Our worst Christmas present this year was a water leak on the farm so bad that the water company actually called us. As Tim said, "When their number shows up on the caller ID, you know nothing good is coming."
We spent an entire day looking for the leak. We've had lots of practice in the last 20 years and are pretty good at it...unfortunately. Where 35,000 gallons of water has disappeared to we do not know. We even had professional help come in and they were stumped as well.
Fortunately it's between the house and barn and we have a cut off at the house that we can turn off and on to keep the waterers filled. It's a hassle, but it could be so much worse. And at this point, with no clue where to dig to fix the break...we're finally running all new water lines.
The power and water companies have been out to mark the lines that they are aware of. The other myriad of lines running throughout the front half of the farm over the last 50+ years are a bit sketchy. As our water guy started digging in the front field yesterday, the mystery deepened.
Where we thought the line he wanted to tie on to was, was not. He found an old septic line...in a random spot. The water company came back out. Dig some more places. Everyone still stumped. Tim remembered fixing a leak a long time ago down in the creek bank. If we could just remember where that was, that would probably be the clue we need.
You know...I wonder if I put that on the blog...
I did! In 2008. And with a picture that we could use to line up with a tree and the neighbor's house and Bingo! Blog for the win :-D.
So what's Pinot up to? Pinot now wants to run around the yard and barn and refuses to stay in his outdoor pen. He can dig under his wooden fence in less than 5 minutes, but I bet he's thinking if he could just use that digger...
Here's a short video of Pinot out exploring in the yard on Christmas Day.
6 comments:
The water problem and Pinot's 'freedom thing' both sound like nightmares! I hope the one is fixed soon and Pinot stays safe.
Pinot is an explorer but he know where the safe warm place is! Hope the leak has been fixed! The blog saves our days and arguments sometimes!
The blog posts have come in handy over the years! Happy New Year!!!
That's what I like about blogs as compares to other social media, so easy to look things up. Hopefully the new water lines do the trick, and no more leaks! Pinot is adorable.
A Happy New Year to you.
I sympathize completely. We've been through this twice and we only have 1 1/2 acres. Water pipes from an old well have caused some major problems.
I'm glad that you will have new water lines and not have to worry.
Maybe Pinot wants to help since he's seen all the digging.
We just went to a water leak nightmare also. Terrible!!
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