The Money Pit Sprang a Leak
June 27th, 2008. Filed under: Finance & Fitness Fridays.This was a good news, bad news week. The good news is the tax stimulus rebate check really did show up. Half of the $1200 went into the emergency fund and half on the car debt which is almost gone. I had hopes of finishing that off by the end of July, but now am not so sure. I had a small geyser under my bathroom sink a couple days ago. I couldn’t find the shut off valve, so called Joe, my super duper handyman. He told me to go turn it off at the outside hook up and would come over right away. He found the problem, did a temporary repair and left me with a list of things to buy – two steel water hook up lines and a new shut off valve and the specifications for them. The next morning I took my list to Home Depot, found someone in the plumbing department who understood what I needed and sent me on my way with my supplies. That afternoon Joe came and repaired the problem. Good news, Joe didn’t charge me for any of it. Bad news, the bottom of the cabinet is crumbling away and under the bottom of the sink where it connects to the drain pipe is almost eaten away. Which means another trip to Home Depot next week to buy a new bathroom cabinet and sink. Good news, I’ve really wanted to replace that ugly sink since the day I moved in here. Bad news, I didn’t really want to put out the money for it this soon. That just wasn’t very high on my priority list. I have a Home Depot credit card that I only use if I’ll be able to pay it all off when I receive the statement. I think I’ll be able to save enough without touching the emergency fund. If not, I guess that’s why I have that fund. So, the week after the fourth Joe will be replacing my bathroom sink setup. This one won’t be free. I know where every water turn off valve in my house is located now. Do you know where to find yours?
June 28th, 2008 at 09:56
I”m sorry for your leak.
Happy you got a new sink!
I know where my water turn off valves are
one is under every sink and one by the toilet
I live with boys and this is nessasary.
also main one is in the spider infested basement
pray God I never have to touch it.
Gas shut off is down there too and thats another good
thing to know the whereabouts of.
June 28th, 2008 at 11:49
My problem was that I had two turn off valves under my bathroom sink and thought I had only one. When I shut that off and it didn’t shut off is when I began to panic a bit.
July 11th, 2008 at 09:15
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