The good news is that the plumber arrived at 8:00, worked straight through to 1:30 without a break (love that work ethic!) and left me with functional plumbing when he departed.<\/p>\n
No hot water yet. He moved the water heater and the electricians will reconnect that in its new location soon. But since today was only supposed to be a rough-in day, with actual hookups to come next week, I’m not going to complain! The entire process took just only 5-1\/2 hours. And now I have a beeeeautiful clawfoot tub with a beeeeautiful faucet. AND the graywater that’s been emptying under the house for years no longer does. O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!<\/i><\/p>\n
But of course there’s the bad. And the ugly. They are one in the same. The sewer line is leaking. Has been for months, he says. Ick. Clogged? Cracked? Who knows what? <\/p>\n
But there’s always something, isn’t there? Always the surprises …<\/p>\n
Mr. Plumber will return in two weeks with a camera to send down the pipe and a roto-rooter thingie and we shall see how bad the problem really is.<\/p>\n
But for now, after nearly two solid weeks of disruption and uproar, I’m going to take a long afternoon’s break, get out in the sunshine, then come back and watch movies with no tasks to do, no deadlines to meet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The good news is that the plumber arrived at 8:00, worked straight through to 1:30 without a break (love that work ethic!) and left me with functional plumbing when he departed. No hot water yet. He moved the water heater and the electricians will reconnect that in its new location soon. But since today was only supposed to be a rough-in day, with actual hookups to come next week, I’m not going to complain! The entire process took just only 5-1\/2 hours. And now I have a beeeeautiful clawfoot tub with a beeeeautiful faucet. AND the graywater that’s been emptying…<\/p>\n