He’s here to fix the… faucet!
Yes, the one from last winter. And now to repair the even larger, but somewhat neater, hole in the drywall. Or maybe get some kind of access panel type-deal from Home Despot. The guy was from the same company that “fixed” the faucet the last time it froze (and that one took 2 trips). The work is being covered under warranty. This means a lot to us.
Also on the list of prospective plumbing jobs: replace ejector pit, possibly install a utility sink in the laundry room. We’d previously gotten an estimate (rather high, we thought) on getting the ejector pit redone from another plumber that replaced the pump in there. He worked for a competing plumbing company whose identifying stickers were all over the pipes down there (and frankly, the jobs all look sorta… jerry-rigged). We weren’t happy with some other work they did for us and didn’t call them back after that. So today’s plumbing dude said “Hey, those guys are out of business. They lost their license.”
Which totally wouldn’t surprise us based on our previous experiences with their contractors, or it may have merely been professional discourtesy.
We’ll get a couple more bids for the other jobs, but at least for now the garage faucet is fixed. And that better be permantent, because I don’t want a skating rink in there no matter how fun it sounds.
