Plumbing 8 - Lindseys 0

August is the month for plumbing problems this year. Due to leakages, Robert replaced the kitchen faucet and the boys' bathroom faucet. Then, yesterday, our shower handle broke off. (This is in addition to the boys' shower faucet handle that has been leaking profusely, and their tub hasn't been draining very well, in our opinion. Also, there was a minor drip under the kitchen sink and an outdoor faucet that is frozen shut.) When we went to shut off the water to the shower, we discovered that shower has no shut off valves! Arggghhhh! So, we shut the water off yesterday, except for the times when water was absolutely necessary.

My sweet husband has entered his busy season at work. Church has been busy lately. We've been doing other repairs around the house. He has a high endurance and has been very patient; but, when he found out about the shower yesterday, he finally said, "Let's call the plumber." So we did. AFTER we went to Home Depot yesterday afternoon to purchase what we thought we needed. So it still took up some of his time.

Today the plumber and his assistant came. They fixed the boys' shower and put shut off valves on the lines for our shower. In their opinions, the boys' tub drains fine, the kitchen sink simply needed the water line to be opened further than it was, and the outside faucet has been shut off by someone and been capped. (The last part is dead wrong. It is simply frozen and will not turn on.) They seemed to do a good job, from what I can tell, on the parts they actually fixed. They were unable to fix our shower due to the fact that we purchased the wrong type of product. Therefore, my husband is trying to decide whether or not to go ahead and squeeze fixing that part of the problem himself in 'all his spare time' or to call the plumber again.

Robert has saved us thousands of dollars over the years. He is so handy with fixing things. He HATES plumbing! But, even that, he tries his best to do. He is a servant-leader in our home. He is a treasure, and I appreciate him SO much! I try to assist him when I can, but I lack the skills to be truly helpful. I admire his keen mind and his skilled hands and his serving heart. What a guy!