I have had joyous home repairs the last two months. My walk in closet was drenched in water Saturday, January 30 so John with Roto Rooter came out around noon. He found a small pinhole leak in one of the toilet lines and fixed it quickly and relatively cheaply. Then he mentioned the mold in the wall and how he had a restoration company that could come out and fix that. Mold is not a happening thing with my allergies so I said OK. The restoration company brought five or six fans, two dehumidifiers and a hepa filter! It wa
s AWFUL!!! I couldn't even hear myself think.
s AWFUL!!! I couldn't even hear myself think. There was NO way I could sleep in my own bed. Riley and I slept on the futon.
Dean came to stay overnight on Sunday and he saw and he conquered... I had forgotten that he had worked as a general manager for Munter's. Munter's is a large company that does restoration work. Dean was NOT impressed with what the shady outfit did at my house and he called them up at 5:00 on Sunday and fired them and told them to come and get their machines. I was renting WAY too many machines for the size of the leak. The way it works is they bill the insurance company but they overbill the deductible amount. That's called insurance fraud in my book but it seems to be an acceptable way of doing business since they are all listed in the phone book with bragging about how they work directly with your insurance company. Anyway, Dean put all of the machines outside on the front porch. We had to call this idiot THREE times before he came and got his stuff. Then he left me a waiver where HE signed my name!!! What a jerk! I have letters to my insurance company to NOT open a claim. This is going to be an ongoing mess for awhile. The bad part is they did not lift the carpet and put the fan under it to dry it. I bought a new toilet and it is finally installed. For a few days, my front porch was adorned by the old toilet with a plant in the bowl...
Dean came to stay overnight on Sunday and he saw and he conquered... I had forgotten that he had worked as a general manager for Munter's. Munter's is a large company that does restoration work. Dean was NOT impressed with what the shady outfit did at my house and he called them up at 5:00 on Sunday and fired them and told them to come and get their machines. I was renting WAY too many machines for the size of the leak. The way it works is they bill the insurance company but they overbill the deductible amount. That's called insurance fraud in my book but it seems to be an acceptable way of doing business since they are all listed in the phone book with bragging about how they work directly with your insurance company. Anyway, Dean put all of the machines outside on the front porch. We had to call this idiot THREE times before he came and got his stuff. Then he left me a waiver where HE signed my name!!! What a jerk! I have letters to my insurance company to NOT open a claim. This is going to be an ongoing mess for awhile. The bad part is they did not lift the carpet and put the fan under it to dry it. I bought a new toilet and it is finally installed. For a few days, my front porch was adorned by the old toilet with a plant in the bowl...
The house SMELLS like mold around the air conditioner which is behind the walk in closet. So Tom, my ex-husband, got under there and pulled all of the insulation out – it was still WET. And he pulled up the carpet in the hallway and cut off a big piece of it. I’m going out today to find some tile and I’ve got a heater aimed at the air conditioner box. What a mess!Happily I did finish the Ann McCauley block.
It was a lot of fun! Now I’m working on the Ginger Smith block. Very interesting construction. It’s worked in strips and you pick up stitches in between the strips.I also finished the baby kimono for my friend, Janette’s, granddaughter. It is cute and I hope they like it.
And I finished the woven towel for the towel exchange with my weaving class! They didn’t turn out like I expected! They’re GREEN!! I made them with 8/2 unmercerized cotton in blue and yellow. Green!! So I have learned something about color and weaving.
I am renting the guild’s Dorset floor loom. It is a beautiful piece – unfortunately a tad the worse for wear. I would like to give it a loving home should they ever decide to sell it. My weaving teacher thinks they would be willing to part with it for $500 which is a great price.
I’m off to look at tile for the master bedroom. Home sweet home - grin...
