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Old 01-21-2020, 01:58 PM
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Old 01-21-2020, 04:05 PM
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Its not car or shop related but pretty major for me ... my youngest daughter got married this weekend. Biggest snow storm of the year but we managed to "git 'er done"!
They're both gorgeous... congrats! When my youngest got married I said... "We got her married off & they didn't suspect a thing"! She didn't think it was very funny!

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They're both gorgeous... congrats! When my youngest got married I said... "We got her married off & they didn't suspect a thing"! She didn't think it was very funny!

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Congrats SC, like they've all said - great looking girls! You must be very proud.
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Old 01-21-2020, 06:49 PM
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Congrats SC, like they've all said - great looking girls! You must be very proud.
Thanks guys. Yes, I am very proud of them. Michelle is a microbiologist and Breanna is Dr. Breanna DVM - a veterinarian involved in research and finishing her PhD.
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Old 01-25-2020, 10:57 PM
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I discovered a water leak.

The pressure seemed a little weak, so I had to investigate...

My house has no basement, only shallow crawlspaces. The foundation is "divided" due to necessary support wall footings, so there is no access to the middle section, unless you're a cat.



I have an access hatch in the back section and another in the front section. I opened the back hatch and the space was dry, but I could faintly hear a hiss. Fabulous. I went to the front section, opened trapdoor #2 and... Lake Superior.

Naturally, the main shut off is in that section and the lake is about 20" deep. I figger the valve is 10 - 12 inches above the surface of the lake. I know from experience, the hole is deepest at the door and quickly tapers up. I also know I have to lie down and squirm a few feet to reach the main valve, so I'm looking at total submersion in literally freezing cold water. I think not.

So, I dropped a pump into my arctic basin and ran it 'til it sucked wind, which leaves a couple inches behind. Time to play in the mud. (Yes, it's mud. Dirt when it's dry.) I quickly found the issue, slithered to the main valve and shut it off. Now, I'm going to cut the line and install a ball valve to isolate the leaking section.

As luck would have it, there's another depression in the dirt/mud, right where I need to lie and work. This pond is about 8" deep and large enough to fit me from ass to ear. I flopped myself into the pool, immediately gasped for breath and retreated. My wife and son were standing guard, heard me trying to catch my breath and she said, "If you have a heart attack down there, we can't get you out." Very funny, Mrs. Crank. I snapped back, "If I have a heart attack, close the damn door and throw some flowers on it." (That'll shut 'er up.)

Back in the pool, turning numb by the second, still fighting to breathe, but I'm breathing... I promptly dropped my bloody mini tube cutter in the bloody slimy mud. Now I'm a little hot. My hair started to steam, but the rest of me was still freezing and I was losing feeling in my hands. Comedian wife threw me a towel and I wiped the cutter, but it was still slick and difficult to tighten. What seemed like an eternity, a few frantic minutes later, I had the tube cut. A few more frantic minutes and I had the ball valve cinched onto the line... I closed the new ball valve, greased back over to the main valve and OPEN. No leaky.

I crawled out of the hole and briefly considered throwing the wife in. Maybe next time. When the hole dries up, I'll go back and replace the line.

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Well, at least your pipes won't freeze with the pipes leaking.
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Old 01-26-2020, 12:24 AM
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My old house had the main break under it where some genius screwed copper directly into galvanized pipe. It was mid Feb when that happened. I hate Wet cold crawl spaces!! Glad you got it fixed!!

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I discovered a water leak.

The pressure seemed a little weak, so I had to investigate...

My house has no basement, only shallow crawlspaces. The foundation is "divided" due to necessary support wall footings, so there is no access to the middle section, unless you're a cat.



I have an access hatch in the back section and another in the front section. I opened the back hatch and the space was dry, but I could faintly hear a hiss. Fabulous. I went to the front section, opened trapdoor #2 and... Lake Superior.

Naturally, the main shut off is in that section and the lake is about 20" deep. I figger the valve is 10 - 12 inches above the surface of the lake. I know from experience, the hole is deepest at the door and quickly tapers up. I also know I have to lie down and squirm a few feet to reach the main valve, so I'm looking at total submersion in literally freezing cold water. I think not.

So, I dropped a pump into my arctic basin and ran it 'til it sucked wind, which leaves a couple inches behind. Time to play in the mud. (Yes, it's mud. Dirt when it's dry.) I quickly found the issue, slithered to the main valve and shut it off. Now, I'm going to cut the line and install a ball valve to isolate the leaking section.

As luck would have it, there's another depression in the dirt/mud, right where I need to lie and work. This pond is about 8" deep and large enough to fit me from ass to ear. I flopped myself into the pool, immediately gasped for breath and retreated. My wife and son were standing guard, heard me trying to catch my breath and she said, "If you have a heart attack down there, we can't get you out." Very funny, Mrs. Crank. I snapped back, "If I have a heart attack, close the damn door and throw some flowers on it." (That'll shut 'er up.)

Back in the pool, turning numb by the second, still fighting to breathe, but I'm breathing... I promptly dropped my bloody mini tube cutter in the bloody slimy mud. Now I'm a little hot. My hair started to steam, but the rest of me was still freezing and I was losing feeling in my hands. Comedian wife threw me a towel and I wiped the cutter, but it was still slick and difficult to tighten. What seemed like an eternity, a few frantic minutes later, I had the tube cut. A few more frantic minutes and I had the ball valve cinched onto the line... I closed the new ball valve, greased back over to the main valve and OPEN. No leaky.

I crawled out of the hole and briefly considered throwing the wife in. Maybe next time. When the hole dries up, I'll go back and replace the line.

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