Things that make you say Oh S**t!

[dsaundry]

So I got home late last night and being that I was not tired and anxious to make sure my ato was working properly, {I had plumbed it in the night before} I excitedly filled the 50g barrel and ran it to test for leaks..it was perfect, no leaks at all. Feeling kind of smug about my work I proceded to putter around the den a bit setting a few more things up and organize the room a bit more, after doing this for about 5-10 minutes I heard a noise that just didn't sound right. Looked at the tank, nope it seems ok, looked down at the floor..water fricken everywhere. Fortunately I quickly figured out the problem, when I tested the pump and it ran water through the line it also crated a reverse siphon from the barrel, so it sucked about 10g of water on the floor before I was able to grab my cordless and drill a release hole in the pipe. So now that I have spent the last 2 hours cleaning up this bloody mess, here is the real problem..How the heck do I explain to my wife when she goes to shower in the morning, that there are no towels in the house because I have used every bloody one of them to suck up all this water....Oh boy, I am going to be in big twubble.

[lastlight]

Where is your laundry room and how quiet are the machines? I'd consider doing the towels to save face!

[dsaundry]

Unfortunately the laundry room is below the bedroom, I got busted this morning. Oh well I suppose there is always room for me to sleep with the dogs..

[mseepman]

I'm now a huge (did I say HUGE) fan of Shamwows...a box of them can be had at Costco and each little towel can soak up what 5 bath towels do. Used them far too often lately.

[Lampshade]

Sorry to hear about the leak, i've done some of those too. for cleanup I LOVE my shopvac, cleans up 99% of big water spills. Just use a towel to grab the rest. Shamwow's are a good idea, i have some for the car, but they'd probably work well for this aswell, i'll hopefully not be trying it.. but as i've learned, water can appear at any time.

[trinac]

Originally Posted by mseepman

I'm now a huge (did I say HUGE) fan of Shamwows...a box of them can be had at Costco and each little towel can soak up what 5 bath towels do. Used them far too often lately.

Good to know! I love Costco.

Sorry to hear of the spill, I hate those!!

[Ross]

OH S**T moment #1
Remembering that you turned on the RO unit to fill a 5 gallon pail about an hr after it would have been full. Good thing the ro unit is in the basement.

OH S**T moment #2
Doing the same thing as above a few weeks later.

(solution to above was to buy a sprinkler timer)

Run the timer for 45 minutes
Bucket still not full, run timer for 15 minutes more

OH S**T moment #3
Finding out 2hrs later that the timer failed and didnt turn off.

Open basement door, throw timer out the door at the garage wall in a hopes of it bursting forth with all its made in china parts.

OH S**T moment #4
Find Siding on the garage cracked from the timer previously thrown at said wall.


Solution, buy a garbage can and set timer on wrist watch.

And Shamwows ROCK!!