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Undersized water heater

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.

Lots of crews doing lots of stuff

We have, at most, 21 days to get the house ready for us to live in. To this end.... Thursday : Accent Hardwood did the rough sand in suite and kitchen. Here is Madeline feeling the floor in the suite Laid 70% of new dining room floor. Madeline being a silly monster ballet girl Then David Glick, Rob, and Alvin prepped, primed, and painted the remaining two wood rooms we found downstairs. While wandering around I saw this little bit of graffiti. Wonder who Black Chicken Billy (or perhaps Boy) was/is. Today, Friday Accent Hardwood is there finishing the floor in the dining room. Century Slate is there fixing the flat roof leak and patching the two remaining holes in the slate roof at the ridge. On Saturday Harris will be laying the subfloor in that giant hole in the kitchen while I take Madeline to the Farmer's Market and Cameron's birthday party. While she's at the party, I'm going to sears to pick up the applianc...