And then I went to Ace and bought one for $10 and will never have to pay a plumber to do that again in an emergency.
Yes, the main shut off thingee is essential. Don't need it often, but oh boy when you do.
Teppy, I hope you find relief soon.
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - May 26, 2014 10:33:03 am PDT #28474 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Sheryl - May 26, 2014 12:31:56 pm PDT #28475 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Back from Balticon. Good con. Tired now.
Ginger - May 26, 2014 12:51:11 pm PDT #28476 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That is also the way I found out about the water tool thingy, which is currently somewhere in my utility room. I think current code calls for a shut-off valve where the water enters the house. My house predates many useful code changes.
sarameg - May 26, 2014 12:59:51 pm PDT #28477 of 30000
I have a shutoff valve inside the house, 3 feet from where it comes in the wall. It just doesn't move.
OK, time to collect my things and go drink wine and eat grillings. And pee at someone else's house!
Ginger - May 26, 2014 1:03:37 pm PDT #28478 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Mine doesn't have a shutoff valve at all. At the time I learned this, my kitchen sink also didn't have a shutoff valve. Home ownership is so much fun.
-t - May 26, 2014 1:10:31 pm PDT #28479 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
ISTR finding my shutoff valve once, but maybe that was a dream? Or maybe it was under the house where it would be harder to get to than the main. In any case, I couldn't find it last time I needed one, if it exists.
Blueberry muffins=yum.
Laura - May 26, 2014 1:18:26 pm PDT #28480 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I have lived with no shutoff which was not a good plan. However, the places that have had them, usually frozen. The problem is that when you have a burst of some kind in the house it is something you really want to stop quick.
I had a really frozen pipe at the Otter Lake house. When we turned the water back on in the summer it was water all over the bathroom. The pipe was in the ceiling and was copper but it had an ever so slight dip in it and the ice split the pipe. Fun times.
Theodosia - May 26, 2014 1:41:22 pm PDT #28481 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Full copper refit!
I know where my water shutoff is. I feel like this means I win at home-ownership or something.
Kat - May 26, 2014 1:50:47 pm PDT #28482 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I know where our water main shutoff is which was handy because putting in a new washer was difficult without it.
When we were looking to buy houses a couple of years ago, the places we were looking at all ran about $350,000. So, when I saw this link to a 5 bedroom 4 bath house for significantly less than that [link] I sort of wanted to cry.
Theodosia - May 26, 2014 2:00:22 pm PDT #28483 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'll join you in the crying, sincerely. Just some of those period details like the ends of the bannisters brings a tear.