Our Lovely Green Grass

We have a swamp in our front yard. Yes, there is a leak in the main water pipe leading to our house. We noticed a little puddle about two weeks ago and thought it was just from the rain, but it spread and spread and pretty soon our grass was green and growing like crazy, I had to weed every few days, and our neighbors grass kept getting yellower and yellower. It didn't even occur to me that it could be a pipe leak. I guess with homeownership you should just assume the worst right? Well, I was finally mentioning it to our neighbor and she brought it up and said she had to have hers replaced two years ago.

So.... we have called a very popular plumber (I'm assuming he's popular since we have only seen about five minutes of him so far) and are just waiting for the day where we get our nice green grass dug up and our dead bushes taken out (at least we have an excuse to get new bushes though!). For now, we are living off our neighbors water supply (our hose in the back connects to their hose outlet. Thank goodness we have nice neighbors!) and we are crossing our fingers that it gets done quickly and easily.

The good thing is that the previous owners did a double sealant to protect the house from things like floods, or pipe leaks. Our plumber was actually wondering why we didn't have basement flooding. Whew! Thank you home owners!!! We will forever be grateful!

Comments

Julia said…
Hey, we just had the plumber out here too! We had him take our water softener out. Hope your pipes get fixed soon! And, yes, it is nice when you buy a home that was well taken care of in terms of sealants, upgrades, etc. It means there's so much less to worry about.
June 26, 2008 at 11:35 PM
Cami said…
Wow! Glad your basement isn't flooding. When our front pipe burst, it flooded our BACK yard. Strange. But when the neighbor two doors down had their front pipe burst, it went RIGHT on into our basement, and we paid for it. Ugh.
June 27, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Rebecca Wood said…
You are so responsible and grown up! Our first home is rented out, with the equity wrapped up in it, so we are renting here. I can't imagine worrying about such things. Good Job! Hopefully it won't put too much of a dent in the wallet.
June 27, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Deb said…
oh, no fun, brenda! but at least you got a nice green lawn out of the deal. for a while, at least. :)
June 27, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Jenni said…
Bummer!! So glad it didn't flood your basement though - whew!
June 28, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Corinne said…
You know I am feeling your pain friend :)
June 29, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Kellie said…
Oh the frustration of home repairs. I hope things go well. Thank goodness for that double sealant!
June 30, 2008 at 5:02 AM
Mendy said…
That is such a bummer, Brenda!

We miss you already out here!
July 13, 2008 at 6:16 PM
Becca at Motherhood "perfected" said…
Sorry Brenda, I do feel your pain. We were leaving for vacation last month when a steady stream of water began pouring from our kitchen ceiling. I'm am happy that your water is all outside! Hang in there it will all be better soon!
July 29, 2008 at 10:35 AM
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