Afternoon of train wreck
Jul. 3rd, 2013 07:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eorNo, not literally, though I wouldn't put it past today.
I got home this afternoon to find the guy who was going to come work on the hot water heater didn't. The hot water heater was spewing more hot water than ever onto the crushed rock in the basement. 170 degree F water on stone on a hot day means SAUNA! I decided to rig up a temporary piping system to move the water to the sump hole so the sump could pump it out into the yard and get the humidity level in the basement down. On the way to the hardware store the muffler on the van broke. Now it sounds as loud as a high school kid's Honda.
When I got back and hooked up the piping, as soon as the sump pump fired up the hose popped off and started fountaining hot water all over the place. Pulled the plug and sent derien to the store for a hose clamp. While waiting mopped the cement pads and bricked areas in the basement with bleach to clean it up a bit. Reconnected with the hose clamp and all seems to be running.
The only good news is that with all the hot water the system has been dumping onto the floor, it's been running a lot. A whole lot. I looked at the oil tank, it's on "E". Why is this good news? Because when no one in the building has hot water, then it won't just be a problem that I talk about and no one pays attention to, it will be a problem for everyone. I am so sick of trying to babysit these children.
I got home this afternoon to find the guy who was going to come work on the hot water heater didn't. The hot water heater was spewing more hot water than ever onto the crushed rock in the basement. 170 degree F water on stone on a hot day means SAUNA! I decided to rig up a temporary piping system to move the water to the sump hole so the sump could pump it out into the yard and get the humidity level in the basement down. On the way to the hardware store the muffler on the van broke. Now it sounds as loud as a high school kid's Honda.
When I got back and hooked up the piping, as soon as the sump pump fired up the hose popped off and started fountaining hot water all over the place. Pulled the plug and sent derien to the store for a hose clamp. While waiting mopped the cement pads and bricked areas in the basement with bleach to clean it up a bit. Reconnected with the hose clamp and all seems to be running.
The only good news is that with all the hot water the system has been dumping onto the floor, it's been running a lot. A whole lot. I looked at the oil tank, it's on "E". Why is this good news? Because when no one in the building has hot water, then it won't just be a problem that I talk about and no one pays attention to, it will be a problem for everyone. I am so sick of trying to babysit these children.
