The plumber could not tell us what the problem was until we opened the ceiling.
And voila! We saw that we had water coming from a small crack in the shower base. You can sort of see it in the top right corner of the drain.
This of course was not covered my our home warranty and would cost us extra to fix.
We didn't like this plumber very much so we decided we needed to call someone else.
In the meantime, we have a bucket under the hole in our ceiling to catch the dripping water.
Why don't you use the other shower you have? Well......
When the home warranty man was here, I mentioned that the handles in the hall bathroom dripped when turned on. This was covered by our home warranty.
But when he tried to get the casing off the handles, they got stuck. He was able to get the middle and right one off and replace the stem. But the right one will not come off.
Yes we have tried Lime Away and CLR to dissolve the mineral build up keeping the casing in place. So we have to have another person get it off without breaking the pipes in the wall.
More than likely, they will have to cut into the wall and cut off the piece and add a little piece of pipe.
One of the more successful stories was that we got a new expansion tank on our water heater. Ours was dead. I noticed there was a problem when large puddles of water would always be on the floor.
Another thing that went wrong was our garbage disposal died. Yes, all of this happened in like a week or two period.
This was not a big deal as well. But we got a new garbage disposal for free!
Our plumbing woes will (hopefully) come to an end soon. We are going to have someone come to the house this week to fix the hall bathroom and we have hired a person to redo our master bathroom (as soon as the other shower is working).
Proper plumbing is absolutely essential for any structure to offer the residents a hygienic and clean environment.
ReplyDeleteplumber rockdale
It's unfortunate that you had a handful of plumbing problems to deal with in a short amount of time. Dealing with things like that can really paralyze a home. Not only can you not use the shower but you also have to deal with the damage an unattended leak causes. Troublesome and costly as it may be, I'm glad that you had people come in and identify the problem to have it fixed as soon as possible. -Darryl@Milani
ReplyDeleteI hope all those plumbing woes had come to an end when you hired that person to fix it all. It’s wise of you to have the small spot checked right away. You are surely in for a bigger and nastier plumbing problem had you neglected it. Village Plumbing
ReplyDeleteSo why didn’t you like the first plumber? Did he know find out the source of the problem? Well, I hope you liked the one who replaced him afterwards, and that he managed to fix that problem before it could get any worse. Take care!
ReplyDeleteLovella Cushman @ Perfection Plumbing