The damaged part of the pipe is to the left. You can see where Jeff cut the pipe to cap it off. Arg...This is the fourth little white end cap we put on BUT the water is STILL leaking!! At least the water is not gushing anymore. The silly thing is the persons who did this part of the house addition thought that only one water shutoff valve was adequate for the whole side of the house. This affects some of two bathrooms and the laundry room. I have the water to that side of the house turned off unless we are doing laundry or someone has to take a shower. If the water is turned on I have assigned bucket emptying duties.
We bought Charlie's Hardware out of the white cap things so now that Jeff's car is working again (hurray for that!!) He made a trip to Lowe's for this bundle of goodies. I hope something works. I was so desperate last night I even chewed up some gum, stuck it in the pipe to plug up the leaking. It actually worked for a few hours. That was long enough to crank out about four loads of laundry and a few showers. Not a good long term solution,though.
I just have to keep in mind that everything we try is a part of our learning and problem solving skills. Nothing is a failure just closer to getting it fixed...
And we could call a plumber but what's the fun in that. This just seems like such an easy thing to do ourselves. Plumbers happen to ask for something silly like money in exchange for their help. A silly thing we lack at the moment.
We will get this done. I am determined!!
Lily prayed at dinner for the Lord to help Jeff fix the pipe so that he could feel like a super hero.
That was so sweet.
Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy
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