Welp! I certainly regret sharing yesterday's views of the mostly-finished Beauty Shop half of the Double Hovel flip house(s). I normally wait until something is pretty much a done deal before I share it here. No jinxes, you know.
I typed up that Beauty Shop tale on Monday afternoon, around 2:30. Which I found out later was the time Hick was leaving there to come home and mow the acreage here with his beloved new zero-turn mower.
Tuesday morning, Hick and Old Buddy arrived at the Beauty Shop to find water all over the floor! One of the most recent things they'd done was to install a water heater. Old Buddy had done that job. I think maybe it was last week, since they don't work Friday-Sunday, and Old Buddy had texted-in sick on Monday.
Anyhoo... Hick was doing a few things there Monday. Everything was fine when he left. But between 2:30 Monday afternoon, and 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, the water heater couplings sprung a leak. Hick had to cut out a section of drywall to find the problem. Seems the couplings required crimping, which Old Buddy had not done.
They mopped up the water with a pile of Hick's rags. Got the couplings corrected. Hick put a fan blowing on the floor, and left the air conditioner on, in hopes of drying out any remaining damage. He says patching the drywall section is not an issue, but if the floor warps, it will have to be replaced.
Oh, and with the water continuously running for however many hours, and the water heater trying to heat it, the water bill and electric bill are going to be high. Hick doesn't know how long the water was flowing. Says it could have started right after he left, or an hour before they got there. No way to tell.
Oh, well. It's only money. Not like anybody got hurt. Just a setback. I have not yet broken the news to The Pony, who will be harder-affected by his half of the increased bills next month.
That is heart-breaking news. Is old buddy getting forgetful?
ReplyDeleteI am so relieved that it's just a minor setback in time and money. Glad that nobody was hurt, and nothing was actually destroyed. I haven't heard from Hick yet about the flooring status. After Hick assured me everyone was fine, my next thought was a break-in, or vandalism. Things could have been much worse.
DeleteI think Old Buddy was just preoccupied with his family issues. He's younger than Hick, and hasn't been forgetful before.
I'm glad it was discovered before too much damage was done.
ReplyDeleteYes. It could have been worse. Still keeping an eye on the flooring. Meanwhile, Hick and Old Buddy have moved to the outside to work on the handrail and the siding.
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