Cant wait til next week’s warmer weather. Third house today that i had to slide under, and chase broken CPVC water lines to repair. Laid in mud and dogshit. Got sprayed with just above freezing water multiple times. Two houses yesterday, three today, three more tomorrow. Its finally above freezing here so im sure the broken plumbing calls will roll in for the next week. Find one leak, cut out the shattered pipes, rebuild what was cut out, wait 20 minutes for the glue to take up, turn the water service back on and watch for more water to spray from somewhere else; which is always as far as humanly possible from the spot im in.
I fucking hate winter. I cant wait for this shit to be over with.
This is normal for my area. We dont have a frost line, so some homes are on a pier-and-beam foundation, concrete piers spaced evenly, with the floor joists resting on concrete blocks. Bottom of the house is usually open to the environment, as you can see in the photo background. And whatever else makes its way under; snakes, rats, pissed off doggos, you name it.
The shit i do to not starve to death.
Ughh I work HVAC and this cold snap saw my boss on vacation while I was left running the show (the only employee). I'm was legitimately happy yesterday things were above freezing and my boss was back so I could get rid of that on call phone. Thankfully I only had to crawl under a few houses, your situation sounds much worse.