I never heard of losing the gas to your house before, short of not paying your bill, a major gas leak, or being on the bad end of a Gazprom contract. But, that's what happened to us yesterday when the saturated ground apparently leaked water into a natural gas pipe between our meter and the house. The water is sitting in there at a low spot acting like a plug that the .25 psi gas cannot get by. It's not PG&E's problem, naturally. Nothing that four days of trenching, cutting through a driveway, running new pipe, pressure testing, and inspections won't cure, along with a wheelbarrow of cash. Great timing, too.
I'm off to the confines of our family room now, to huddle by the space heater. No hot water, prepping for our trip, and with Mom's visit coming up. Could be worse, could be raining. Oh, wait...
No comments:
Post a Comment