Home Projects (upkeep/repair/mods/cool sh*t/advice/question)

[RMC]

I'm beginning to wonder. I don't see water anywhere or erosion but in the last year my usage went from 1000 to 2000 gallons in a two month span to 3000 to 4000 gallons in a two month span and I know my increased cleaning and weaker aging bladder do not account for a 35 gallon a day every day increase to around 70 gallons of usage every single day?!? I've been thinking about calling to have someone check the through put on my meter. I have no idea how that would work or who in the city to begin with.

They have some mathmatical thing that does the check, mine was fairly easy. And all fixed today, the fitting at the main pulled apart. You could see the water streaming out of the box when the guys were working on it. I contracted with a good 'ole boy, and he even charged me almost 5k for everything. But when you have to dig like 5 feet down, and spend three hours repairing a pipe, I can understand the cost. Sigh..

[Daehawk]

I painted a small part of the side of my house today. Not as much as I had hoped to. With
my busted hands, rotator cuff inhury and bad knees it felt like everything was broken trying to go up and down on a ladder and hand paint wit ha brush. My left hand really was in severe pain...liek a crap that wasn't a crap. So didn't get a lot done. one side the chimney area. Still have the bigger other side, two more sides, and the entire back. I think I might have to put all that off and wait until i can afford a roller brush next month...really wanted to be done this month and get my home ins but that seems a major no go.