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.
having a plumber come by tomorrow for first time ever to do an estimate for a hose faucet installation and put an accessible shut off valve in for me.
honestly it's mostly because i don't want to go into my crawlspace otherwise i usually DIY stuff. hoping he doesn't find fucked up CPVC pipes because mine are old and i'm thinking about having them replaced down the line.
so mad respect. my dad used to do this