Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Yoo 627 - Four Thousand Dollars


So far the failure of an $8.00 part has cost us over $4,000. And that's the non-plastic version of the part...the plastic version is only $5.00. Yes we have insurance and are only responsible for our deductible but it's still a lot of money to pay for the failure of an $8.00 part.

This is such a fun learning experience! Want to know how much water mitigation costs right now? Then I'll tell you!

$142.17 to rip out a small kitchen cabinet.

$22.87 to throw that cabinet away (even though it's still sitting on my porch??).

$371.99 to rent a massive dehumidifier and 4 large fans. This does not include the anticipated spike in utilities. Every month from here on out I'll be checking that bill with trepidation.

$135.87 to monitor equipment over the course of 3 days.

And that's just the main line items on a thousand dollar receipt.

Another contractor came by the other day to give us an estimate on repairing everything from the leak/mitigation. Their estimates came to over $3,000 with major endeavors like replacing the entire ceiling in the kitchen/dining room and rebuilding a few cabinets.

As said contractor was leaving they casually dropped that they're really backed up and wouldn't be able to get to the work for at least three weeks.

Therefore I have made peace with the gaping holes in the ceiling/walls and lack of a kitchen light.

It could have been a lot worse but it also could have been prevented. I think I'm going to replace all the hoses in my house every year so those parts are always under warranty.

Other news that will utterly bore you: laundry, work, dishes, overtime at work, 90 degrees outside, and my dog. He's awesome.

A tidbit on Cubscouts: we pulled together a really last-minute activity that rocked last week. We basically walked the scouts thru basic maintenance on our vehicle and bicycles for the handyman badge interspersed with lessons on Dutch oven cooking. It was a win because they did our chores and we got to eat cheesy biscuits at the end.

Have a great day :-)


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