Plumbing problems

Last night, I put Hunter in our bathtub for a bath. This is the water faucet in the "OFF" position. As you can tell, the water is going, and is most certainly not off. Uh-oh. So, I called the emergency number for the plumber that the builder had given us. Granted, it's been 4 years since the house was built, but assumed that maybe that was the route to go. After waiting an hour for a call back, I called a different plumber. Gibson plumbing. They called right back, said that a service call on the weekend was $150, and I told him I can't pay that, we're about to go on vacation. (Mind you, the water is running this entire time.) So, he said he'd call a technician out, and they'd turn off the water in the alley for free. That was the only way to get the bathtub water off, because there isn't a valve that you can just turn off like the ones under the sink or behind the toilet. So, anyway the guy came out, turned off the water, and came inside to look at the faucet. He said that there wasn't a valve under there, and no way to "fix" the problem without replacing the faucet, and thought that it would be around $300. Whoa!! This morning, John called Betenbough to find out what really is back behind that marble panel. They confirmed that there was not a shut off valve. John got the side off the tub, went to Lowe's to get another faucet, and valves to put under there so that if this happened again, we won't have to cut the water off in the alley, thereby having no water at all in the house. Well, Lowe's had the valves, but no faucet in stock. They can order one, and it's only $200. That's the cheap one.

So, long story short, we won't be getting a faucet today, but the valves are in, and we can just turn off the water to the tub. Gibson plumbing is coming back in a little bit to turn the water back on in the alley, and we should be getting back to normal. Except that our bathroom is going to be a ghetto bathroom for awhile. No bathtub faucet, and no side on the bathtub. Oh, well, whenever we have $200 for a "cheap" faucet we'll get it fixed. At least we'll have water, we won't be that ghetto!!! And by the way, if you need a plumber, call Gibson. They have been wonderful! They are turning the water off and on for free.

The offending faucet. Laying on the bathroom floor, in the throes of death. I can't wait for the water to come back on, it will be sooo nice to take a shower and brush my teeth!