And here we are in May.
The semester is over and I got an "A" in Intermediate Metals so my GPA will still be a 4.0. You can see what I was working on all semester over at The Adventurous Silversmith.
As for me, I am now doing my annual top-to-bottom cleaning, organizing, purging of the house.
Along with that I am having some pipes fixed/repaired which will not be cheap. At the end of April I had a minor flood on the first floor; the washing machine drain backed up. I caught it early and got most of the water sucked up with my shop wet/dry vacuum and then threw down old towels and turned on a fan and the a/c. It was dry in a few hours and the drywall was spared any damage. I called Roto-Rooter to come and clear out the pipe. Turns out there were roots in the pipe - not a good sign. After that was resolved, they pushed a camera down the pipe toward the septic tank and found the pipe was badly cracked from the roots growing in and around the pipe. That pipe from the washing machine into the septic also handles the water from the upstairs bathroom and the sink in my shop so there is quite a bit of water going through it daily. Then add in the drought that we are experiencing, we are in to year 3 if not 4 and so why wouldn't tree roots go after that water. This is something that has to get fixed. Luckily that section of pipe is NOT under the slab but under the extension the previous owner added before we bought it and the extension is on piers and thus the work can all be done from the outside of the house; some trenching will have to be done so they can access the pipe, cut it out and put in a new section. It won't be cheap - let's just say it would cost as much as the tuition for Texas State, full time, for a year plus some. The repair to the pipes starts next week. And as a bonus round, after the washing machine was put back, it did not work, it is getting repaired this week.
The semester is over and I got an "A" in Intermediate Metals so my GPA will still be a 4.0. You can see what I was working on all semester over at The Adventurous Silversmith.
As for me, I am now doing my annual top-to-bottom cleaning, organizing, purging of the house.
Along with that I am having some pipes fixed/repaired which will not be cheap. At the end of April I had a minor flood on the first floor; the washing machine drain backed up. I caught it early and got most of the water sucked up with my shop wet/dry vacuum and then threw down old towels and turned on a fan and the a/c. It was dry in a few hours and the drywall was spared any damage. I called Roto-Rooter to come and clear out the pipe. Turns out there were roots in the pipe - not a good sign. After that was resolved, they pushed a camera down the pipe toward the septic tank and found the pipe was badly cracked from the roots growing in and around the pipe. That pipe from the washing machine into the septic also handles the water from the upstairs bathroom and the sink in my shop so there is quite a bit of water going through it daily. Then add in the drought that we are experiencing, we are in to year 3 if not 4 and so why wouldn't tree roots go after that water. This is something that has to get fixed. Luckily that section of pipe is NOT under the slab but under the extension the previous owner added before we bought it and the extension is on piers and thus the work can all be done from the outside of the house; some trenching will have to be done so they can access the pipe, cut it out and put in a new section. It won't be cheap - let's just say it would cost as much as the tuition for Texas State, full time, for a year plus some. The repair to the pipes starts next week. And as a bonus round, after the washing machine was put back, it did not work, it is getting repaired this week.
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