Last week a portion of our living room carpet was wet without an apparent explanation. It was soaked through the padding right down to the concrete. After some investigation we discovered it was located directly over a pipe leading from our kitchen, and every time we ran water in the kitchen sink a pool of water formed in the living room. We pulled up the carpet and padding in that area and sucked up all the water with the wet-dry vac, then dried each portion with fans. We had to rearrange the living room furniture to accomodate the mess and also realized that we wouldn't be able to use the sink or dishwasher. On Friday we called a plumber. He thinks he can solve the problem but can't be here until Tuesday at 3 p.m.
So - we've spent the past 4 days without a kitchen sink. I hand wash all of the dishes in our laundry room --and since I forgot to put paper plates on the shopping list, I'm washing a lot of dishes. Really, though -- isn't this how it always used to be done before the invention of modern conveniences? My great-grandmother raised 15 children in the early 20th century. Now THAT is a lot of dishes!
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| We've kept fans blowing around the clock to dry the padding. |
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| Every home with children needs a gigantic shop vac. If you don't have one, get one. |
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| My temporary "kitchen". Laundry and dishes washed here -- two for the price of one! |
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