Had a hard time when the water main broke in the midst of the winter

It was a nightmare when we had a water main cut in the middle of the winter. They were out there working on that water main for what seemed like forever. It was entirely a few afternoons, however those afternoons were a nightmare. The thing is, we have a boiler idea to provide heating to our home. When the water was no longer able to be used, the boiler was not filling back up with water. Suddenly, we were not able to use the boiler plus we had to resort to another type of heating. Fortunately, we have a fireplace, so we were resorting to that mostly. Every one of us also had to run out plus get a bunch of portable heaters. It was either that or freeze. It was hard going those afternoons without being able to use the boiler system, however it was such a relief when the water main was finally fixed, however just imagine all that time not being able to shower in your own home, wash the dishes, or even wash your hands! I sure was thankful for having the fireplace though. Every one of us don’t use the fireplace that often to be honest, however we keep an emergency supply of firewood for those times when we might need the fireplace or if we just want to enjoy it occasionally. The fireplace is great, however it doesn’t heat up the whole home truly well. That’s why we needed all those portable heaters, even though they can be dangerous. Fortunately, we didn’t burn our home down plus we didn’t have any pipes freeze in our home.

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