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Crazy guests! Why?
So I got a text from my cleaner that the washer wasn't working. It would go for about 3 minutes then flag an error LO FL. It is a Maytag mid grade front loader.
That error is low flow on the water. Luckily I was driving over with my son to move all his stuff from his apartment to a storage unit at WSU so he can move into a single apartment for his grad school work.
I was thinking it was the 2 water line screens. The city of Harrison ID where our lake house is located have been upgrading the water system. New well, improved pumps and the 2nd well was just turned on. Guests reported some brown water for a short time. I figured the screens had some debris. No big.
I get to the house and get started. I see the trim ring around the outlet box is falling off. It takes me 2 seconds to see that someone turned off the valves. What? Why would anyone do that? Makes no sense. I was able to wash all the laundry overnight before we had to head to WSU and get rolling.
Plus someone stole one of the small heaters I keep in the closets for winter guests if they need extra heat upstairs....dammit....
That error is low flow on the water. Luckily I was driving over with my son to move all his stuff from his apartment to a storage unit at WSU so he can move into a single apartment for his grad school work.
I was thinking it was the 2 water line screens. The city of Harrison ID where our lake house is located have been upgrading the water system. New well, improved pumps and the 2nd well was just turned on. Guests reported some brown water for a short time. I figured the screens had some debris. No big.
I get to the house and get started. I see the trim ring around the outlet box is falling off. It takes me 2 seconds to see that someone turned off the valves. What? Why would anyone do that? Makes no sense. I was able to wash all the laundry overnight before we had to head to WSU and get rolling.
Plus someone stole one of the small heaters I keep in the closets for winter guests if they need extra heat upstairs....dammit....
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Still had a better weekend than I, I think. Guests shot off fireworks (even though we told all guests not to). Put hot embers in trash can. Trash can catches fire. House catches on fire. Rental Mercedes catches fire. Fire Dept arrives and garage door is melted, car is melted.
Guests call us the next day and tell us the neighbors shot fireworks and hit the house and started the fire and we owe them for damages.
We get 3 different camera angles from neighbors clearly showing everything. One guy plays for the NFL. Would be a shame if the Colts find out their drunk player started a fire and does not want to pay for damages :)