mister handy man strike again
We have mold. It’s coming up through the leuno…luenol..linoleum. Anyway, I called our landlord and he thought it was the dryer venting under the house with no escape for the moisture. So he sets up an appointment for his repair man to come over, replace the floor, redirect the vent, and put down new line…lounl…linoleum.
We board the dogs, having them groomed and updated (shots) while they are their. I close the cat in a room with litter box, water, and food. Sarah moves kitchen chairs and counter top stuff. When I leave them to go to work, the workers are about to saw through the floor. So I leave them to it.
I get a phone call a few hours later.
“Mr. Comer, have I caught you at a bad time? Well, it wasn’t the dryer, it’s the dish washing machine. The owner said he didn’t remember that house having a dish washer. Who ever installed it didn’t check for leaks”
I get that weird tunnel hearing and sweat a little.
“Um, I installed the dish washer. There weren’t any leaks when I installed it.”
“Oh, well, didn’t mean to insult you, but theirs a leak in the ‘t’ connection and it has been running down into the floor. Not pointing fingers here, just saying that’s what caused it.”
So now I have to “wait for the dust to settle” as the land lord said, to see what I need to do to compensate for the damage and repair. Hopefully it won’t suck to bad…I love being Mr. Handy sometimes, but this time it bit me on the ass.
And, to top the day off, I call Sarah, and she has a flat. Her sister and she are out doing things, Tony is at home with Grandmother, and she gets a flat. Just on of those days.
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