Basement disaster averted!

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 This past week has been eventful!

A letter from the city saying they had been trying to get ahold of us and that we had 10 days to respond to their letter. 

The water meter had to be replaced...or else!

I called and set up an appointment and proceeded to clean out the corner of the basement where the water meter was located! Unfortunately, I had the wrong corner! So,  another corner was cleared so they would have access when they came.  No one would want to see  the basement right now!

The first corner that was cleared out revealed another rather awful problem! The cast iron pipes were leaking slightly in two spots and the main pipe was corroding.  Time to replace them, I guess!

Joe and two friends came on Friday and tore them all out and replaced all with PVC.  Such a messy job! 

Arie and I cleared out the entire side of the basement and added all that stuff to the other area etc — I’m sure you can picture the chaos! We covered things with plastic, especially the carpet! 

Three guys were here at 9:15 (not 7:30 as promised) and all was out and reconstructed by 5:00. There was a lot less smell or mess than we thought there might be! There are about 3 hours of work left so that the second bathroom will be functional! That was supposed to be done today but that didn’t happen! Maybe Monday!

Such fun!!



















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