Piping
Posted on August 29, 2006 - Filed Under Housing |
The nature of the gas leak has been discovered. Or uncovered.
When the ground-level clean out was installed, the plumber (or one of her lackeys) hit the gas line, causing a hole to appear. And we’re not talking about some little pinhole here. Oh no. We’re talking about a full-on, "suck in the known universe" size hole.
When the plumber dug this area back up, she immediately saw what the problem was. As usual with this breed of contractor, she immediately decided to go home and get drunk. I appreciate this because, after all, getting drunk is a sure-fire way of getting my problem fixed.
She has agreed that since she caused the problem that she’s going to fix it, free of charge. This made me happy. However, the pipe is quite old and there’s a lot of rust. This is not an easy fix. As a matter of fact, it’s impossible. The whole pipe should be replaced.
Once the repair work is complete, the gas company will come back out and turn the gas back on.
So what’s the problem?
The plumber is busy with other clients. She’s going to try and work me in over the next couple of days. This means that the tenant will have been without a gas stove for a week. The only saving grace is that we share the same hot water heater, which is located in the front house. The gas in that house works perfectly.
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