Goes Along With Being a Homeowner....

Recently we've been having some things in our home go wrong as far as appliances are concerned. First it was our washer which we still can't figure out what's wrong with...and then our water heater.

Our washing machine had been acting kind of funny for a while...not draining correctly, etc. Then one day, it began filling the whole basement with smoke. Immediately we thought it was probably a belt that had broke or something along those lines, but when opening it up and taking a look we couldn't see anything wrong. Weird, huh?! I think it may have been filled a bit too much or something, because since then we've had no problems. We're definitely keeping an eye on it though.

Our water heater is another story. For a while now it had been leaking VERY slowly. We didn't think much of it, until recently when it began leaking more and more. To the point where it took a full towel just to clean it up each day. After looking into the problem further, we figured out that it needed a new valve. I'm really happy we did that as there is now no more water to clean up!

I don't mean to complain about these things. It is quite frustrating to have appliance problems like this, but on the other hand it's something that goes along with being a homeowner I suppose.