Drat! Same sort of thing at my home. I get bills bi-monthly for water/garbage. Last time I used water was 12/27/2019 in SEA. Got the bill for September and it shows massive water usage and $180 bill. Had my neighbor take a walk through to see if he found flowing water or anything out of the ordinary. He reports nothing obvious. Last time I had water usage like that, it was a VERY dry summer and I watered the garden, had kids taking showers galore, washing four cars, and being teens, having to do loads of wash. Gave the municipality a call and they claim stupidity, but will hold it in abeyance until the next reading. Most recent bill showed even more usage, to the point I am thinking the line from the meter to the home has failed and is washing away the foundations. Neighbor once more finds nothing, but does note that there is half consumed food and soda in the kitchen, which he had not noticed on his many previous visits to raid my tool cupboard.
SQUATTERS!? He does another walk through a few days later and still finds no obvious water consumers running wild. Figure it was time to get a real plumber in to see about that main line. They show up yesterday and wander the home. Turns out it was a busted valve on the master throne, as well as worn flapper and float causing chronic, but inaudible, consumption. Total cost = $1k in repair and billing. And I am still not able to get out of GWN and home until summer. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Dec 17, 2020, at 3:24 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > Yep. The water company called this morning saying they were out reading > meters and noticed we must have a huge leak or something because there was > 90k usage this past month. The renter has been out of town since the 5th for > training and we figure the moron must have turned the heat off and caused the > pipes to freeze. I get there expecting to open the front door and all the > furniture comes rushing out with flood waters. Do not see anything wrong so > I turn water back on. One of the toilets is running. Apparently the handle > somehow stuck up and did not close the flapper. Its as been running full > blast since then. I flushed it 10 times and it never stuck so it was just a > fluke. Just one of those things that happens sometimes. Anyway, yes the > bill is their problem and the bill is almost $700. I would not be surprised > if the septic tank will now need to be pumped. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
