Unnecessarily exciting Thanksgiving

[edschweppe]

Went downstairs this morning, and my foot went “sploosh!” Not the expected feeling.

Turns out that the water heater sprung a leak. And the heater shutoff valve was stuck. And there wasn’t any sort of leak containment under the heater. And the downstairs wall-to-wall carpet was well and truly waterlogged.

Oh, and the landlord couldn’t find anybody who would come out on Thanksgiving to make repairs.

Yay me.

OTOH, the landlord did come by, with sufficient tools and know-how to get the shutoff valve closed, the heater tank drained, and most of the water sucked out of the carpeting. (Shop-vac good.) Hopefully tomorrow will see a new water heater, and the next few days will see replacement carpeting.

And I did get to see my folks for Thanksgiving. So that was good as well.

Comments

[thewayne]

When ours went during the summer, it didn't completely flood the bathroom. I thought the toilet seal was leaking and had our handyman come out to replace it. After he left I noticed the return of water and discovered it was the water heater. Fortunately my dad is a retired plumber and I was able to take care of the shut-off and drain some of it.

I bought the replacement at Lowe's, and when the plumber arrived to put it in, after he wiggled the old one out, he just knocked the drain valve off and we let it drain across the deck.

Wet/dry shop-vac VERY good!