Monday, May 2, 2011

What the Plumber Said

The plumber came this morning, and we found out that it wasn't a broken pipe.



We found out that one of our children, who shall remain nameless (but is a girl) had let water get on the floor during her rather lengthy shower and the water ran under the baseboards and through the ceiling and dripped on the kitchen floor.

So we paid the guy to also fix a toilet, since he was here anyway.

Now we have to put siliconized caulk all around the bathtub and all around the baseboards.  We should have done that already.  This was an expensive lesson.


Also, we found out how to determine whether you have a broken pipe.  The plumber turned our water main back on.  Then, with all the faucets and appliances off, he watched the water meter.  The meter didn't move.  In that way he knew that there were no pipes leaking, and that it had to be something else.

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