We were having trouble with our pressure release valve on our water heater at home. We would wake up; get ready for a shower, and no hot water, pretty frustrating! I have to go down to the basement and go under our house to reset the water heater when this happens. We have room in this section under the house to stand up so this is not a bad job, if water isn’t standing in this area.
Monday morning I went to take my shower and no hot water! Christy was still in the bed so I put a sweatshirt on and headed down to the basement. Arriving at the Water Heater area I put on some old tennis shoes that I leave down there to work in. Opened the door to go under the house and discovered the area was flooded. I tried to put some old paint cans down on the red mud (when red clay gets wet, it is mud) they floated away. So I stepped on some stones that were down there, trying not to fill my shoes with the red water. After arriving at my destination and resetting the heater I though I would take an alternate route back and try to keep water from getting in my shoes. I moved down the edge of the water and was getting ready to jump to the basement entrance when my feet had another idea! I slipped and fell on my back in the red muddy water! Water in my shoes, underwear and sweatshirt soaked, laying on my back in water on a cold Monday morning. This is not the way I planned on starting my day.
I got up and entered the basement took off my shoes, and headed upstairs, with red mud on my back and bottom! Thinking that Christy was still in the bed asleep, I started down the hall, she came up from behind me and said “well this is a sight you don’t see everyday!” It was pretty startling to me also; I thought I was the only one awake!
Some days it doesn’t pay to get up early!
Monday morning I went to take my shower and no hot water! Christy was still in the bed so I put a sweatshirt on and headed down to the basement. Arriving at the Water Heater area I put on some old tennis shoes that I leave down there to work in. Opened the door to go under the house and discovered the area was flooded. I tried to put some old paint cans down on the red mud (when red clay gets wet, it is mud) they floated away. So I stepped on some stones that were down there, trying not to fill my shoes with the red water. After arriving at my destination and resetting the heater I though I would take an alternate route back and try to keep water from getting in my shoes. I moved down the edge of the water and was getting ready to jump to the basement entrance when my feet had another idea! I slipped and fell on my back in the red muddy water! Water in my shoes, underwear and sweatshirt soaked, laying on my back in water on a cold Monday morning. This is not the way I planned on starting my day.
I got up and entered the basement took off my shoes, and headed upstairs, with red mud on my back and bottom! Thinking that Christy was still in the bed asleep, I started down the hall, she came up from behind me and said “well this is a sight you don’t see everyday!” It was pretty startling to me also; I thought I was the only one awake!
Some days it doesn’t pay to get up early!
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