Real Life Intrudes
I’m hit and miss right now because rather than working on the computer most of the day I’m dealing with the water heater from hell.
It started simply enough with replacing the sacrificial anode rod because when certain types of them corrode they become centers for bacteria that produce hydrogen sulfide gas as a by-product so your shower smells like a rotten egg.
So far I have possibly successfully replaced the main shut off valve for the apartment, but the replacement water heater isn’t hooked up yet. Oh, yes, there is no longer a lake inside running from the bathroom through the living room to the kitchen, so the resident cat doesn’t hate me quite as much as she did. [There’s a lot of water in one of those things.]
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You have my sympathies! I know how you feel right now. Good luck with it all m8! 🙂
I think it’s done, but I can’t be sure until to tomorrow, Kryten.
Good luck with that.
Ohhh! Please accept my symbolic offer of a dry mop.
Luck is always appreciated, Jill.
Oh, this was well beyond mops, Ame. This escalated to the Godzilla Wet-Dry bilge pump and vacuum cleaner very quickly.
Update: At least it was just water, as it could have been a blocked sewage line which is always exciting and fragrant in these old buildings.
Ah, yes. Blocked sewage lines. One never forgets the, well, “aroma.”
These are cinder block buildings, and even after you sluice them out, use Clorox and Odor-Ban, the smell lingers.