WHAT IS THAT NOISE?
Well, you may be happy to know that Fabio, the hot water heater guru, came by today and very quickly gave a surgical procedure to our machine, and we were all smiley and mama gave him some of her biscotti and the bill was less than the other guy was charging who wasn’t coming until tomorrow, and off Fabio went into the sunset, leaving the radiators pumping and the water heating and off we went into the Rome evening and looked at holiday lights everywhere and felt on top of the water heater world and then we came home and mama passed the little water heater closet and saw — A RED LIGHT! A VERY RED LIGHT.
Oh, boy. You don’t want to know…
(Between you and me, I don’t want to know either...)
So then mama turned off the machine and then turned it on again and turned on the water to see if the pilot would light and there was this RACKET–eh, eh, eh, eh, eh sort of like a baby woodpecker, vibrating out of the machine, but the water was hot and so THEY figured they could live with that until tomorrow. So Fabio is coming back tomorrow at noon, which is a miracle in itself, but it turns out he’s the head of the company and responsible, unlike some repairanthros I can name….
Isn’t this boring as all get out?
Papa thinks it’s only a vibration while mama thinks it might blow up.
Stay tuned for the finale…er…whatever.
I don’t want to watch this…and I’m wearing my football helmet to bed!
Nothing like the threat of no hot water because of a water heater failure to make life a misery! At least – small consolation! – it hasn’t exploded or flooded your home.
The two photos of LouLou suggest the feeling of despair this crisis brought down on your home. Perhaps the Polynesian tatoos will cheer her up! (Especially if he can make the native girl wiggle like a hula dancer when he flexes his arm!)
Oh, you are so funny. But that guy’s ‘toos are geometric Polynesian designs. Mama saw them and asked if he played rugby (because of her favorite All Blacks) and lo and behold (whatever that means) he had played a lot! But his size told us that. He definitely fills a doorway.
I don’t know why but on my iPad my comments do not seem to come up as already written when I have already written them on my computer, so in order not to duplicate a comment I’m just commenting on that.I did comment on your comment through my computer so I hope it got there and thank you for your comment!
What a fiasco! We can’t wait to find out what happens.
Well, the tatooed rugby player did NOT show up on time yesterday but he did call and say he had trouble with high blood pressure and would come today so we’re waiting patiently because he is such a nice guy and mama wants to know more about his Polynesian tattoos….
Maybe it would be more expedient to have the whole system replaced ?
Just kidding…
It WAS replaced 6 years ago after having the original one (when we moved in) for about 25 years! This one is new and works beautifully but was not getting enough air to combust properly because of a broken pressure stat.
Boilers especially combi boilers (whatever they are- makes tea and coffee?) are so temperamental Mrs H says, we hopes yours is only a rattle rather than a shake or roll and definitely no pops! I personally think you doing right thing, Lulu, best hide away somewhere dry and warm till Fabio has worked his magic …
He’s coming at noon and I’m outta here….
oooh – in mama’s panic she didn’t read that FABIO was coming back. Whew.
OH, thank heaven, and yes, I’m glad because maybe I’ll stick around to find out about his tattoos, haha.
Oh my. Maybe time for a new hot water heater? This sounds dangerous to be – we all love rock n roll but not when the hot water heater’s doing it! Especially with red lights blazing. Is the other guy still coming? YIKES! This has been some winter trip to Roma!!
You ain’t a just whistlin’ Dixie!
I will be back tomorrow to see what happened.
Oh, what a saga.
Gosh, LouLou – what a hassle ! Good for the repairman for concentrating on doing it right !
(Is he THE Fabio?)
Fabio is FAB.
Well LouLou, we’ve had a hot water heater ketch fire in the middle of the night, so it’s bestest to be safer than sorry. We hope ya’ll get it all fixed and workin’ good soon. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Your mama is like our Jan. Jan would think it was going to blow up too. You should see her trying to turn on the gas space heaters. it’s kind of funny.
Oh, mama had one of those and did the same funny things, I’ll bet.