Earlier this week we noticed the water pressure was going down in the house, even though the water pump had been working for 3 hours. A quick description of how our water system works. First, water from the city goes into a tank that sits below our courtyard. There is another water tank on our roof and when the mechanism lets the water pump know (under our stairway), that it is low in water, it pumps the water from the outside tank to the tank on top of the roof. Our water is then gravity fed to the whole house.
As the lunar new year is approaching when no one works, and having no water is never a good situation, we contacted our landlord and he sent someone within a couple of hours. The repairman was able to fix the problem, yea!
Our phone line seems to be going out on a semi regular basis and we are not sure why. Fortunately we have cell phones to call our landlord about the water and the phone. What did people do before? Neighbors did you say? We thought that was old technology. Just kidding - I guess that is one advantage/disadvantage of new technology - not needing to ask neighbors for help.
The repairman came today and was able to fix the phone line again. After checking the phone, he climbs out our kitchen window, standing on the wall that separates our house from our neighbor's courtyard, then he borrows our ladder to check the phone connection on the pole in the alley and then he tries the phone again. If it still does not work, he repeats the process. Today it only took one time at each place. We are thankful.
We hope all your utilities are working - ready for any cold weather or household emergency.
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