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- "Suzie-Q" wrote in message
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- - Suzie-Q wrote:
- - My plumbing pipes run in the crawl space under my house. Recently
- - a pipe broke and flooded the crawl space. I turned off the water
- - and pumped out the crawl space. I also put a fan down there to help
- - (albeit not much) to dry the space out. The pipe that burst is at
- - the far end of the house, about as far from the access "hole" as
- - you can get. It's under the kitchen.
- -
- - Meanwhile, the plumbers keep telling me it's too muddy for them to
- - fix the pipe. I said, "part of the job, getting muddy." They said
- - it's too muddy for them to do whatever they have to do to fix the
- - pipe, implying that the tools or whatever would slip or sink or
- - something.
- -
- - I'm hoping someone here can tell me if they're really being honest
- - with me or they're just putting me off. They've already told me
- they're
- - very busy -- they've had to fire a couple of guys. And my repair
- won't
- - be a high-profit job.
- -
- - Timeline:
- - --Water turned off completely on Thursday
- - --Crawlspace pumped out on Friday (done about 6 p.m.)
- - --Crawlspace drying out (with weak fan) Saturday-Tuesday
- - --Tuesday afternoon I was told it was still too muddy
- -
- - Should I look for another plumber? Are the guys being honest with me?
- -
- - Going without water this long has been a minor nightmare, as you can
- - imagine!
- -
- - Thanks in advance,
-
-
- - Sounds like there is no vapor barrier on the floor of the crawl space.
- - See if you can find someone to put that down.
-
- If you mean plastic sheeting, yes, there is some down there. I don't
- know how much or how much area it covers.
-
- - You don't say how high the crawl space is.
- - That might have been a concern too.
-
- Not very high. About 18 inches.
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- an 18" muddy crawl space. and they are not rushing to get down there.
- snakes and broken glass probably also?
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-
Well, the snakes probably left when the crawlspace flooded. Broken glass?
I don't know why there'd be any down there.
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