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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Déjà vu



Our hot water heater

Well the water problems continue here in the desert.  The plumber has been here twice so far.  We have had an expansion tank installed, the over flow valve on the water heater replaced, as well as the pressure regulator coming into the house.  Last night I found myself mopping up water for another hour and a half before I decided to cut the water off to the house again.  I called the plumber to leave a message at 9 PM and to my surprise, I actually was able to talk to him, and explain my recent issues.  He told me to keep the water off and he’d be over today (Tues) to look at the situation.  He told me it was safe to take a shower and then to turn the water back off.  After the second mopping episode, I decided against that and went to a girlfriend at midnight to take a shower because I had an appointment today.  Wet wipes can only handle the situation so far and for so long when it’s as hot as it gets here.



 This is the puddle in the mechanical room tonight
 
I had visions of having to stay up until three AM mopping up an endless supply of water like the one I did on Sunday night.  I simply couldn’t do that again.  I was wiped out.  It seems as if all I’ve done since last Friday is mop up water and dip water from buckets for washing hands and watering plants.  This house is going to need a serious cleaning once all this is resolved.  I have shop towels all over the place hanging to dry, sinks full of buckets with water and newspaper and towels on the floor.  It’s a disaster area in here.



 This is the shop fan that's getting a workout

Now the determination is we need a new water heater. But the laws have changed and we’d need an expansion tank anyway these days.  However, he’ll credit us for the parts we won’t be using now and for his labor on the past two visits, so I guess he’s trying to be fair about the whole mess.  And I know he has to make a living.  I just want this to be over with now.  My back is killing me today from hauling around buckets of wet towels to be wrung in the sink.  And I’ve vacuumed up about three inches of water in the master bedroom closet with the wet and dry vac.  I have a shop fan in there now that sounds like an airplane winding up for take off. 

I hope we’ve fixed this issue after tomorrow.  I may be ready to commit harry carry otherwise.

8 comments:

  1. I would be with you; I don't think I would have had the stamina you have to do all the cleaning up you have done so far. Hope it is finally and completely fixed today.

    betty

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    1. Betty,

      I was definately running out of stamina to deal with it. The new hot water heater was installed and so far -- so good.

      Thanks for reading.

      Sunni

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  2. Yikes, what a mess.

    I thought when we had to have our water heater replaced that was a mess. It leaked for a while (but there was a drain to the outside, so minor clean up) before we figured out the problem. Then our water heater was in the crawlspace in the attic above the third floor--just imagine getting up and down that! But that was a cakewalk compared to what you're going through. I'm so sorry. I hope it's soon settled.

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    1. Liz,

      I can't imagine a water heater being in an attic on the third floor!

      The problem with ours was that the pedestal the water heater sits on in the garage wasn't caulked around it so the water was leakig from behind and dripping down that and into the house under the baseboard. It was a mess all right. You couldn't tell it was leaking from the front side.

      I think the problem might be solved now. I hope.

      Thanks for reading.

      Sunni

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  3. Visions of the water heater breaking during the hot summer months in Arizona filled my head. I could not even cool off in the shower or brush my teeth. Like you, I had to use wet wipes to clean myself. It was not fun, but it definitely does make me appreciate the water heater that much more!

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    1. Ambrose,

      Thanks for visiting my blog. Maybe we all need things like this to make us appreciate all we have and take for granted. Thanks for reading about my experience and leaving a comment.

      Sunni

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  4. Oh, I really feel for you! We had an issue with our water too recently- nothing as major as yours, but the mopping up and then trying to survive with the water turned off was awful. Bad enough where I am, in your hot circumstances it must have been unbearable. Hope it's all sorted out for you now.

    Lovella Cushman @ Perfection Plumbing

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    1. Lovella,

      Yes, we found a good plumber and everything is fine now. Incidents like this show me how much we depend on modern conveniences daily. I guess most of us are spoiled.

      Sunni

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