I got home at 7:30 this morning, put the dog out, fed the cats, and went to wash my hands only to find there was no water. No hot, no cold. Nothing.
Turns out my water line was frozen.
I was put on 'let run' weeks ago. I know I've mentioned it before but that's where the city asks certain parts of the city to let the water run in one tap basically all winter. You run it the widith of a sharpened pencil. Not too fast, not too slow, and it keeps the line from the water main to the house from freezing once the cold has gotten down far enough in the ground.
Well, I made arrangements with the girls who live upstairs to let the water run up there. I did that for two reasons - one, I get tired of hearing running water all the time and two, the pipes inside in the bathroom upstairs froze once this winter when we had subzero temps. Well, being big city girls, one of them turned the water off and last night the line froze.
When I got up this afternoon, I called the water department. They sent a crew over a short time later and within ten minutes the water was once again flowing. Now, I'll be waiting for my next bill to see if I get charged or not...
There was some good news today:
Kitty arrived via the UPS fairies today!
2 comments:
Ouch. Sorry to hear about all this. I just hate it i.e. dont function well when basic home infrastructre fails. Camping is one things living in a house without water, heat, lights etc. is way to primitive.
Troutbirder -
At least this was only a momentary irritation. The city guys got the water running again in like 10 minutes...
Now I just have to put up with the constant noise of water running until April.
cjh
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