Leak of the moment:
The pool equipment has a cracked pipe, which is now draining the filthy, mucky, highly malodorous biology experiment which is the pool water into the area around the pool pump and heater, saturating it. This would be bad enough, if it weren't for the fact that the pump and heater sit precariously perched at the top of this:
This would be the eroding slope that is in the space between the steps from the backyard and the back wall of the old garage. It is actually on our to do list since the equipment is already sliding down the hill down to the level of the driveway, about 10 feet below. As if THAT weren't bad enough, the whole thing is on the other side of this:
This is the foundation crack in the garage. As you can see, it has been 'repaired' using an epoxy that holds the moisture well enough to start mildewing. (Before it lets the stinky water leak all over the garage floor.)
I have a call into my sweethearts, Korrect Plumbing, who are trying to find me someone to get out here today. I'm not sure how the pool pump system works, but the water level is already below the level of the intake, which leads me to believe that the water is coming out of the pool via the main drain... you know, the one at the bottom... meaning if the pool drains all the way, in addition to having a small landslide and a garage that smells like a petri dish full of bacteria, we'll also have a cracked pool. And yes, the pool equipment was winterized... Johngineer did it himself before we moved in. Is there anything he can't do?
Enough of that.
Here's the weatherproofing on the girls' bath window. (Since we are supposed to get that big bad-ass storm blowing through tonight.) We had a leak on the brand new unstained frame last weekend with which we were quite annoyed. Rob was, like, uh - oops.
No sign of the roofers. I do have a call in to their scheduler to get an idea of where we're at. I imagine the bad weather has pushed everything back a bit.
I want you all to know that I am through all the main phases of grief, (you know, mourning the death of Dan's and my savings account.)
Denial - "it's not that bad....
Guilt - "we shouldn't have bought this house...
Anger - "that son-of-a-bitch lied to us...
Acceptance - "I'll call (INSERT CONTRACTOR NAME HERE)...
1 comment:
Stop yer bellyachin'!! Our savings is just dandy. It's just invested in the house. I guess you could say that it's just not as liquid but, as this post demonstrates well, the one thing our house doesn't lack is for want of "liquidity"... liquidity thru the roof, liquidity through the windows, liquidity through the cracks in the foundation....
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