So when the well guys came last week, they made some recommendations regarding which pipes needed insulation against the freezing cold weather that was coming. Dutifully, we followed their instructions to the letter....except for one small rubber water line running from the booster pump, which we just kind of forgot about. D'oh!
Guess which one froze this morning and shut off all the water to the house?
But while we may not be the best listeners in the world, we're not unresourceful once we screw up. We took a heating pad, an extension cord, and hauled them outside so we could thaw the line and re-start the system. And today we will make sure that little rubber hose is fully insulated so this never happens again.
Yes, we live and we learn here on the Hot Flash Homestead. And waking up, stumbling into the shower, turning it on and having no water whatsoever come out is, as it turns out, a very excellent teacher.
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