So, the Jrmugh finally got their act together and replaced the section of pipe that got clogged when they were replacing the broken cuff. When the got the excavator to dig up the street again, they removed about a foot of pipe which was just full of rocks and mud and other debris. Once that was accomplished, we had full flow coming out of the cut section of pipe in our yard. As exciting as this was, it wasn't the end of the story.
Vagho came over and helped us reconnect the cut end of pipe in the yard to the pipes in the house. It turns out that over here, you do this with a special tool designed to melt the insides of the pipes and the connectors which you then smush together and let cool. I think it looks a little bit like those giant machines that Darth Vader used to attack the rebels on Hoth in Star Wars.
Turns out that Vagho is a pretty handy guy, and he quickly connected the pipes up again for us.
Then we got around to the task of filling in the trench we had dug out around the old frozen pipe.
We were ready to celebrate when- to my horror- we found that we STILL DIDN'T HAVE RUNNING WATER! Vagho says that the pipes leading into the house are frozen. Tomorrow we're going to see if Karine can help us arrange for a plumber to come and take a look. I'm ready to pull my hair out. This is getting ridiculous.
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