Crisis at 3AM!
A major snowstorm started Friday night. Amelia woke up early Saturday morning at about 3AM for a bottle. At that time Damien realized the door to our water heater had blown off in the wind. He figured it out when he went to use the bathroom (where the door is) and it was about 5 degrees in there. He had to go outside and try to do something to the opening until morning when he could try to fix it. It was super windy, cold and dark, but he managed to find the door and prop it up against the opening and secure it with a huge piece of wood. When he got back in we realized our pipes had froze and we didn't have any running water. We decided to just forget about until morning when he could go out and try to fix it with whatever we had around the house and shed.
There is literally a piece of paneling and the shower wall between us and the water heater and then this really junky door that should have been replaced right after we bought the trailer but it got put on the long list of other stuff we had to handle and didn't get done. I don't have an updated photo of the door to give you an idea because we have about 3 feet of snow right now but in this photo you can get an idea of what I'm talking about.
So early Saturday morning Damien got to work on trying to secure the door and getting our water back up and running. Going anywhere was completely out of the question so he had to use what we had around here to fix it.
He came up with several squares of styrofoam that he duct taped together to make an extra barrier between the door and wall and then screwed up some plywood over the door. When the snow clears up and we can go somewhere we are going to replace the door but for now it is working out great and the pipes thawed out in no time.
Unfortunately we had to tear up some paneling for this in what we refer to as the "tiny room". It's somewhat back together but we need new paneling so for now the old piece is tacked in.
In the above photo you can get an idea of the styrofoam.
This is where the pipes froze.
Below is how the wall is looking now. Looks kind of pathetic but since there is no driving allowed it's going to have to do for now.
I feel like we can't even get through one week without some mini-crisis around here. It's all part of the fun I guess.
The good news is that Damien and I are getting ready to start work on the house again. We are making a good solid plan on paper to get work going on the house and hope to see some major changes to it within the next few months.
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