Hot Water Heater Death

Last Friday night we were getting ready for bed when Vince saw a huge wet spot on the ceiling of our bedroom. The drywall slightly bulging and water was dripping into our room. Our hot water heater died.  It is located in the walk out attic directly above our bed room. Of course this happens on a Friday night when plumbers are unavailable over the weekend (unless you want to pay double).

Vince, being the clever Boy Scout that he is, brought in his '5 gallon bucket shower' and set it up in our bathroom.  I boiled water for 5 days until Lowe's could finally coordinate to get our new water heater installed.  That process was so long and neither the store nor the installers communicated to each other well.  But we had fun with our shower, especially after I upgraded the 5 gallon bucket to our large cooler.  This allowed for a long, hot 9 minute shower.