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Originally Posted by Sapphireho
I wish that was all it took to maintain my house. I have too much to do.
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Tell me about it. We dodged a home maintenance bullet today. Thought we had a leak in our water main coming into the house, and it was potentially under the driveway. The first estimate we got to repair was $800 if it was a simple fix and $9,000 if they had to replace the water main under the driveway. But first, we needed to do a $400 leak detection to find out where it was. Thanks but no thanks.
Called a local independent guy recommended by my independent AC guy (which is what I should have done first). Turns out it was the cut-off for our sprinkler system which was colocated with our water meter (I did not know that). Couple of hundred bucks later, all fixed. And, he worked in a downpour from Ida today to do it even though I told him it could wait. "Hey, if I let it wait I'll miss a job I could do tomorrow, and its not like I haven't worked in the rain before".
The man got a nice tip from me and a good review online so his company would give him a bonus. They also have a customer for life (or at least until they piss me off).