Fixing the house.

Luckily, the problems I have with my house are minor in comparison to what they could be. After all the issues going on with my house, here is the update about how it went:

The Closet:
I decided to put new rods in my closet in the "guest" room to make the closet a little more usable.
I think it looks good and worked fine. I probably should've put drywall anchors in the wall first, but I didn't have any, so I skipped that step. I may be sorry for that later.

The Water Heater:
We've been taking cold showers for about 2 weeks. It sucks. I have a home warrantee, so I called them, and for a $50 deductible, the plumber would come out and look at it.
He came, and as suspected, the lower heating element was broken and had to be replaced. He also replaced the Dip Tube. Now I can take long, hot, showers.

The Toilets:
Both Betsy's toilet and mine were running, pretty much non-stop. I wasn't too worried about it since water is covered in my HOA, so my bill wouldn't change, but I figured it'd be good to get it checked out if the plumber was coming anyway. He looked at the toilets, took the tops off the tanks, and decided that
a) the Water pressure was too high (While normal apparently is 50-80, mine is at 100 - not sure of the units, I'm guessing PSI)
b) the toilet componenets needed to be replaced in both toilets, but the one in Betsy's bathroom was too old, so that whole toilet needed to be replaced.
All in all, he replaced a toilet, replaced parts in the other toilet, and added a pressure reducing valve.
** All this was covered by my home warrantee. Thank you Home warrantee.

The Dishwasher:
The soap dispenser was not opening during the cycle - thus not fully cleaning the dishes. When looking at it, I couldn't figure out how it'd open anyway, because it looked like the drawer of the dishwasher was blocking it from opening. Well, the repair man came out, and looked at it, and decided he had no idea. A long overdue lightbulb went off in my head, and I decided maybe the bottom drawer was just in backwards. I was right. My solution cost me a $50 deductible.

The Washing Machine:
Since I was already paying teh deductible for the appliance guy to be there anyway, I figured since the knob was broken on my washing machine, I'd have him put a new one on. Apparently, with his company, it is $50 per unit, not per visit. I told him "forget it" on the washer, superglued it, and now it's good as new.


Phew! I am tired just writing about this!