We arrived back in Oliver BC yesterday only to be greeted with some bad news from home. My house sitter Kelly reported a flooded crawl space and reduced water pressure in the house! She called a plumber and he has determined the leak is in fact from the city water pipes. He thinks the leak is outside the cement wall and is getting inside under the foundation wall. He got the city to come and shut off the water at the street and is going to give it a day for the water to sink down through the sand and dirt floor of the crawl space. Tomorrow he will jackhammer the concrete sidewalk in front of the house to get a look at what exactly is going on and will plan repairs from there. My homeowners insurance is $1000 deductible and that is about what Brooks thinks the repairs will cost. There is no real damage in the crawl space, just the cost of drying it out which I may be able to do myself by simply leaving a fan on down there for a week or two to keep the air moving.
Other than that we are having a wonderful time here in the Okanagan. We left Robin and George's on Saturday, had dinner in Jasper and then drove to a hotel in Valemount, BC. Back to Vernon on Sunday where we spent three more days parked beside Tanis and James' barn. We stocked up on garlic and visited a couple of old friends.
We are now back in the Maple Leaf RV Park in Oliver where we went out for dinner tonight to celebrate Penny's seventh anniversary of being declared cancer free! A good reason to celebrate!
Congratulations on living cancer free,Good that you'll be able to fix that leak before winter freeze.
ReplyDeleteThat's a surprise you don't want to come home to. Hopefully it isn't all that bad and the repair cost will be lower than expected. Looks like you guys had a great rv trip. Hoping you'll post a couple of pics of the highlights.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the 7 years fro Penny. Hopefully the flooding clean up with happen quickly and the costs kept down.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Penny on the anniversary. Im hoping to continue in her footsteps.
ReplyDeleteJust after Eric redid the kitchen in 2005 we went on holiday to Maui. There was a crack in a Chinese pipe fitting under the sink,dripped under the cabinets, under the flooring and ruined the floor! Our house sitter didnt notice and then it was too late. Lucky yours is observant. Safe travels and congrats to Penny.
ReplyDeleteAmen and Hallelujah Penny! You go girl!!!
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