We are on day three of our adventure into the water heater hell lands. Day one, the water heater goes out. We call the plumbers, but it's Sunday so there is nothing to do but wait until Monday, but hey at least we got an appointment. Well, sort of...
Day two, the roomie calls in to check on the situation with the appointment & they assure here that they'll be just a couple of hours. That was at about nine in the morning. By three in the afternoon they still hadn't shown up. I called back & they somehow had no record of my roomie's call & were completely unaware of the appointment. Luckily someone made it out. Well, again, sort of...
They got there & began to look it over & were with the water heater quite some time. Finally they emerged, to tell us that we would have to get a new water heater. Besides the extra cost to buy the water heater & the extra $ for another plumber coming out to install it, this wouldn't have been that big of a deal, except for the time.
They had waited so late in the day that all the places I could've purchased a water heater in my town were closed & according to the plumber, I needed to have for him, first thing in the morning. So, we pack up & head to Fort Smith, AR. to get a water heater. Mind you my internet is on the fritz again, so I can't comparison shop online. When we got there, we hit a few places & finally found one that suited us.
Then the ordeal began. We had to get the water heater into the back of the van. The flatbed dolly was slick, the cardboard container was slick & we were both tired & frustrated by this time. We both banged ourselves up, but we got the damned thing into the van. Then the roomie had to try to hold the thing still while I drove home. The box was so slick it was sliding every where. The awkward thing spent the night in the van.
Day three arrives. Roomie calls the plumbers to check on the time of our appointment. She was informed that it'd be at least a couple of hours before they arrived. Go figure, the first thing in the morning turned out to be a little past noon. We start trying to drain the blasted thing. It didn't want to drain into the hose. Bring on the buckets. Roomie sat on the side of the tub watching the buckets fill up & dumping them as they did. It got wet & messy.
Finally they arrived & the process began. They unloaded the new one from the van & hauled off the old one. I waited & hoped that all would go well. Finished. Then there was the bill. Hold on to your hats.
April's Bill for Water Heater: $105.00
May's First Bill to be told to replace the water heater: $125.00
May's Second Bill to Replace the water heater: $240.00
Cost of water heater: $360.00
Total: $830.00
Why the hell didn't I become a plumber?
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