The Joys of Home Ownership

Slowly but surely the stumps in the back yard are being dug out and Larry can now be considered an expert in stump removal. We knew there would be suprises when we bought a 25 year old house and yesterday during stump removal we found one... Once the tree was cut down, we could see wet dirt and a week later it was still wet - not good! Larry started digging yesterday morning and the bigger the hole, the faster it was filling with water. He uncovered the water line going to the sprinkler system, cleaned the dirt away, tapped the 25 year old rusted galvanized 3/4" pipe and it broke in half. Now the hole is really filling with water and we don't know where the main shut-off valve for the house is yet. But by the end of the day the shut-off valve has been found, the line is replaced, it works and now Larry qualifies as plumber in addition to " expert stump removal person". And when it is all done - you get to set and read the paper.