...
running water,
which we've been without since last night.
Seems the wire going down the well to the pump had several
shorts in it. The guys from Bell Pump & Well were very helpful in straightening it out (replaced the wire,
which wasn't exactly cheap, but not as bad as having to replace the well pump itself).
An annoying (but necessary) side effect of pulling out the well pump is that
the well had to be re-chlorinated to kill any bacteria, and it takes a little
bit of time to flush that out of the sytem. But, we can at least flush
the toilets again, and should be able to bathe in/drink the water by
tomorrow morning.
Fortunately, we have a decent supply of 5 Gallon water bottles that got
us through the worst. The shower tomorrow will be long overdue, though.
Both me and the wife are pretty tired of the whole well thing. Although
I do actually prefer it to city water in terms of taste and quality (and
no water bill is nice too), between spending $4700 on a radon treatment system, having the water run out when we do too much laundry/showers/dishes/etc,
and now this, we'll likely not be purchasing another property with a well
again if we can help it. That said, municipal water supply can have
it's own set of issues.
So we got some new flooring (BR-111 Brazilian Cherry
hardwood where possible,
engineered on areas that were over concrete slab)
installed today on our main level (except in the bathroom and laundry room
area, which are - or will be - tile).
The installers showed up around 9:30am and finished up around 5:30pm
(just before the rain came, yay!).
Of course, I took some pictures of the process.
We used New York Carpet & Rug (based in Springfield)
and were very happy with both the price and service they delivered.
Highly recommended.
So went furniture shopping this weekend and ordered a new
sectional and
bedroom set. It should be here in about a month. We're psyched, especially
about the bedroom set. We've been looking for a set that we both like,
comes in a King size and isn't discontinued for over 5 years. And the couch
has recliners and cupholders ... hello lazy Sunday afternoons.
If it's not one thing, it's another. This morning we awoke to find we had no hot water. Looks like the plumber is about to get another check.
Update: $200 to replace the heating elements. We have hot water, Houston.
Thu, Feb 08 2007
The busted outdoor spigot was fixed this morning by
Woodbridge Plumbing to the tune of $94. Not too shabby.
We also discovered today that it's likely the prior homeowners drywalled over the front hosebib shutoff valves when finish the basement. Great.
Drywall, meet Mr. Drywall saw.
Wed, Feb 07 2007
So we got a bit of
snow last night... but most of it melted by this afternooon.
We got home to find a message letting us know that one of our outside spigots
was leaking. For the life of me, I can't find a shutoff valve to it in the
house. So we'll just have to shut off the well pump and wait until morning
to call a plumber. In the meantime, the ice caused by it looked pretty cool.
