wizardmickey
06-24-2007, 01:20 AM
Well, the story goes something like this...
Friday morn as I left the foyer of our main house & stepped outside to leave for work, I noticed water pooling in our driveway. Problem was, it hadn't rained at all. So, I instructed Christy to call our Home Warranty Insurance peeps to see what was what & off I went to work.
She called me a few hours later to say that the Insurance peeps had no Plumbers under contract in our area & had authorized her to find her own to see what the problem was. They also told her we'd have to pay the contractor up front?!?! At this point I was a bit mildly perturbed, so I left work & called the Insurnace Co. while I drove to clarify things (simply some miscommunications.)
Anyhow, it turns out that, since our house was built circa 1930, the galvanized pipes had finally rotted & would need replacing from street to house & then back to the guest house. Initial estimate was $4000 & Insurance agreed to reimburse us $2000. Their own plumber (company name withheld to ensure safety of their employee) said company wouldn't even be able to fix piping until Monday. He said if we'd agree to pay him instead as an independant contractor $1700 he would begin work first thing the next day, but since he wasn't bonded (he is licsensed & warranties his work) the Insurance Co. most likely would not agree to reimburse us. So, quandry was; go with comapny he works for and pay 2 Grand out of pocket (4 Grand up front) or let him do job right away & pay $1700 instead...
So all day long we had plumbers digging trenches & cutting holes in walls & running pipes all over the place (that we will need to paint over & camoflauge) whilst I smoked 10 lbs. of chicken, 5 lbs of sausage & a boneless roast for their lunch. They worked from 9 am to almost 8 pm, but it is done & we now have running water again. Tomorrow will be spent cleaning messes they left behind painting/patching/hiding the exposed piping...
On the plus side: we had finished our new porch to the Guest House & now we have brand new piping for the entire property!
It's now :beer::beer::beer: time for Ice!!!
Friday morn as I left the foyer of our main house & stepped outside to leave for work, I noticed water pooling in our driveway. Problem was, it hadn't rained at all. So, I instructed Christy to call our Home Warranty Insurance peeps to see what was what & off I went to work.
She called me a few hours later to say that the Insurance peeps had no Plumbers under contract in our area & had authorized her to find her own to see what the problem was. They also told her we'd have to pay the contractor up front?!?! At this point I was a bit mildly perturbed, so I left work & called the Insurnace Co. while I drove to clarify things (simply some miscommunications.)
Anyhow, it turns out that, since our house was built circa 1930, the galvanized pipes had finally rotted & would need replacing from street to house & then back to the guest house. Initial estimate was $4000 & Insurance agreed to reimburse us $2000. Their own plumber (company name withheld to ensure safety of their employee) said company wouldn't even be able to fix piping until Monday. He said if we'd agree to pay him instead as an independant contractor $1700 he would begin work first thing the next day, but since he wasn't bonded (he is licsensed & warranties his work) the Insurance Co. most likely would not agree to reimburse us. So, quandry was; go with comapny he works for and pay 2 Grand out of pocket (4 Grand up front) or let him do job right away & pay $1700 instead...
So all day long we had plumbers digging trenches & cutting holes in walls & running pipes all over the place (that we will need to paint over & camoflauge) whilst I smoked 10 lbs. of chicken, 5 lbs of sausage & a boneless roast for their lunch. They worked from 9 am to almost 8 pm, but it is done & we now have running water again. Tomorrow will be spent cleaning messes they left behind painting/patching/hiding the exposed piping...
On the plus side: we had finished our new porch to the Guest House & now we have brand new piping for the entire property!
It's now :beer::beer::beer: time for Ice!!!