We've been having snow and cold temperatures the last few days. We remembered to disconnect the hosed and to cover the outside faucets the night before. I heard the sound of water spraying or escaping when I was in the kitchen after work last night. At first I thought it was the ice maker in the fridge making the noise. It wasn't so I checked under the kitchen sink. Then I realized it was louder when I got closer to the "wall".
I looked outside and saw the rag hanging out of the box we made around the faucet in the backyard. My heart sank and regret started to set in. The next steps were to turn off power to the hot water tank (to keep the element from burning out) then shutting off the main water supply to the house.
The towel used to protect the faucet was soaked and there was a large puddle of water next to the side of the house. I removed the towel to see if I could find the crack and what was needed to repair it. The first thing I noticed was that the faucet was not all the way turned off.
"That butt-head dog!", was my next thought. I checked the rag and the end of it was chewed up a bit. This wasn't the first time a certain yellow lab caused me to crawl under the house to make plumbing repairs.
I tightened the value all the way down and turned the water main back on.
NO LEAK! What a relief! I turned the hot water tank back on and put a new towel in the box and taped it in place this time. I also taped the hose pass threw hole to make sure the towel didn't get out or the dog gets in.
This "box" around the faucet was built because the butt-head dog broke the faucet assembly when she was a pup.
Take a minute to visit Old iSkool and The Goal Farm too!
I am sticking with this hands-free data-entry device and still would like someone to volunteer to edit this blog. I'm doing the best I can but it's hard to catch my mistakes and all the times the software doesn't understand me.
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