another drama

I have had an odd leak since the first week I had my house. Water was dripping down the soffit above my kitchen sink. It was a small leak but we know that small leaks become big leaks. So I called my home warranty company and got a plumber out. He said the wax seal on the toilet was broken and was probably causing the leak. $100 deductable per house call. Ok, I can handle that. Then about a month or two later I notice more leaking, alot more leaking, so home warranty company sends out the plumber again and now we can't get the leak to leak! Ran water in the tub, sink, flushed the toilet etc... Cut 2 holes in the walls to access the plumbing.



We decide to leave the claim open so I don't have to pay yet another deductable. A week later I decide to try filling up the tub and let the water out - - yep that's where the leak is. Plumber comes out cuts more holes and removes some of the tongue and groove ceiling. Finds the leak, replaces part of the drain at bathroom sink and then informs me that the sink is sluggish and will need to be snaked but he doesn't do that. Someone else at his company does and its not covered by my warranty. I have never had draining problems before so why now after he replaces the drain??? The minimum charge is $98. Ok. What can I do, I gotta have a working sink. WTF?






So I leave for work and my mom is at the house while the plumber finishes up and she sticks around to clean up after he leaves. I get a call from her saying its still leaking so I quick call the plumbing company out and they send the plumber back. He's now crabby because he's behind schedule. My mom calls me at work to ask if its ok to cut into some of the tongue and groove ceiling and before I can say NO he's alreay cutting. *(^*(^(^(



When he opens up more of the ceiling he finds that the tub trap isn't connected any more. I'm thinking it was a little loose but got knocked looser when he was working on the sink drain. So he fixes that and goes on his merry way. My mom cleans up the mess he left behind and end of story. Of course not. Its still dripping somewhere and the sink is completely clogged now. I call the the plumbing company and they are out the next morning at 8am. He finds a hair line crack in the old cast iron.



So that pipe is replaced and I ask the plumber to recheck the tub trap because my mom said the previous guy was in a hurry and didn't do a very good job. Of course there's a leak there too. He tightened up the connection and we ran water and I think its fixed. Lets hope that's the end of this chapter. I did buy 2 plungers and a toilet snake just to have on hand. Now if I could just get the kitchen faucet replaced so I don't have to turn the water on and off under the sink! I guess I'll get to learn how to patch with drywall and fix the whole in my plaster wall. The joys of home ownership...