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And the bad news of the weekend is...
Jan. 5th, 2004 12:28 pmOur hot water heater started dying on Friday.
At first, I thought it was just standing water from the snow bank against the house - it was 43 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday - that was seeping in. This is a known problem, we need to do some landscaping, and maybe replace some windows, probably with glass block.
However, Friday night / Saturday morning the temperature plunged down to significantly below freezing. And on Sunday, the pool of water that I use for tracking such things (there's a low spot right in front of the washing machine) kept refilling in minutes every time I emptied it. Started investigating, after about a half-hour I discovered that there were drips coming from the bottom of the hot water heater, and the water under it was hot! Not good. Turned off the gas to the hot water heater, planned on worrying about it today. Oh, yeah - the water shut-off valve to the hot water heater has apparently failed.
Very cold shower this morning - so very abbreviated.
We called the plumber this morning, he should be stopping by to look at it shortly (promise was late morning / early afternoon, they have a history of being reasonable in their estimates). I'm hoping he gets it replaced yet today.
At first, I thought it was just standing water from the snow bank against the house - it was 43 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday - that was seeping in. This is a known problem, we need to do some landscaping, and maybe replace some windows, probably with glass block.
However, Friday night / Saturday morning the temperature plunged down to significantly below freezing. And on Sunday, the pool of water that I use for tracking such things (there's a low spot right in front of the washing machine) kept refilling in minutes every time I emptied it. Started investigating, after about a half-hour I discovered that there were drips coming from the bottom of the hot water heater, and the water under it was hot! Not good. Turned off the gas to the hot water heater, planned on worrying about it today. Oh, yeah - the water shut-off valve to the hot water heater has apparently failed.
Very cold shower this morning - so very abbreviated.
We called the plumber this morning, he should be stopping by to look at it shortly (promise was late morning / early afternoon, they have a history of being reasonable in their estimates). I'm hoping he gets it replaced yet today.
