So as if there was not enough going on right now, what with having a baby any day now, I discovered a puddle of water in the downstairs bathroom at 11:00 last night. That would be directly below the tub upstairs where I had been enjoying a bath before bed. Sigh.
This is just what we need – a plumbing failure! And honestly, I care less about the plumbing failure than the loss of my tubby time. It just got really good and clean last weekend and I have been loving taking a bath at least once a day this last week. Sniffle.
I have called a plumber and am waiting on our call back. They hopefully will be able to come today.
And hopefully it won’t be major, but I am not optimistic…I use the shower upstairs daily (to keep water in the pipes fresh) but when you run the tub, it generally starts out rusty (never a good sign). With daily use that has improved but not gone away entirely. And it’s always been that way.
On the plus side, we actually have a “rainy day” fund right now… just didn’t think we’d actually be spending it to stop water from raining inside the house!
Update: Bryan, the nice plumber is here… he had to cut a door in the wall (thankfully inside a cupboard) to access the plumbing. Seems that we have a drain connection problem which can be short-term fixed (half the cost) or long-term resolved. Since the tub is slated for more, not less, use moving forward (we only have a shower downstairs) we’re going to opt for the long-term, which is good, but not cheap. And we can’t use the tub or shower until he’s done – sometime next week. Oh well. This is why we have savings/rainy day funds, right? He’s going to call Monday to let us know when he can get the parts and come back to do the work.
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Note from Sarah: Eileen wrote this Friday morning, but didn’t post it because yesterday was the day I decided to finally pretend I was a blogger again and she didn’t want to crash my re-debut.
Why am I telling you this? Because I know you’re all wondering how she managed to get a plumber to show up before breakfast on a Saturday.
Oh I can so empathize. Last week I had the plumber here two days — the bathroom in the “new” part of the homestead — seems they don’t make pipes “like they used to”! So long story short — all new pipes & faucet in the bathroom sink — mega dollars later :(. A non-glamorous way to spend a LOT of money, but… it beats brushing your teeth in the kitchen sink & at least I caught the BIG leak before it flowed down the heat vent into the furnace. Don’t even want to go there. Good luck E&C.
P.S. — Sarah — good note. I “bucketed” my leak until Monday — one NEVER calls on the weekend unless it is DIRE — cost prohibitive is an understatement!!
Eileen, this is an entirely different definition of having your water break the week you’re due. So sorry it was this one, but glad it wasn’t worse…
Very nice, Sprite, very nice 🙂 Thanks!
@ Sprite — aren’t you the witty one & at 1:32 a.m. no less. 🙂
Good news. Bryan called at 7:30 this morning (Monday) to see if he could come right away as the parts were available. I’m thrilled to report that as of 10:30am the tub is fixed (and a new awesome shower head is installed as a bonus) and we are back to tubby time. Best part, is cost a lot less than we feared, but still a good chunk of change. At any rate, its done and we’re happy!!