My Jinxed Rental House

Fish Haid

Tree limb fell last weekend and tore out the electric service. Got it fixed. Tenant tells me last night that he has no water. Checked circuit breaker, since well is the only circuit on the new sub-panel. Still no water. Went to look at well, and a small branch - size of a baseball bat - had fallen and hit directly on pipe going from well to tank. Pipe broke and geyser was flowing! Different tree!

Oldfox1939

S--t happens.

Mackeral Snatcher

And usually happens in three's.:hairraiser

Finger Mullet

That sucks, a dresser coupling should get water back the tenant asap. Depending on the break this should work until you figure a permanent repair and not pay thru the nose for it. Easy DIY

Fish Haid

I already ran the hose from my house next door to their house. Had to go out in rain last night and plug broken pipe at well though. I've got 5 acres, 4 adjacent lots, 4 wells and city water, so there are some creative alternatives for emergencies.

Forgot to mention the same house where broken pipe under slab was 5 months ago, and had to buy new fridge recently - and new drain field.

Westwall01

Evict your renters and connect MacDill and inquire if they will drop a smart bomb on it

Turner River Terror

Call the Fire Dept . and let them burn it down for Training.
They'll let you wear a cool Nomex jacket while she flames up , and claim a 50 k loss on your taxes for Training Supplys...
just sayin..

Baits Out

Fish Haid wrote: »

I already ran the hose from my house next door to their house. Had to go out in rain last night and plug broken pipe at well though. I've got 5 acres, 4 adjacent lots, 4 wells and city water, so there are some creative alternatives for emergencies.

Forgot to mention the same house where broken pipe under slab was 5 months ago, and had to buy new fridge recently - and new drain field.

You could always hire a management company if this is a big inconvenience for you.

Have had as many as 24 doors -- in the form of duplexes, triplexes and quadruples scattered around the local area. Mostly one bedroom units, adults only, no kids, no dogs and were usually near local hospitals so most tenants had good steady jobs.

Kept rents 5-10% below comparables. Vacancy factor was near zero (extremely important). If one tenant had to move out, usually one of their friends was lined up asking to move in as soon as I freshened it up.

It was a full-time 24x7 job, keeping things clean and up to date, including lawn maintenance, but the money was sweet.

But again this was 20-some years ago with no government fat azzes telling me who I could or could not rent to.

Pescatoral Pursuit

Dresser coupling above ground is a bad idea.

If you put one in, make sure it has a metal "bite ring" in the ferrule (usually the heavy brass or galvanized ones may,) otherwise get plumbers strap, small screws and nuts, and "bind" the 2 pieces of pipe together so that pressure and hydrostatic shock doesn't eventually blow them apart.

Fishin Rod

Its called a "Dressler" coupling.....

Polar

Who checks their circuit breakers when they have no water?

Pescatoral Pursuit

Fishin Rod wrote: »

Its called a "Dressler" coupling.....

Stellar contribution. Your boss should give you the day off paid for that one.

Polar wrote: »

Who checks their circuit breakers when they have no water?

Folks on well water, city boy.

Polar

ah, fart water

Fishin Rod

Pescatoral Pursuit wrote: »

Stellar contribution. Your boss should give you the day off paid for that one.


I've been retired for four years... Ill bet you googled it though....