# Beyyyaaaarrrggghhh! (Plumbing disaster) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858 "2025-10-10T21:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/21 "2025-10-11T22:34:16Z")
Once, long ago. In the 60s & 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/22 "2025-10-11T23:29:02Z")
I hope you’re able to replace your medications quickly and at little up-front cost. I’m sure you know this, but I’ll say it anyway: Document everything. Take pictures. Make notes on every expense you incur as a result of this mess. Keep receipts. I hope the insurance company (or companies) don’t drag their feet, but they very well could. It will be better for you if only one insurance company is involved (if there’s more than one, each can claim the others are responsible for making you whole). ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/23 "2025-10-12T13:48:44Z")
Copied from AI, but my Dad taught me to do this - “A contemporaneous note is a written record made at the time of an event or conversation, or as soon as practically possible afterward.” ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/24 "2025-10-12T13:51:50Z")
And these days pics are so easy ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/25 "2025-10-12T13:59:03Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I hope the insurance company (or companies) don’t drag their feet, but they very well could. It will be better for you if only one insurance company is involved (if there’s more than one, each can claim the others are responsible for making you whole). You can always sic your own insurance company on them. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/26 "2025-10-12T14:09:30Z")
New fridge arrive, & Lowes did everything it could to make things harder. Refused to do anything, Customer Service lady sneering & nasty. How dare I complain? She threatened to cancel the whole damn order. No icemaker delivered, albeit they canceled the charge for it. Had to cap off the old water line to the old icemaker myself, because the new fridge must be retrofitted. (Only modestly priced on available). Home Depot actually shook loose the assistant manager to help find the right parts to cap it off. Friendly & helpful, too. Guess where I’ll be buying the new icemaker from? New fridge is a little larger, but fits.Very basic, but that’s OK. Sunday will be a day of rest, Monday I will buy Pie, icetrays (for a temporary fix) & set up purchase & installation at Home Dept. Fuck Lowes. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/27 "2025-10-12T17:34:45Z")
I see us as the new Russia. But we will be stealing washing machines from Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/28 "2025-10-12T17:43:02Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > But we will be stealing washing machines from Canada. “Just remember… it’s Canada. When you hear “Oui !” it just means “yes”. It never means, " Weeeeeeeeeee…! " no matter what spin cycle it’s set to.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/29 "2025-10-12T17:44:31Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > " Weeeeeeeeeee…! " no matter what spin cycle it’s set to.” Or if you’re in a bed in a Russian hotel. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/30 "2025-10-13T13:29:15Z")
Too worn out. Today, replacing food. Maybe this afternoon I can contact my Agent. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/31 "2025-10-15T23:59:30Z")
Workman assessed the damage yesterday. He WAS to come to start work today, but there was a family emergency. He will _likely not be here_ tomorrow, because the City will be ripping out our old electrical transformers, and replacing them. No voltages 9 AM to 2:30 PM. My home is a shambles. Shoot me now. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/32 "2025-10-16T00:15:29Z")
Perhaps the insurance company will compensate you for staying in a hotel? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/33 "2025-10-17T13:43:06Z")
Hell no. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/34 "2025-10-18T14:08:15Z")
A new horror– Garbage from the sky. When they cut the damaged ceiling away, a rain of construction waste fell. Apparently, at some point, the bathroom upstairs was re-done, & the workers just stuffed construction waste into the space between floors. Tennessee Quality. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/35 "2025-10-18T15:43:02Z")
I have no experience with this, though I’ve had my car worked on by a body shop after accidents caused by others. Are you working through your own insurer to get the repairs to your home made, or are you letting the other homeowners insurer manage everything? Because it seems to me that you need someone representing your interests managing the claim and repairs on your behalf. Someone who will make sure that things are repaired properly and that, for example, any mold resulting from the leak is remediated properly. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/36 "2025-10-19T02:05:55Z")
I know the workman, & remediation is underway. Also, he has repaired several minor issues inside the wall, as part of the Associations overall structural remediation program. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858/37 "2025-10-24T15:45:26Z")
The painting is complete. But the small ceiling fan & light is back-ordered. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyyyaaaarrrggghhh-plumbing-disaster/1023858.md?page=1)