we all remember the oldest water heater known to man?
She has given considerable trouble over the short time I have lived here, not her fault, just that her parts have aged badly, all the rubber hoses in particular are badly perished. Just look at the state of this hose, and the rest were just as bad. Really, I'm surprised that she hung on this long. Last week, however, the old girl really blew a gasket! The tank has been overflowing since last Tuesday, 26th, with many litres of HOT water flowing down the sides, and running across the ground to be lost down the drain. This was reported (twice, maybe three times) and eventually a maintenance man came out for a look, then it was classed as a non-emergency. Well, pffft!! I didn't think this was good enough, as we tenants are paying for the heating and storing of water which was running away as fast as it could. I took a photo of the spillover and runaway puddle, and attached it to an email to the housing authority late on Wednesday evening. On Thur...