A week of Stuff and THINGS...
Note this post is like 4 months old, but covers the biggest of our "big" changes. I will be back to add pictures of things.
So these past two weeks were a major reality check for living on a slowly aging mini-farm. Everything kinda fails all at once in a big way.
Issue 1: At some point the bathroom we never use developed a leaky toilet. Since we done you know use it we never noticed.
Conclusion: New Subfloor and tile ASAP.
Issue 2: We called our Home Warranty People about water pressure issues. Please understand home Warranties are awesome good things. Home Warranty people are NOT. After 4 days of contractor run around we got a guy. We got a guy who will look at both the water tank in the house AND the well outside of it. That seems to be a bigger issue than we ever knew.
Conclusion: It all must go. No joke, the pump breaking messed up the tank, which blew the wiring, which continuously shorted the breaker for the whole water system. Fun times.
Issue 3: The barn floods. It floods because it leaks.
This was actually the only intended Spring Fix. But it became kind of a thing. Apparently, you have to threaten GC's with manslaughter charges to get them to not randomly arrive without warning and leave gates open. This should have been a painless process, but it wasn't.
Conclusion: Many days off work and a new roof. Then 3 weeks of sweeping for nails.
Issue 4: The front porch is rotten.
This should have been caught by our Home Inspection person. It wasn't. He sucks. However, we found a wonderful contractor who tore it down, replaced the VERY rotten supports under the front of the house. And built us a lovely new one.
Conclusion: Guys named Jim are the best.
Issue 5: Dog dug through carpet.
I run small time personalized pet boarding at the farm and one of these little angels locked himself in our uest room and tried to dig out. So we have a bare spot clear to the subfloor. There is less than no money to fix it right now, because see above list of things.
Conclusion: Home Goods sells both door stops and small area rugs. We will revisit this next year once our bank account recovers.
So these past two weeks were a major reality check for living on a slowly aging mini-farm. Everything kinda fails all at once in a big way.
Issue 1: At some point the bathroom we never use developed a leaky toilet. Since we done you know use it we never noticed.
Conclusion: New Subfloor and tile ASAP.
Issue 2: We called our Home Warranty People about water pressure issues. Please understand home Warranties are awesome good things. Home Warranty people are NOT. After 4 days of contractor run around we got a guy. We got a guy who will look at both the water tank in the house AND the well outside of it. That seems to be a bigger issue than we ever knew.
Conclusion: It all must go. No joke, the pump breaking messed up the tank, which blew the wiring, which continuously shorted the breaker for the whole water system. Fun times.
Issue 3: The barn floods. It floods because it leaks.
This was actually the only intended Spring Fix. But it became kind of a thing. Apparently, you have to threaten GC's with manslaughter charges to get them to not randomly arrive without warning and leave gates open. This should have been a painless process, but it wasn't.
Conclusion: Many days off work and a new roof. Then 3 weeks of sweeping for nails.
Issue 4: The front porch is rotten.
This should have been caught by our Home Inspection person. It wasn't. He sucks. However, we found a wonderful contractor who tore it down, replaced the VERY rotten supports under the front of the house. And built us a lovely new one.
Conclusion: Guys named Jim are the best.
Issue 5: Dog dug through carpet.
I run small time personalized pet boarding at the farm and one of these little angels locked himself in our uest room and tried to dig out. So we have a bare spot clear to the subfloor. There is less than no money to fix it right now, because see above list of things.
Conclusion: Home Goods sells both door stops and small area rugs. We will revisit this next year once our bank account recovers.
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