Plumbers

[kevin_standlee]

We have had plumbers, who have put a hole in the wall and agreed that there is a leak. Now we are in the middle of a jurisdictional dispute between the plumbers hired by the company that manages this individual unit on behalf of the owner and the plumbers hired by the condominium association to manage the entire complex. The first set have gone away, and the second set are likely to appear within an hour or so.

At least in theory, this shouldn't cost us any direct money out of pocket, because it's either a problem with the common drains (and thus the condo association's problem), or a worn-out shower and piping (in which case it's the condo owner's problem). OTOH, if it's the latter, I reckon we can expect a rent increase next year to pay for the cost of the capital expenditures. However, we now are faced with neither shower being usable because running water in either of them causes water to (eventually) drain onto the floor in Cheryl's bathroom.

Comments

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Jurisdictional disputes, ah. It's a software problem! No, it's a hardware problem! Or the plumbing equivalents thereof.

[fr-john.livejournal.com]

Flanders and Swann - "The Gasman Cometh"

'Twas on a Monday morning the gas man came to call.
The gas tap wouldn't turn - I wasn't getting gas at all.
He tore out all the skirting boards to try and find the main
And I had to call a carpenter to put them back again.

Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do.

'Twas on a Tuesday morning the carpenter came round.
He hammered and he chiselled and he said:
"Look what I've found: your joists are full of dry rot
But I'll put them all to rights".
Then he nailed right through a cable and out went all the lights!

Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do.

'Twas on a Wednesday morning the electrician came.
He called me Mr. Sanderson, which isn't quite the name.
He couldn't reach the fuse box without standing on the bin
And his foot went through a window so I called the glazier in.

Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do.

'Twas on a Thursday morning the glazier came round
With his blow torch and his putty and his merry glazier's song.
He put another pane in - it took no time at all
But I had to get a painter in to come and paint the wall.

Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do.

'Twas on a Friday morning the painter made a start.
With undercoats and overcoats he painted every part:
Every nook and every cranny - but I found when he was gone
He'd painted over the gas tap and I couldn't turn it on!

Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do.

On Saturday and Sunday they do no work at all;
So 'twas on a Monday morning that the gasman came to call...