May. 2, 2008 - Lake of Yuck!
Well late monday night, or should I say early tuesday morning, My hubby discovered that there was a lake under our house due to an Insufficiently glued sewer pipe from our toilet.... YUCK! so we have had no toilet or bath or shower at our house since then. My sis and b-i-l have kindly let us use theirs and loaned us their port-a-potty henceforth known as pap.
Since using the pap I met Sally.... a tiger salamander in the basement who greeted me cheerfully upon my first morning trotting down to visit the pap. What a cute little gaffer.... I left it alone and it returned two more times to greet me upon my morning visit. The last time was this morning when I felt sorry for it.... it was covered with dust and no longer shiny and sleek..... so I captured it in a jar and let it go in the wild.... (next to my stoop) and did not let the cats out all morning. I hope it found shelter and worms to eat.
This is like camping. An Adventure. We visit the basement (for #1 only), wash in a basin and use the kitchen sink for everything else.... fun.
And... through this we are renovating the bathroom. There was moldy soft patches of subfloor, the pipes were all put together poorly, and the drywall and vapor barriers have some mold on.... not as much as I expected but still, I don't want it there.
Advice. Don't look at too many bathroom books from the library. All the bathrooms in these books approx. 100 sq. ft.!!! how annoying. We are not designing a bathroom for Henry the fifth people! i just want a few practical ideas!
Well hubby's on the phone with the insurance adjuster right ow to see if anything is covered. so maybe they will give us a little money to help with the cost.
