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Home Repairs

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I had some storm damage to my property a while ago. I was offshore at the time and out of town most of the time since. I did have the insurance adjusters come by and they’ve done their part. Now I am finally getting around to trying to get the repairs made.

I would think people would be more eager for work, but it’s been 3-4 weeks now and I am still waiting on ESTIMATES!

I need to get work done on 4 separate properties. One house is looking MUCH worse since the adjusters saw it (see photo below), the wind has almost completely blown off the siding there now. There’s only 1 little piece left up at the top now. I want to get the damage repaired before things get even worse.

I have had one guy who seems really eager to do the work, but I don’t want to give it to him before I see at least ONE other estimate. The insurance companies have sent checks but they don’t look like enough to cover the repairs. I don’t want to spend any more than what they’ve sent me. I just don’t have the extra money now. Hard to come up with much when you’re laid off your job. 🙁

I wish people would just call me and give me some info so I can make a decision and get started on fixing this stuff! Thanksgiving is coming up next week and then I’ll be out of town again and HOPEFULLY get some work over Christmas. So, the sooner the better on home repairs!

What's Up With the Bathtub?

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It rained pretty hard here a few days ago. Ever since then I’ve been having problems with my bathroom. I flush the toilet and it comes up through the bathtub! ICK!!

My bathroom, AFTER the plumber finished up. ;-)

My bathroom, AFTER the plumber finished up. 😉

It had done the same thing before a couple of times and I had it snaked out. I didn’t notice it this time til Saturday morning and no use calling a plumber til Monday.

Monday morning I called the plumber but they were swamped. Because of all the rain, they had all kinds of people calling in with problems. I had to wait til Tuesday to get someone to come by and take a look.

I thought maybe the sewer pipes were broken because of the fact that this issue keeps recurring. The plumber informed me that running a snake through the toilet is basically useless. Even if you unbolt the toilet and run the snake straight through the floor.

Well, since that’s the way we’ve been doing it in the past, I told him to go ahead and do it his way. With a BIG snake, from outside.

plumbers snake

plumbers snake

He dug a hole to find where the pipe came out of the house so I could see where it was, but he couldn’t actually do the work at that time.

I had to wait until today for the snake job. It worked!

example of what the snake can do

example of what the snake can do

I hope this one works longer than the last couple of times. At least now I know where to access the pipe from the outside so we won’t have to pull out the toilet again.

I still think the pipes might be broken. There’s more water in the hole today than there was when he dug it on Monday. We haven’t had any rain, so where is that water coming from???

All I know right now is; I’m happy to have a working bathroom again. 🙂

Lesson learned. If any of you have plumbing issues, don’t waste your time and money running a snake from inside the house!