Water issues

[baronessekat]

Some folks have advised me to find another plumber to replace the water heater sooner than Monday. That is should not take a week to replace one.

While it feels like I'm justifying, let me give you the reasons I am not getting someone else to do it.

1. Town of Amherst requires you use a plumber registered and "approved" by them. I will tell you right now, the list is not extensive nor does it have inexpensive labor cost plumbers on the list.

2. The person who is doing the work, who happens to by in my SCA barony, IS approved by the town.

3. To save me HUGE labor fees he's doing the work during his off hours. And unfortunately between our two schedules, the earliest he can do the work and replace it is Monday.

While it sucks, I will cope with having to be careful about the hot water situation for a week if it saves me several hundreds of dollars in labor fees.

Comments

[2bluefish.livejournal.com]

Better to have someone you like and trust do the work. I was in the same situation when mine went. You deal and move on. Plus like you said... the town list is a pain. You have people in town, you can grab a shower at their place for a few days (I showered at work for a week)

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

You could pretend it's Pennsic all over again :)

Sounds like the right decision. Over the years I've acquired a number of people who do various plumbing, electrical, gas, small engine repair, etc., with whom I've built up a good relationship. I don't mind waiting a few days here and there to fit things into our schedules because I want the work done by someone I can trust to do it right. I also pass their names along to my friends when appropriate -- after all I want them to stay in business.

[baronessekat.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. totally Pennsic still. Especially since it is still thundering and raining all the time here. At least though I'm not in a tent, but would like to wash the tent at some point.

But yes, I can cope for a week. Laundry won't go anywhere and if I need something before the repair washed, there are other options.

I can heat water up on the stove to do dishes.

After all, if my forefathers could cope without water heater tanks for their whole lives, I can cope for a week.

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

What a refreshingly sensible attittude.

I'm sorry I missed you at Pennsic. For someone who was supposed to be having a lazy vacation, I ended up being quite busy.

[baronessekat.livejournal.com]

Missed seeing you too. There's always next year.

[meirwen.livejournal.com]

Hehehehe.

Okay, not about the situation, but the over-reaction of some others that you have to cope with it until Monday. In 1963 (when I was in kindergarten) the hot water tank in the house I grew up in died. My dad replaced it in 1978, the year before I graduated from college and 3 years after I no longer lived there.

Yeah, you can live with it for a week. ;-)

Love you.

[baronessekat.livejournal.com]

Love you too.

And if having just done Pennsic prior isn't prep for dealing with no HOT running water, I don't know what is.

[utsi.livejournal.com]

*boggles*
your life. your house. your money. your decision. 'nuff said. you make you happy. i'm glad that you are able to spread the good around. too little good these days