Annael
Elvenhome
Sep 25 2022, 4:20pm
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don't get me started on home maintenance
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My aging oil tank leaked about 200 gallons of heating oil into the ground, and I was lucky from all accounts - I only ended up paying out $15,000 to get it remediated, which involved digging up my back yard to a depth of about 10 feet. I heard horror stories of people paying in excess of $100K if the oil got into groundwater. We didn't get it all out of the soil (the hole was starting to threaten my foundations) but we dumped a bunch of oil-eating organisms in and the state dept of Ecology called it good. While digging the guys pulled out a large granite rock, about 6 feet across, and put it in my garden. I got compliments on the great rock, and I would say "yeah, only cost me $15,000!"
That was after completely replumbing (including replacing the greywater system), rewiring, insulating, replacing all the single-pane windows, and completely redoing the funky bathroom. And fencing. And building a back deck. I can't begin to calculate how many hours and dollars I poured into my garden. Oh, and repainting. I managed to move before replacing the roof became critical.
Oops, I guess I did get started!
Don't get me wrong: I loved my house. I had a lot of fun making it exactly the home I'd longed for. But I'm happy now to be in a condo.
I am a dreamer of words, of written words.
-- Gaston Bachelard
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NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967
(This post was edited by Annael on Sep 25 2022, 4:22pm)
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