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This Old House
Sep. 4th, 2019 08:17 amOne of the reasons that I dread going back to school and becoming a single income household is all the things you can't budget for. Of course all those things happen at once too!
We had an unexpected plumbing repair when the temperature control knob on the shower broke off. Whaaaat! Man, I should have been a plumber for what it cost to replace :D. Hubs was annoyed that it was a simple repair, but we didn't know.
Then, last night we had to pay $350 for downspouts. I happened to be caught out in the rain when I noticed water flowing the wrong way out of the downspout. We didn't have the drains cleaned all these years because there aren't any trees near the house. However, the clog turned out to be asphalt and dirt from when the roof was replaced in 2011 or 2012. Who knew? The guy was fast, replacing all the downspouts and cleaning the eaves troughs. The clogged part had to be cut away. In the end, it's cheaper to pay Gutter Doctor than the foundation repair company :D
We had an unexpected plumbing repair when the temperature control knob on the shower broke off. Whaaaat! Man, I should have been a plumber for what it cost to replace :D. Hubs was annoyed that it was a simple repair, but we didn't know.
Then, last night we had to pay $350 for downspouts. I happened to be caught out in the rain when I noticed water flowing the wrong way out of the downspout. We didn't have the drains cleaned all these years because there aren't any trees near the house. However, the clog turned out to be asphalt and dirt from when the roof was replaced in 2011 or 2012. Who knew? The guy was fast, replacing all the downspouts and cleaning the eaves troughs. The clogged part had to be cut away. In the end, it's cheaper to pay Gutter Doctor than the foundation repair company :D
