Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Oh the joys...version 2

So over the past few days, I have had water heater issues - I initially discovered the issue on Sunday night at 10PM, when all I wanted was a nice, hot shower. I can tell you that finding out there are functionality issues with your water heater when you are in the shower is incredibly inconvenient.

My neighbor came over and fixed it - for the record, my dad volunteered to drive up at 10PM on Sunday night so I wouldn't have to take a cold shower, but the both of us were exhausted so I said I would call my neighbor and then call him tomorrow if we could not fix it. My neighbor Jude was a trooper and got the pilot light relit and I had a hot shower on Monday morning (starting the week with a cold shower would have been an incredibly bad omen). He even went to Lowe's and got a replacement part for it, and we put that in last night. Apparently, I have a real lemon of a water heater...and I definitely owe Jude big time...

Fast forward to tonight - when again, all I wanted was a hot shower. I got a lukewarm one, with a sinking feeling in my stomach. I make it quick and go down and look at the water heater and can't see the little flame. UGH!!!A few inappropriate words come out, and I shut the gas off and come upstairs. On my way back down to try again, I flipped on the basement light and blew a bulb...REALLY?

Thankfully, I managed to get the pilot relit - not sure if it ever went out, maybe the temp setting on the actual unit wasn't right, who knows...but all I know is that I did not get a hot shower and that I was able to relight it and have adjusted the temperature. Any future incidents will likely result in a new water heater....

Oh the joys of home ownership...but it beats renting any day of the week!

4 comments:

Infrequent Flyers said...

Is this nature's way of telling you that you NEED cold showers? tee hee. And what are timbits??

Becky Andrews said...

I'm with you gotta have HOT showers -- well, actually I prefer a hot bath. Hoping your hot water heater can last longer - such an 'unfun' purchase.

cpy said...

Hilarious and so well written. Sorry about your woes...been there.

The Monroes said...

I hope you do not need a new water heater... they are not fun to buy. I can think of a million better ways to spend my money! Oh and you would not have been able to even stomach that cold of a shower, trust me I tried. I thought I could do it no matter what...but that cold makes your heart stop!