Leaking Faucet
So I’ve known for some time that we had a leaking faucet outside our house. I haven’t given it much thought until we got our utility bill this last month. Our water bill alone was $170 dollars. So now it has my attention. With much hesitation I ask Warren (the father-in-law) if he could give it a look. He said sure, I’ll take care of it.
Well today Warren called and said he would be by later this afternoon. I get home around 4′ish and he was here working. I went out front to see how things were going and he said good, but he needed a few things. So he ask for some old wash rags and bread. I laugh and he said he would show me what the bread was for. So I proceeded to go in the house, and when I opened the door… smoke, everywhere there is smoke. So I go running outside to the front of the house where Warren was working and ask him what was going on. He said, “the backer board got a little hot but it’s nothing to worry about”. So I go to investigate even further and went further into the house and the laundry room was FULL of smoke. So at this point I’m pissed and once again go outside and talk to Warren who basically blows the whole thing off.
So not taking a chance I called the fire department (which is less and .25 miles from the house). Within minutes they arrive and look into the smoke. They found that the board around the faucet did catch on fire and also a water pipe had been melting.
So after the fire department left Warren “the father-in-law” finished fixing the faucet and turns the water back on.
I’m still pissed because Warren blows the whole thing off as not being an issue. Said, “the whole downstairs should be full of smoke, the board around the faucet got HOT“. NO SHIT, and caught on fire.
Fire!
Tonight I was alone which doesn’t happen very often. Scout was over at her grandmothers and Ronda was at Cuckoos Nest rehearsals. While the girls were out I decided to catch up on some work. After my work was done I decided to roast some marshmallows. I started up the fire pit and was on my way to some good roasted marshmallows. I had my blackberry with me at the time and thought I would try the camera function while it was dark to see the results. I must say I’m pleased with the results.
Do you have any good camera phone pictures?
