2007-01-04 14:15:52 · 7 answers · asked by rainfingers 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Furnace cut out in minus -30 C Calgary winter this year, couldn't get anyone in for 4 days! s-s-sooo...c-c-coooold...
2007-01-04 14:18:26 · answer #1 · answered by Ediddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had a major ice storm and were stranded at home with no electricity (but we do have a fireplace thank goodness) for 9 days. I live in Tennessee, in a very rural area, there was no way we could drive anywhere. I don't really think that counts as home maintanence though. So I'll say the time our water heater busted. Water went everywhere, and it had been seeping for sometime, though I wasn't aware of it before it busted. We had to replace the flooring in the bathroom due to the damage under it.
2007-01-04 22:28:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prior flooding problem,do to poor engineering ,drainage. Woke up early 4:00am get out of bed feet ankle deep in water.Call
maintenece guy. 3 rooms flooded. clean up mess. Takes 2 days.
Maint. manager gets contracter to fix .Puts in sump pump,cleans drain pipe. 2 weeks later same thing worse.Clean mess again. Contracter digs trench around house.Paints on special covering to keep out moisture.I say he put another sump in that way if 1 don't work the other will.He say 1 enough. IT HAPPENED AGAIN.
Sued the contracter.He had no licence he was using a friends,he was also a deadbeat dad.
2007-01-04 22:35:07 · answer #3 · answered by thresher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Broken main valve on water line. Water company could not find the outside valve box, it was under a driveway. The water was gushing into the electrical service entrance panel (breaker box.) Also, it was a weekend in a very small town.
2007-01-04 22:48:33 · answer #4 · answered by DSM Handyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving week-end a few years back,a house full of people ( staying for week-end) and the one and only toilet clogs up. No plumbers even on call for extra money. Tuned-out we had tree roots in the drain.
2007-01-04 22:37:34 · answer #5 · answered by whataboutme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heat pump stopped working. My mom didn't want to pay for emergency heat!
2007-01-04 22:48:42 · answer #6 · answered by Kj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
broken gas line on dryer. filled up basement with gas before anyone smelled it.
All that with a piloted hot water heater down there.
2007-01-04 22:47:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋