Cant wait til next week’s warmer weather. Third house today that i had to slide under, and chase broken CPVC water lines to repair. Laid in mud and dogshit. Got sprayed with just above freezing water multiple times. Two houses yesterday, three today, three more tomorrow. Its finally above freezing here so im sure the broken plumbing calls will roll in for the next week. Find one leak, cut out the shattered pipes, rebuild what was cut out, wait 20 minutes for the glue to take up, turn the water service back on and watch for more water to spray from somewhere else; which is always as far as humanly possible from the spot im in.
I fucking hate winter. I cant wait for this shit to be over with.
This is normal for my area. We dont have a frost line, so some homes are on a pier-and-beam foundation, concrete piers spaced evenly, with the floor joists resting on concrete blocks. Bottom of the house is usually open to the environment, as you can see in the photo background. And whatever else makes its way under; snakes, rats, pissed off doggos, you name it.
The shit i do to not starve to death.
I’ve seen guys carry a sheet of cardboard with them and slide it on top of the ground so at least they don’t have to lay in this shit. You could also ask the house, everyone has cardboard now bc of Amazon
I usually carry a roll of heavy plastic sheeting with me for just such a thing, and tyvek jump suits for the really nasty sewage events, but that particular house i was under was the last one of the day, i was out of plastic sheeting, my apprentice is out sick AF which meant id have to crawl out, pack up all my tools, spend an hour on a supply house run, then have to go back to the mud and mess. Thirty minutes of suffering and its done or just prolonging the agony.