Meanwhile our house has been the victim of a plumbing disaster... the failure of $10 part has caused thousands of dollars of damage....
A week ago Tuesday I was awoken at 3 AM to the sound of Vixdad screaming something about water. I jumped out of bed and the carpet felt damp...
The tube that coonects the hot water tap to the supply had split and gallons of water poured through... it basically disintergrated the sink cabinet , which was made of pressboard and laminate...lifted all the tiles form the underlying plywood , the plywood buckled and the seal tot he toilet came apart, then the water poured thorugh the floor into the bathroom below, on the main floor of the house, destroying the ceiling, soaking the wall board and also taking out parts of the kitchen and hallway ceiling, then the water continued through that floor to the laundry room in the basement, whic had an unfinished ceiling. It also had a wire shelf reaching from one end to the other on top of which were stacked all the cleans towels and linens (since we lack linen closets) and under which onthe rack were hung Vixdad's work shirts and all my work skirts, dresses and blouses since we also lack adequate closet space. Sevceral laundry baskets of clean folded laundry wer ealso stores there as well as all of the out of season clothing....all soaked through with the now filthy water and rending the clothes so heavy as to pull the shelf off the wall and destroy the wall board there.
