May 27, 2008
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Fully functional home at last!
Yes, you heard it here first: the Nelson home has hot water, as of 11:40am today!
It took a Dream Team of professionals to connect the dots and shoot the troubles, but in just a couple of hours, we went from "you're kidding me" disaster discovery, to "you're good to go" final recovery.
The Team (never before assembled in one boiler closet until today):
Danny Castro, the ElectroMan-- electrician who wired the house and the boiler himself
Seth Spangle, the RadiantMan-- contractor who assembled and installed the whole radiant-floor and domestic hot water system (but left the wiring to Danny)
Mac, intrepid engineer with Howard Industries and manufacturer's rep for the boiler itself.Wish I had been there to take photos and hand out chocolates, but I left for an appointment with an author soon after Mac had arrived this morning. More on that later.
The important thing is that now, after five weeks and three days of living in our new home sans hot water (and sans gas for much of the time, too), we really feel like the house is DONE. Now we can do laundry here. We can use the dishwasher. We can put away the crock pots that have provided hot water in every bathroom. We can take showers!
I cannot tell you what a relief this is. A huge weight off our shoulders. Just three days before my mom comes to stay with us for the weekend, too! Yaay.
(Next big challenge: unpacking and organizing all our books! woohoo...
Comments (2)
nic! thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving a comment. i actually haven't updated it recently, and it looks like you haven't updated yours in awhile. what's this about "extended seasons of conflict" atrophying your poetmuscle?
-alan
Nicolas, You must be up to something with the blog today, although it wasn't a new post (frowny face here). This blogging chapter (new house) has been left hanging for 6 months! We need a nice resolution (photos of family in the lounge, sunsets from bedroom window, family at the table...etc.). love you, bro.