I know I promised a violin video, but since I woke up to water dripping through my kitchen ceiling, I've been a little distracted. Our @$^#$@W(!!$(*@%# Bosch tankless water heater sprung a leak and dripped from the attic down through insulation, the kitchen ceiling, and down part of one wall. Anyone considering getting a tankless water heater, let me give you some advice. Don't put it in your attic. I can only assume because it is on the north side of the attic near the eaves, that cold north wind keeps causing our problems, but I'm really fed up. Since we've lived in our house, we've had to deal with our hot water freezing anytime the temperature gets near the 20 degree mark. Daniel has added more insulation and wrapped pipes, but it apparently hasn't solved our problems. I suppose we are lucky that the part that has to be replaced wasn't very expensive, but we still have had to deal with no hot water since Tuesday night, and will now have to replace the insulation that got wet, repaint the ceiling and wall, and figure out some other way to prevent this POS from freezing or bursting again. We are open to any suggestions. Our very helpful plumber had this suggestion for us: "the builder should never have put it in the attic". Really?! You think we didn't figure that out about 2 years ago? Unfortunately, since the thing has both water and gas piped to it, moving it to another location will not be cheap or easy. If we can just get through this winter, maybe this summer we can look into more permanent fixes for this problem. The picture below shows the water spot on our kitchen ceiling. Thankfully we have wonderful friends in the neighborhood who have graciously allowed us to shower at their houses for the last week. Please let the part arrive today, so I can take a shower at my house (and wash dishes, and do laundry).
On a more positive note, the weather has been phenomenal! I've really gotten the garden bug after such a warm weekend! I have big plans for composting, rain barrels, and a bigger and better veggie garden! I'm thinking about moving my tea roses to another location as well, but haven't quite decided on that yet. I'll keep you posted!
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