UGH! last yr we went 4 days with-o water/power due to Sandy. Then yr before 8 days without due to another hurricane & we live in CT, haha....No hurricane this time, just a burnt out well pump. House built in '71. Bought the house in '99. 2 months to the day we moved in septic went, we put in a new, bigger one. Luckily, husband had been in excavation for 15+ yrs and we got away with it for a grand. Did the roof, again bartered with-someone in business and did it for about $1000. Upgraded our heating from electric to oil, when oil was still inexpensive and bartered the work while paying for boiler, etc. Upgraded our finished downstairs from electric heat to hot water baseboard last winter...
Come home this past Tue, no water at all in house. Have to laugh. Now we are almost 14 years to the day we moved in that another major thing goes. Just took a fine shower that morning. Figure its the well pump, probably 42 yrs. old. On Thur husband takes off early from work, meets plummer friend, buys $500 pump and they install. All great until 8 that night when pressure goes and water stops. husband makes contacts and plans on Friday. Come home from work on Friday and a friend in the excavation business had dropped off a machine for husband to dig with. TG!
Luckily, my parents live 2 min up the road so we can shower, laundry, etc. Plus they have a whole house generator if power is out so we can still get stuff done when there is no power.
husband starts digging this am, plummer friend comes @ 10:30am. Find leak, which was suspected @ well under ground, fix. Rehook, no pressure. They have to dig, and dig and dig. Ended up with a 20 foot long by 7 foot deep trench in our front yard! We live in a HIGH ground water table area. We have a pond (with fish; cat, sunny & bass) in our front yard. It is big enough to have several people ice skate on in the winter. Ground water flowing in the trench like a flood. UGH! Luckily, my parents had a submersible pump & we used it to pump out the water, just so the guys could work on the lines. Took 10 hours, but we are finally hooked back up with the most awesome pressure we could ask for...
Too much stress with this, this week. I had an opthalmic migraine yesterday at work. I've had one in my life a yr and a half ago...No symptoms ever since the first one, until yesterday while working in excel @ work and lost my vision and had the halo and colors for 1/2 an hour or so. difficult child isn't even on the stress radar...He is doing so well in school and aftercare...He's not even a problem at the momemt. Go figure, but awesome news. Just too much other coy...Oh how I want to use the S word
Come home this past Tue, no water at all in house. Have to laugh. Now we are almost 14 years to the day we moved in that another major thing goes. Just took a fine shower that morning. Figure its the well pump, probably 42 yrs. old. On Thur husband takes off early from work, meets plummer friend, buys $500 pump and they install. All great until 8 that night when pressure goes and water stops. husband makes contacts and plans on Friday. Come home from work on Friday and a friend in the excavation business had dropped off a machine for husband to dig with. TG!
Luckily, my parents live 2 min up the road so we can shower, laundry, etc. Plus they have a whole house generator if power is out so we can still get stuff done when there is no power.
husband starts digging this am, plummer friend comes @ 10:30am. Find leak, which was suspected @ well under ground, fix. Rehook, no pressure. They have to dig, and dig and dig. Ended up with a 20 foot long by 7 foot deep trench in our front yard! We live in a HIGH ground water table area. We have a pond (with fish; cat, sunny & bass) in our front yard. It is big enough to have several people ice skate on in the winter. Ground water flowing in the trench like a flood. UGH! Luckily, my parents had a submersible pump & we used it to pump out the water, just so the guys could work on the lines. Took 10 hours, but we are finally hooked back up with the most awesome pressure we could ask for...
Too much stress with this, this week. I had an opthalmic migraine yesterday at work. I've had one in my life a yr and a half ago...No symptoms ever since the first one, until yesterday while working in excel @ work and lost my vision and had the halo and colors for 1/2 an hour or so. difficult child isn't even on the stress radar...He is doing so well in school and aftercare...He's not even a problem at the momemt. Go figure, but awesome news. Just too much other coy...Oh how I want to use the S word