Guess

Let's say all of the pipes in your dining hall froze and a plumber came out to give you an estimate on the damage; how much would you guess it would cost?

A few weeks ago, when I had a pipe freeze and break in my basement, my dad was able to rip out a wall, sauter the pipe back together, cover the pipe in insulated pipe covering, replace and re-tile the wall, for about $100. Labor was free of course, so I knew it would be higher than that. In fact, i expected it would be several thousand dollars because it's a big building.

But when the plumber called me today with a worst case scenario estimate of $96,000 I almost passed out.

$96,000.

Soak that number in.

That would be for a new boiler system, new hot water heaters, a new in-floor heating system and some other important pipe/plumbing things.

Luckily the building is insured up to $1 million so other than a $2500 deductible, we're covered.

Thank goodness.

When I dreamed of having this job, it included more camp songs, art projects and s'mores, and less time learning about plumbing, talking about insurance and dealing with "worst case scenario estimates." But I guess that's what keeps my days interesting. and I can't complain about that.