The Water Pressure Story

Once upon a time, there was a family who lived in a house. The house had good water pressure for most of its years. However, one day the family noticed that the hot water was not as powerful as it once had been. Looking at this as a slight inconvenience, but still tolerable, the family continued to live in the house. A few months later the house was put up for sale. The family felt it was time to buy a more permanent home to raise their growing family in. The house quickly sold and the family went forward in search for their new home. Although the new dwelling was soon discovered, there was a time where the family would be without a home between the sale of the old one and the purchase of the new. The nice buyer of their old home was kind enough to let the family stay in the home and rent it from him until the day came that they were to move into their new estate. However, as luck would have it, just days after closing the deal with the man, the house now being his, the hot water pressure on the home dwindled down to a mere trickle. Oh how terrible it was for the family. They had a hard time washing dishes, whether by hand or machine. Often they'd open a supposed clean dishwasher to find the soap and grease still stuck on the dishes. Showers were no fun as it would take several minutes to get any hot water. And at that, no pressure to enjoy a good cleansing. And a bath was out of the question as it would've taken hours to fill the tub. So the family called the now landlord and asked to use his home warranty to help in fixing the water. So a so-called plumber came out to take a look. He ran some water, flushed some water, and checked a pipe here and there. After giving a diagnostic that the problem was with the water heater itself he informed the family that the warranty did not cover that, asked for his money and said "have a nice day". Not happy at all with the service, lack of info as to what was covered and not even offering a solution, they were not happy. The family had talked to a plumber friend earlier who had already guessed it was something with the water heater. The so-called plumber did nothing for them. Except this, he mentioned the water heater was only five and a half years old and may still be under warranty itself. So after finding the warranty info and contacting the company, the family soon found out that it was still under warranty. With the description of the problem, the company said it could only be one thing. They mailed out the needed parts, which arrived the next day at no cost. The new owner of the home came by, and replaced the outtake valve. To no avail, still no hot water pressure. Since the family had now been dealing with the problem for about two weeks, they were starting to give up hope. However, after talking with the new owner and finding out he had only replaced the outtake valve despite the fact that the new intake valve part was also mailed to the home, the family asked him to try to replace that part too. It was this part that their plumber friend had initially told them was the problem. If this did not fix it, the next step was to get a whole new water heater. So with only five days left in the old house, the new owner quickly came by, changed the intake valve and the family soon had strong, hot, powerful water pressure! They looked at doing dishes as a miracle, at taking a shower as a luxury, the children spent forever in the nice full, warm bath. The family was again happy. They could enjoy the rest of the time in their old home as they prepared for their big adventure ahead. The End.