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A lot of the petty stuff that bugged me this morning doesn't seem like such a big deal right now. No, shoveling the driveway, forgetting my phone (and then having the library closed, so NO internet access all day!), and dealing with slippery road in a very bad-for-slippery-roads car is all nothing.
Not when you consider the 'no-hot-water-in-my-shower' problem.
There's hot water in the rest of the house (though maybe not the washer, which I think feeds from the same pipe). And, SO FAR, there's not a flood of water anywhere. So far. But that could just mean the pipe is so frozen that it burst and the ice is holding it together.
The wind chill is supposed to hit close to -30° tonight.
And we did hear that unexplained 'twang' sort of sound last night. Though if they're related, and it hasn't leaked yet, I think I'm okay until tomorrow, being this is going to be the coldest night. Did I mention the actual temperature is already -4°?
So tomorrow I shall call in with a plumbing emergency, and spend a day out in my garage pulling down a wall and inspecting a pipe. Then, if all goes well (please let it all go well) there will be no leaks, and it was just the handle on the shower, and I can re-insulate the pipes and toss up another piece of drywall. All goes badly and I have to shell out a bazillion dollars to a plumber and/or go all weekend without hot water.
...though, it just occurred to me, it would be weird if the hot water pipe is the one that broke, since it runs right next to the cold water pipe and I can get cold water. Unless it's a hot inside/cold outside sort of break. Whatever, I'm going to try (try) to sleep now and deal with it in the morning.
Not when you consider the 'no-hot-water-in-my-shower' problem.
There's hot water in the rest of the house (though maybe not the washer, which I think feeds from the same pipe). And, SO FAR, there's not a flood of water anywhere. So far. But that could just mean the pipe is so frozen that it burst and the ice is holding it together.
The wind chill is supposed to hit close to -30° tonight.
And we did hear that unexplained 'twang' sort of sound last night. Though if they're related, and it hasn't leaked yet, I think I'm okay until tomorrow, being this is going to be the coldest night. Did I mention the actual temperature is already -4°?
So tomorrow I shall call in with a plumbing emergency, and spend a day out in my garage pulling down a wall and inspecting a pipe. Then, if all goes well (please let it all go well) there will be no leaks, and it was just the handle on the shower, and I can re-insulate the pipes and toss up another piece of drywall. All goes badly and I have to shell out a bazillion dollars to a plumber and/or go all weekend without hot water.
...though, it just occurred to me, it would be weird if the hot water pipe is the one that broke, since it runs right next to the cold water pipe and I can get cold water. Unless it's a hot inside/cold outside sort of break. Whatever, I'm going to try (try) to sleep now and deal with it in the morning.