'll keep. And no more evenings off while the plumbers are working; the office building has bathrooms and a shower!
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