We had all the excitement with the electricity on Wednesday. On Thursday, we had problems with the plumbing. Today, Friday, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal, but combined with Wednesday's problems and the inconvenience of not being able to use the water for several hours, made it seem really dramatic yesterday.
We took a load of laundry downstairs to use our washing machine for the first time. We were okay with electricity, so we thought we would get started on our mountain of laundry. About an hour later, we went down to switch the laundry and found water on the basement floor. Luckily, not inches of water, just several large puddles. After a few minutes of detective work, we discovered there was a clog in our sewer system that was causing the water to come up the drain in the floor.
We made lots of phone calls and I eventually tracked down the company that replaced the sewer lines when the house was remodeled. Because I was freaking out because I thought the house I just bought was turning out to be a lemon, they came out and snaked our sewer line free of charge. There were tree roots in the line because it sat vacant for about 7 months before we came in and started using the water a lot.
Everything works fine now and nothing has broken so far today, but I just wish somewhere in the process someone would have said, "Hey, you are buying an older house that has sat vacant for several months, you might want to check the sewer lines before you move in." That would have saved me a lot of stress. But this is all part of the first-time-home-buying process, and I'm sure there are several more lessons we will learn in the next year.
Good things:
Reed brought home chocolate cake
My washer and dryer work great
One week til Christmas!
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