I bought this beautiful pot of spider chrysanthemums recently. I love the bright yellow colour.
Never a dull moment, husband M's mother called early one morning. It seems the rental water heater in her condo where she lives was not working. (Why do these things happen in winter?) Most people here rent their water heaters from the gas company. We went to the gas company's website. It informed us that we had to contact an area contractor for water heater problems. We did a search on area contractors and called a few of them. The first one went through a list of all his charges in a heavily accented voice. It would be $60 just for the first visit. Luckily, the next guy seemed more informed and told us we had to contact Direct Energy, as they look after rental water heaters. The problem was taken care of by Direct Energy, as it is a rental. In fact, she got a new water heater as the sensor was broken. It would have been at no cost, but they charged for a new gas pipe that was required because the old one did not fit on the new hot water tank. At any rate, it was a relief to find the right company and have the problem fixed correctly.
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Lovely yellow flowers.
That's a real bummer to be happening on Winter.
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Oh my goodness! Would you believe I just wrote a post about our water heater that is scheduled to go up next week? What a coincidence! I'm glad you got your mom's fixed without too much fuss.
Glad you got the heater sorted and repaired, things like that always happen at the worst times! Love your flowers, what a pretty colour! Valerie
Beautiful flowers :)
Beautiful mums. I love yellow, too. Glad the rental heater was replaced, because it is inconvenient to have no hot water during any season, but especially during winter.
never knew water heaters could be rented
Love the flowers. I never heard of renting a water heater. I 'm glad you got the right company to take care of things.
Well, thank goodness it turned out well. This is certainly not the time of year you want to be without a water heater!
These kind of things can make or break you, can't they! Well-solved!!!!
I love the flowers, they're so beautiful. I'm very glad the water heater issue was resolved!
I agree. Why does it always happen when you can't live without it?? Glad all is well and yes, your flowers are beautiful! xoxo
That rental thing is an interesting concept, especially for older people who would have trouble replacing a water heater. Ours lasted over 30 years. The newer ones are much more efficient and when the plumber came to install the new one, he found that a pipe had come lose from its mooring so he fixed that at the same time. Living in an old house, one has to replace and repair a lot more often it seems.
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