Quick background info: DH will not try to stick to a budget. He gets the "I want its" often but to his credit lately it has gone to cheaper items. They still add up but he is trying. We have about 600 in med bills and about a month ago we found out that lo will need surgery in Aug. Can't save anything because every penny is spent even on my budget not counting DH’s whims. DH will not get a second job (the one and only time I insisted, he caused the co. so much trouble the police were called) and he insist that I don't.
Current: I knew the water bill was high but I didn't do anything about it. One morning before work I heard water running in the main bathroom (thank God we have 2). DH decided not to miss work and repair it when he got home. We cannot turn the water off because MIL keeps the dc at our house while we are gone. So, it ran all day. I am dreading the water bill. We knew the floors were in bad shape but I was hoping to be done with BS2 before we had to do something. Nope, not gona happen. The floor is completely rotten under the bathtub and at least 1 floor joist will need replaced or repaired. The wall will need repaired but not sure how much of it. All the plumbing needs redone. I could see from the holes in the floor that it runs in several different and odd angles. The 2 baths and kitchen are in line and the utility room is just behind the kitchen. I don't know why they did a hack job this bad. I am going to try to get DH just to fix the plumbing, wall and subfloor/joist and then finish (replace rotted cabinets, floor covering, rusted bathtub and etc.) the bathroom later. We still have one bathroom in decent condition. The floor in it is starting to rot but I hope that fixing all the plumbing will help in the short term. I also found out last night that the washing machine drain empties under the house. That should be an easy fix but I keep thinking of all the damage that has done. Yes, we had the house inspected before we bought and the only thing brought up was that the a/c was leaking in the wall and that was fixed.
Thanks for listening.
Current: I knew the water bill was high but I didn't do anything about it. One morning before work I heard water running in the main bathroom (thank God we have 2). DH decided not to miss work and repair it when he got home. We cannot turn the water off because MIL keeps the dc at our house while we are gone. So, it ran all day. I am dreading the water bill. We knew the floors were in bad shape but I was hoping to be done with BS2 before we had to do something. Nope, not gona happen. The floor is completely rotten under the bathtub and at least 1 floor joist will need replaced or repaired. The wall will need repaired but not sure how much of it. All the plumbing needs redone. I could see from the holes in the floor that it runs in several different and odd angles. The 2 baths and kitchen are in line and the utility room is just behind the kitchen. I don't know why they did a hack job this bad. I am going to try to get DH just to fix the plumbing, wall and subfloor/joist and then finish (replace rotted cabinets, floor covering, rusted bathtub and etc.) the bathroom later. We still have one bathroom in decent condition. The floor in it is starting to rot but I hope that fixing all the plumbing will help in the short term. I also found out last night that the washing machine drain empties under the house. That should be an easy fix but I keep thinking of all the damage that has done. Yes, we had the house inspected before we bought and the only thing brought up was that the a/c was leaking in the wall and that was fixed.
Thanks for listening.