Wow, what a day yesterday held for me. I love a challenge, but not one that involves the entire house! I usually try and get all of my housework done on Thursday so I can have Friday to get ready for the weekend. In my haste to get everything done, I washed half a load of towels and turned on my dishwasher...The dishwasher started making a horrible noise, and I realized that there is no water inside.
Ok, I can live without a dishwasher for a day or two until everything thaws out. I know, nothing exciting, except for in the extreme cold weather, our water line to the dishwasher froze. There was no evidence of water backing up anywhere in the house, but when I went to get the towels out, they were soaking wet. I tried to respin, and water flew out of the drain. Ahhh, "Houston, we have a problem!" I went and grabbed the salt canister out of the cabinet, and poured most it down the drain. Should solve the problem...maybe if that was the only issue. I then thought, our house is warm, so I will open the door to the back porch, and heat it since it is so cold and the little heater in the laundry room will never heat this up. That is when I discoved problem number two.
The thermostat on the wall read 68 and the temperature was set on 76, and the heater was not kicking on. Now, I realize we have a major problem. I then saw water in the closet where the furnace lives, and thought, "this is not good." Maybe the water shorted out the outlet, and this is a minor issue. I tested the outlet, and we have power. I cleaned up all the water on the outside of the furnace, and notice it is still flowing out. Ok, I am needing the mechanical part of my brain to kick on, so I got a cup and opened the "clean out" valve. I was surprised when the pressure was super strong, and the cup was full in no time. Three cups later, I grabbed the mop bucket. Because of the way the valve is in the closet, I was not able to fit the bucket under the valve, but there was enough pressure that I filled up three buckets from the clean out valve! The water backed up into our brand new super computerized furnace!!! I love that we have much lower energy bills and everyone is comfortable, but I miss my old floor furnace that kept our house warm and the crawl space below even warmer! I opened the furnace doors, and water was everywhere!!! I tried my best to dry everything out with a towel and put a heater in front to dry the furnace, and still no heat! I called the company, hoping someone could tell me how to reset the unit. They called and said I have already reset the unit and they would be here as soon as they could.
The repair man arrived and broke the news that the main control board on the unit has water in it, and that it has shorted out. Lovely! Just the news I wanted to hear. He then called the main office and looked through his truck, and as my luck would have it, they must order a new one motherboard, and at the earliest, it will be here on Friday. Praise the Lord that I did not let my vanity take over and remove the ugly wall heater in the Little Man's room! We have heat in the back of the house, and will make it through the night.
So this morning, it was cold, but everyone was up and out the door early. It is amazing how fast everyone dressed when the house is freezing!!! Pickles was sitting in front of the heater in the Little Man's room and made sure her clothes were warm before she put them on. I was shocked at her wise ways! Anyway, everyone survived and we are waiting for a call from the repair man saying they are on their way.
The Lord gave us this experience, I am convinced, to remind us of the many blessings we take for granted. There are many who live every day and night cold, and rely on unsafe heat to keep them from freezing. I am very thankful that we have heat, and running water, and a roof that keeps us dry when it rains outside. I will never take this for granted again!
Until Next time, keep looking to the bright side and seeking adventure!
Sarah
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