On Saturday, I was out much of the morning running errands and essentially just enjoying the day. \u00a0I got home around the middle of the day and thought I would start some laundry before going to a party later in the afternoon. \u00a0I headed downstairs and noticed that it was rather warm and humid – unusual for my basement. \u00a0Or basements in general, I guess. \u00a0Anyway, it only took me a moment to identify the problem.<\/p>\n
The hot water tank was leaking.<\/p>\n
Though ‘leaking’ is actually a mild term for what it was doing. \u00a0The water was actually geysering out of the top of the tank like a little fountain, then running down the side of the tank and across the floor. I started shutting things off and closing valves – then had a friend come over to help me assess the situation and verify that my house wasn’t going to explode.<\/p>\n
With everything as secure as it could be and no damage in the basement – other than the water tank itself – I headed to the party. Only to find that I had the day wrong and it was actually on Sunday.<\/p>\n
That night, I took a very very quick and very very cold shower – grateful that this had happened in the summer when I could at least recover from the cold quickly.<\/p>\n
Sunday was spent with friends and then later some downtime with video games. \u00a0As the evening wore on, I decided to run some bathwater and let it warm up to room tempeture. \u00a0Which is a fine idea except that the stopper in my tub isn’t very good and by the time I was ready for my bath, the water had all drained out.<\/p>\n
So, I sort of squatted down in a shallow tub of very cold water and had a very quick bath. \u00a0I’m not usually one to take a long time getting cleaned up, but this may have been a new record.<\/p>\n
Today, I was up early and started draining the tank the rest of the way \u00a0– then went on into work and called a HVAC company to come out and look at it. \u00a0They were able to come by this afternoon and I was able to meet them at the house and show them what was going on. \u00a0As expected, the tank is a loss, but then were able to schedule a new tank and install for tomorrow morning. \u00a0One more cold bath and I’ll be back to normal – though I am getting a little tired of all the sudden expenses. \u00a0First the car, now the water heater. \u00a0I can swing it, but it’s making me crankier than usual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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