Happy Thanksgiving ...

[unixronin]

...or, not.  Our Thanksgiving surprise is our water heater spewing hot water all over the floor.  Chapter 2 was finding out that the inlet stopcock to said water heater doesn't actually seal, so in order to stop the buckets of water that we were bailing, I had to shut off all water to the house.

If we're lucky, the heater itself is OK, and it's just that the relief valve has failed -- and, being a relief valve, has done as intended and failed open.  However, because we're tenants, no plumber will touch it without prior authorization from our landlady -- and getting hold of her could take days, if not longer.  I've left email, and left messages on her home and cell phone, but ... frankly, I'll be surprised if we hear back before next week, which means we can expect to have no water for three or four days.

I guess we'll be going out tomorrow to buy three or four 5-gallon bottles of emergency drinking water.  Yippee.

Comments

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

The offer's much appreciated, but we had ater again last night and I was able to shower this morning. (With the usual caveats of capacity; this water heater is tiny, and barely holds enough water for one shower.)

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

Conserve water. Shower with someone. ;-D