So we FINALLY got a patio poured in the back yard. But not without problems. At 9:00am this morning I got a frantic call from the Mrs., screaming that the office was flooding. Holy. Crap. I had about three heart attacks as I raced home from work. Long story short, the patio contractors hit a water line in the base of the house (they have to drill a 3" hole in the side of the foundation for re-bar) which seeped up through the corner of the house and the foundation and into the office. Luckily, the Mrs. was sitting at her desk like usual and the main line was shut off in time before any SERIOUS damage occured. Had she not been home or simply in another room, the damage would have been much, much worse. All in all though, the patio looks great and I can't wait to use it.
The damage. Here we had to chisel away the wall to expose the ruptured pipe so it could be repaired. Next week it will get properly fixed.
eek, good thing L. was there to see the flooding. hope it gets fixed soon
ReplyDeletelooks great. will be nice to have a real walk way around the house!
ReplyDeleteJust think if she wasn't home and the water continued to spew in and into a certain closet full of certain things that you saw last week!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, bigtime. We are going to get a little fire pit for back there too. Now all we need are some nice trees.
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