So when they were putting in the new gas furnace, they had to turn off the water to the house, in the basement. When they went to turn it back on, water started running out of the foundation wall! It turns out that the water pipe which has probably been in the ground for fifty or sixty years had rusted through. The walls of the pipe were paper thin. So today a whole crew showed up to dig a trench four feet deep, from the foundation of the house out to within ten feet of the street, for a brand new copper water pipe. All by hand. And even under the porch. Then they also had to dig a four foot diameter hole four feet deep for a "pit" which now contains the water meter out on the front lawn. It was a LOT of work for this hard working crew. Interesting how the handles of the shovels all point to the worker in the trench - that was I recognized just before I clicked this.
People tell me I don't always self censor very well (I like to think of it as saying what other people just think). This is one of those times.
ReplyDeleteThe trench looks like a giant phaillic symbol.
And the plumber is sharing the classic "plumber crack"
A great capture.