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By Natalie
so... that flooding in the crawl space where the sump pump was turned off... yeah... it also put out the pilot light in the water heater.


The water heater that then decided not to relight. Apparently the heat exchange/I don't know what I'm talking about blew and needed to be replaced.  Harris called PSNC initially thinking he was being a spaz about lighting the pilot. They got here and said 1. they don't work on the brand of water heater we have and 2. some part was totally messed up that we'd have to special order.  So Harris called the plumber who said they didn't work on the brand either.


So then Harris went to Home Depot and bought a water heater.


And then went to Home Depot again to get some pipe or something.


Madeline and I are eating pizza and watching The Incredibles.
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  1. Mike SpringJanuary 14, 2014 at 6:47 AM

    Sump pump in the basement was turned off?

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  2. NatalieJanuary 14, 2014 at 6:52 AM

    yes. we decided to turn it off during the freeze so that the motor wouldn't burn out if the output pipe froze again. Cascading reprocussions of decisions.

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  3. UnknownApril 29, 2014 at 12:57 PM

    This is one of the not-so-good effect of winter, it freezes everything. It's a wise decision that you turned it off. At least when things got worse, you're rest assured that no damage will happen to your sump pump. How's your water heater, btw? I hope the new one has been successfully installed and working just fine.

    Monica, Village Plumbing & Home Services

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