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Monday, July 3rd, 2006
It’s been 48 hours since Darwin discovered a leak in our one functioning shower, 48 hours with no water.
He was under the house working on cutting off the toilet drain when he heard water trickling. He crawled back to investigate and found water dripping off some wood under the other bathroom shower.
We called our friend Ken, and the two of them fiddled around with it and decided the faucet had faulty o-rings (the thing is nearly 40 years old, after all). So we interrupted our work on the master bathroom and trekked to Lowe’s for a new faucet.
But when we got back and cut a hole in the drywall on the other side of the shower wall, we discovered the leak was from a severely corroded steel – not copper – pipe. So we called the professionals – Dean and William.
Yep, we finally did it. We hired plumbers.
They couldn’t get here till this morning, and they’ve been working for 3 hours. We decided to keep the new faucet and showerhead we’d bought, so they had to replace the crappy steel pipes with copper and put in a new valve, too. While they were here, we got them to cut off the water lines for the old tub, so we could finish fixing the floor in the master bathroom.
They just now turned the water back on, and hurray! No leaks!
So that means we can take a shower in our own shower, flush our own toilets, wash hands with water not out of a bucket.
In the mean time we’ve been living like we’re in olden times, washing our hands and faces with water poured out of a pitcher (actually our watering can). Y’know, olden times are not all they’re cracked up to be. Thank goodness for indoor plumbing, even if it does cut out on you now and again. Also, thank goodness for friends and family who donated the use of their showers and for Dean and William, the best plumbers ever!