Plumbers

When we returned from the States our kitchen sink wasn’t draining well.  We put lots and lots of Drano-type stuff in it over the first week with no success.  We finally started calling people to find a plumber.  We weren’t able to get in touch with several, but got in touch with one who was able to come the same day (and not just the same day, but one hour later).  He had a rotor eater type thing rather than just a snake.  He said the problem was 16 meters (52.5 feet) away!

Gary and I both feel like we are in the lap of luxury with a working kitchen sink again.  Another good thing is that the plumber was here for about 45 minutes and charged the equivalent of $75.  Last spring we had 3 different plumbers come to fix a drain in our bathroom that overflowed every time we ran the washing machine.  None of them fixed it, but they all charged a lot of money.  The 2nd one actually had this same type of rotor eater thing, stayed a total of 15 minutes, said it was fixed, and charged over $100.  So, we definitely have this guy’s name written down to use him in the future.  It was very nice to have a nice cultural moment like that  (other than me still being frustrated over the guy from the spring).  And, hopefully this will also fix the problem in the bathroom!