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For those of you keeping track, we had flood #2 tonight at the house. A hot water heater burst flooding the section of the house untouched by the summer debacle. Why do these things never happen during the daytime? The exact same restoration technician came out to take care of the mess. Sadly, he didn't have to go through the spiel with me since it had only been 2 months since the last call

And I wonder why I drink...

and thats why renting is the way to go sorry bro and sis. come watch will and grace with me if you need some dry land.

I, too, fought the hot water heater and lost (a few years ago.)

Except it was a slow leak at first, and the heater is on the second floor, and I wondered why there was a line of wet ceiling in my family room. The back-up pipe to drain the water was only about 8 inches long and didn't go anywhere -- so the water just ran along beams in my ceiling.

The plumber who replaced the unit fixed it to drain outside on the patio, not in my ceiling, if it happens again.


Oh, and there was the leak in the pipes behind my refrigerator. "Why is the carpet wet?" Because your floor is soaked underneath. That one took the big fans for a few days to dry it all out.


And who could forget my kitchen ceiling leaking because of my neighbor's pipe? That was the best. That was why I hated my neighbor who didn't pay the plumbing bill (because I called in someone else while he was in Barcelona at his summer home.)


Water can be frustrating, dirty and destructive.

- Mere "Sorry it has spread to your house. " 1975

I still don't understand why they don't put BIG floor drains right below hot water heaters. It can't cost more than a $50-100 when you are building the house and is guaranteed to be very helpful one day.

I still don't understand why they don't put BIG floor drains right below hot water heaters. It can't cost more than a $50-100 when you are building the house and is guaranteed to be very helpful one day.

CHUDs... that's why

I'm afraid of my water heater. I keep meaning to call and have it given a "checkup," just for general purposes, but I never get around to it. Part of me thinks I can sell the place befor it explodes.

Recently, a friend's mother was in the process of moving to AL, and so she'd closed up her place out in Emory. A slow leak from the water heater took three weeks to get noticed (the guy mowing the "lawn" got his tractor stuck). The AC was set to 80. There was mold running all the way up the walls.
Just the thought of it give me the willies.

Sorry about your plumbing problems. That really sucks.

ugh, makes me glad my water heater is in the garage. of course it would leak on all the crap I store in there...but at least there wouldn't be mass damage to my house.

sorry you two.

just move your bathtub into the kitchen and have shauna pour in some water from the kettle every ten minutes. thats how they did it in the old days.

the whole family also took a bath in the same tub without changing the water. *shudder*

and they all slept in one bed.

no wonder people in the south are half-retarded. crazy pioneers!

...no wonder people in the south are half-retarded. crazy pioneers!

I think this explains the plains-states retardation. Ethanol in the 'shine's what dunnit to the suhthners.