Posted by: tony mads usa
OT - Hot water heater - Another saga - 09/27/08 06:27 PM
So, I'm down in Newport RI for the weekend with our son and a group of his friends for a golf weekend (a WET one at that ) ...
I'm playing the 14th hole Newport Nat'l (a great course) and my wife calls my cell phone to tell me that our hot water heater sprung a MAJOR leak - flooded the lower level ... We got 12 years out of the water heater, so it wasn't a total surprise ...
Sooo ... that's the end of the golf weekend, and I head home to help her out ...
The good part of the story is that a couple of weeks ago we signed up with American Home Shield, for insurance protection for situations like this ...
I call them and they give me the info for the plumber who will service my call ... I call him, and he tells me that AHS will cover the replacement of the water heater and his costs ... My HO insurance will cover any damage, less the deductible, so aside from the inconvenience, things will work out ...
You just never know when these things are going to go, but once they pass 10 years, be ready ...
t.
I'm playing the 14th hole Newport Nat'l (a great course) and my wife calls my cell phone to tell me that our hot water heater sprung a MAJOR leak - flooded the lower level ... We got 12 years out of the water heater, so it wasn't a total surprise ...
Sooo ... that's the end of the golf weekend, and I head home to help her out ...
The good part of the story is that a couple of weeks ago we signed up with American Home Shield, for insurance protection for situations like this ...
I call them and they give me the info for the plumber who will service my call ... I call him, and he tells me that AHS will cover the replacement of the water heater and his costs ... My HO insurance will cover any damage, less the deductible, so aside from the inconvenience, things will work out ...
You just never know when these things are going to go, but once they pass 10 years, be ready ...
t.