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YOyoYOhowsDAjello
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No spiders here. I haven't talked to her about this since Sunday.
She was wanting to take a water to Culligan. I told her that hard water was the friggen LEAST her problems and to take the water to the health department.
I'll either post the results of her water sample or a pic of the body, whichever comes first...
Jeff7181
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I'm sure it can happen if there's not enough chlorine in the water... but if that's the case, the same thing will probably happen again cause it's a problem with the water supply, not the water heater.
*EDIT* Wait a minute... why would algae in a hot water heater get into the toilet?????
*EDIT* Wait a minute... why would algae in a hot water heater get into the toilet?????
DrPizza
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hot water heater doesn't explain the problem happening in the toilet...
Not the solution.
landlord's lackey lacks logic
algae annoys angry apartment-dweller
Not the solution.
landlord's lackey lacks logic
algae annoys angry apartment-dweller
What everyone else said. Does NOT sound like a hot water heater problem. Tell your friend to do something with that nasty ass water!
Minor update:
The hot water heater was in fact replaced this morning and she cleaned the bathrooms this evening. I agree though, the problem probably isn't solved.
She even took some of that "water" to work with her today. She said she called Culligan and they said they don't do that in depth of tests. She called the water company (town of 160,000 or so) and left voice mail...
Originally posted by: ViRGE
Hooray! After 3 weeks, it's a start.
Update:
Ok, two water guys from the city dropped by her place. Here is the email I got from her:
"Well, they came out and were grossed out too! They took the faucet off
and saw where it had crystallized but they tested it for chlorine and
said it tested at 2.3 or 2.4 and they keep the plant at .3. They said
if it was bacteria, it would be eating the chlorine. So, they told me
to go to Menards and get a mold kit, that it could be external and comes
around the faucets and toilets because of the moisture. I'm supposed to
let them know what I find. They did ask if we were having sinus
problems since this started and I told them yes. So..... still don't
know for sure, but at least I've got something else to try.
"She said she was going to pick up the "mold kit" Whatever that is today. Haven't talked her, so I can't confirm.
Oh Damn! That's fvcking scary! I would call the cops, maybe there's a dead body caught in the plumbing
episodic
Lifer
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Originally posted by: Shame
Originally posted by: ViRGE
Hooray! After 3 weeks, it's a start.
Update:
Ok, two water guys from the city dropped by her place. Here is the email I got from her:
"Well, they came out and were grossed out too! They took the faucet off
and saw where it had crystallized but they tested it for chlorine and
said it tested at 2.3 or 2.4 and they keep the plant at .3. They said
if it was bacteria, it would be eating the chlorine. So, they told me
to go to Menards and get a mold kit, that it could be external and comes
around the faucets and toilets because of the moisture. I'm supposed to
let them know what I find. They did ask if we were having sinus
problems since this started and I told them yes. So..... still don't
know for sure, but at least I've got something else to try.
She said she was going to pick up the "mold kit" Whatever that is today. Haven't talked her, so I can't confirm.
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If it is mold on that scale, you'll probably have to move.
VirtualLarry
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Wow, crazy thread, definately... call the Ghostbusters. After that, get some friends, and break out the prayer beads or something.
Btw, what are the odds that the water supply is actually *not* coming from the municipal supply, but a well? Or if the water-supply input pipes perhaps cracked, and something, like industrial wastes or something (?) might be seeping in?
I'd be buying a lot of bottled water right about now, and keeping all of the reciepts, in case one could get the landlord to re-imburse or something. (Not certain how truely feasable that might be, but it wouldn't hurt to keep them.)
Question: Has Verizon been drilling in that neighborhood at all, in the last few months, in order to run their FIOS service? LOTS of problems with sub-standard underground drilling contractors drilling through all kinds of utility services and water pipes, especially in Florida.
Btw, what are the odds that the water supply is actually *not* coming from the municipal supply, but a well? Or if the water-supply input pipes perhaps cracked, and something, like industrial wastes or something (?) might be seeping in?
I'd be buying a lot of bottled water right about now, and keeping all of the reciepts, in case one could get the landlord to re-imburse or something. (Not certain how truely feasable that might be, but it wouldn't hurt to keep them.)
Question: Has Verizon been drilling in that neighborhood at all, in the last few months, in order to run their FIOS service? LOTS of problems with sub-standard underground drilling contractors drilling through all kinds of utility services and water pipes, especially in Florida.
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