If you can't tell what this is, it's a patch of our bricked courtyard that has been torn apart to get to the problem pipes below. Just 3 1/2 weeks before we move out of our apartment, we've had to pay a plumber to fix this problem! I think in the states this is the kind of thing the landlord would take care of, but here the renter is stuck with the bill. In the states this kind of problem might not even occur. The plumbing parts available in Mali seem like they all come from some cheap dollar store or something. I would gladly pay more for quality parts that would last a reasonable amount of time, but they just aren't to be found. So in my almost 5 years in Mali, it seems like I've had way too many visits from a plumber. Our water was only cut for a few hours, and then the problem was fixed and the water was back. Our water bill for this last month living in the apartment should be less I think; we'd noticed that the bill kept going up and up each month and the problem was this slow leak that needed fixing.
I wish your plumbing woes would end there. You already had several repairs chalked up on your plumbing. And speaking of which, it might be a good time to get the pipeline checked, to see where the problem lies once and for all, and have everything fixed in one go. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteLaverne Knight @ Midland Mechanical, Inc.
I agree with Lavern. It wouldn’t be a good idea if you always to deal with plumbing problems. You’d be wasting not only money, but your time as well. Anyway, how are things going now?
ReplyDeleteLevi Eslinger @ Capital Plumbing