November 9, 2008 | In: Family
There’s A Hole In My House. Dear Liza A Hole.
We had a leak.
We called the plumbers.
We gave them lots of money. They dug holes in our house.
With jackhammers. During naptime.
We took cold showers. We drove to the YMCA to take nice hot showers.
We haven’t done laundry in a week. Mount Washmore is as tall as I am.
It’s been an exciting week.
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It sounds silly, but it really was weird to see that there’s actually dirt under our house. I mean, to watch them dig shovelfuls of dirt right there in my dining room.
They dug the holes on Thursday, couldn’t find the leak, came back Friday, fixed it but the inspector couldn’t come until Monday (today). So we’ve had to be really careful about getting things from our pantry.
You know, so we don’t FALL INTO THE BIG HOLE.
Hopefully, the inspector will come today and they can cover the hole.
I hope, I wish, I pray I’ll have my washing machine back today.
I can’t wait to do laundry!
I have never uttered that previous sentence before in my life and I don’t think I will again.
What’s the biggest thing you’ve had to fix in your house?
12 Responses to There’s A Hole In My House. Dear Liza A Hole.
euphrony
November 9th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Termites. We took out the shower (we were replacing it, anyway) and found the termite damage in the wood behind the tile.
Also we’ve had to replace the pipe from the water meter to the house when it leaked. They had to dig under the driveway. But it was better than having a turf-bubble floating about a foot higher than the rest of the yard and sending a gallon a minute down the street.
MamasBoy
November 9th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Biggest repair. I don’t know. My 40 year old house mostly has a lot of small things. The biggest stuff I’ve done is voluntary (turning attic space into useful storage area, flooring over the wannabe pool). My biggest necessary repairs have probably been replumbing the kitchen sink, including replacing the old faucet that had a 1/2 gallon/minute flow rate and rerouting 60 feet of drain pipe in the crawl space. I’ve also put in a new chimney cap, repointed the grout on the chimney, rewired several outlets and fixtures around the house, replaced a section of pipe in main water supply line and replaced a section of roofing that blew off in a wind storm, to name a few repairs. Most of those didn’t take more than a weekend to do, though.
The scariest thing to go wrong has probably been a couple old electrical fixtures catching on fire, but those are minor repairs; just rip out the old fixture and put in a new one.
MB
Kristin
November 10th, 2008 at 4:24 am
Wow! That is a huge hole! I hope that things get back to normal quickly for you…
The first house we bought- to renovate, had exposed walls and wires hanging every where. We had a two year old…so that was interesting keeping him out of there. We had a carpenter in there for a couple weeks fixing things.
Thankfully the most we’ve done in our recent home has been re affixing a piece of siding that flew off at the very top of our house which couldn’t be reached by the tallest ladder we could find.
Banana Peel
November 10th, 2008 at 5:28 am
Golly, I hope its all fixed finally!
We have never owned a house. But the one we are renting now, our landlord replaced the entire septic field. Before this we have always lived in apartments.
By the way—Kat, are you by chance a flybaby?
Kat
November 10th, 2008 at 5:50 am
Euphrony,
Termites. We’ve had those too. Not too bad, though.
Mamasboy,
Wow. You’re quite the fix it guy!
Kristin,
Sadly, it’s actually TWO different holes. The one at the top is in our laundry area and the other one is in our pantry.
Banana Peel,
flybaby as in the Flylady?
Banana Peel
November 10th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Yes!
Kat
November 10th, 2008 at 6:52 am
I used to be, but that was several years ago and the number of emails I got was overwhelming.
I’ve been very into being organized lately so I should probably give it another look.
Why do you ask? Is it because of the mountain of dirt in my home. Or perhaps the 5 foot tall pile of laundry.
What exactly makes you think I need the FlyLady’s help?
erin
November 10th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Wow, Kat, that’s insane! You have my sympathies. And if you find that the loads of laundry you have to catch up on aren’t enough to quench your desire for laundering, feel free to come and do mine, too! LOL
We rent an apartment, so we don’t fix anything! Woohoo! (I get really excited about that b/c it’s really one of the only perks of renting.)
Banana Peel
November 10th, 2008 at 9:54 am
I asked because of your “Mt. Washmore” description of your laundry. I’ve only ever heard FlyLady and her followers call it that!
I was not trying to imply that you needed to be one!! Sorry if I gave that implication!
I *heart* FlyLady!! She has helped me organize my home, and keep it clean without my having to clean for hours everyday. Which in turn makes me feel better about myself!
I agree—an insane amount of emails come your way from her!! I usually delete mostly all of them except the ones I need to read…so like two or three a day?
Diane in L.A.
November 11th, 2008 at 10:41 am
I had a whole year like that. It was 1993 and it started when my youngest was 10 months old. Everytime I hear a story like this, I remember that year.
Emily
November 11th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I can not even begin to imagine having that go on in my house right now! The closest thing I have ever had to that sort of mess was installing hurricane windows in my house! All the old windows were removed and new ones put in. But a hole in my floor would make me feel out of control!! LOL
Kat
November 11th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Banana Peel,
I imagine I probably heard it from a Flybaby somewhere. And don’t worry I didn’t really think you were insinuating anything. I was just being goofy.
But, really, I do probably need to be a Flybaby…