The end of the drama, I think

Last week  I came home from a meeting and smelt something weird.  Gas I thought.  I checked the burners and put the fan on plus opened the door.  4 hours later it was even stronger!  I chose to call the gas company.  Now it seems to me that a gas leak is quite urgent.  The gas company does not deal with leaks, instead it would rather give a 1-800 number – like you have a pen handy, to call and report leaks.

Half a dozen options later I get to a real person to report a possible gas leak to, who promptly goes into overdrive with questions.  Is there a school, daycare of hospital nearby?  ‘nope’.  Get out of the house, she says and we will send someone round in half an hour.

The guy arrives and determines the smell is not gas ……but there is a leak anyway under the range.  Tough leak to fix apparently and needs a plumber. So he calmly turns the gas off and I am without heating and hotwater on one of the coldest nights of the year.  OK not cold by northern standards, but nippy on the southern benchmark. Not quite cold enough for a hotel either.

Theplumber came the following morning to fix the tiny leak for a large sum and wandered off.

 Yesterday I backflushed the pool and on resetting the filter, the top of the pump flew off, which started to empty the pool into the basement.  I waded through to turn the main switch off

 So today things are looking up.  The basement guys came to fix the wall, and they will be back to finish and paint in a day or two.  The pool guy is arriving tomorrow. 

So, things come in threes, and the pool made the three – one sewer, one gas and one pool. 

So yes, things are looking up for a while, anyway.

Tags: gas leaks, leaks, pool pumps.