(yes, that is duct tape on our MAIN water line)after discovering this....
...but thankfully R doesn't over react (like I do) and he can still look like this....
in the middle of a mess!
So the story is...Sunday after the blessing, I was walking on the front lawn, and it felt like a water bed. R turned off the sprinklers trying to rule out a broken sprinkler pipe, and hoping it would dry up. Monday night he started digging. The gushiest spot was at an intersection of our secondary water box and our main water box, so he didn't know what it could be. He dug and dug and found the main water line to be the culprit. When he came across the duct tape. Not so impressed. It was about 9:30 when he discovered it, so he sent a text to our builder and the sales guy. To my pleasant surprise, we had a response by 7:00 this morning, and crew was here by about 9:00, and it is now 10:19 and our water is back on and they are even fixing the grass. The line the crew gave us was that the duct tape wasn't actually around the pipe. The pipe comes in great big rolls, so if they don't use the whole roll, they duct tape it. Someone, when laying our pipe cut the duct tape, and sliced the pipe a little, but didn't realize it. So over time, the water pressure broke through the slice. Whatever happened, I guess it doesn't really matter. It's getting fixed in a timely matter and I'm grateful for that.
I now realize how dependent we are, and how much we take running water for granted.
4 comments:
Oh My Heck! That is crazy, I think I would have been over reacting as well! I am glad they fixed it so fast, and hopefully no flooding, and hopefully your water bill won't be out of control!
Nice pictures. James had told me about it so I was glad to see it. I felt some gushiness on Sunday but figured you guys had just watered really heavy. Glad you were able to take care of it so quickly.
Whoa.... that is scary. It makes m wonder what else builders do "shoty" that we just don't know about.
There is nothing worse than water problems. But who would have thought that good old duct tape would fail in that setting? Go figure! Loved the contractors lame explanation!
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