Edmund Schweppe

A new hot-water heater was, in fact, installed yesterday. And it works. Hot water is distributed to the pipes, and not to the floor.

Next step: replacement of the living/dining room wall-to-wall carpet, and (hopefully) subsequent elimination of that soaked-carpet smell.

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.