It was cold last week in Atlanta. Like 9 degrees and there was a wind chill on top of that. Not Minnesota cold--where I lived most of my life--but cold enough to make me think of Minneapolis winters. Without the snow.
But they sure don't invest in a lot of insulation in the homes down here. Never mind that it's good for keeping homes cool in summer when the air conditioner is running. So the house is cold in winter and I do not like being cold.
With the heat going and a sweater on, it wasn't bad. And like I always do on Saturday, I went to start laundry. And I got an error message.
I figured the load was out of balance, although it's a front loader so that almost never happens. But hey, towels. ::shrug:: I rearranged the load and started the machine again. And I got the same error code again. This time I searched online.
No water. Can be caused by frozen water lines.
We also had no water in the refrigerator's water dispenser. Everything else, though, was fine. It was supposed to warm up into the 30s on Christmas, so I thought I'd just do a few loads then.
At 1:30 on Sunday I still had no water. But a little over an hour later, the machine ran and towels got washed. Hurrah!
Well, not quite hurrah. When I went to move the towels into the dryer, I noticed there was water on the floor. A lot of water. Not enough to go into the hallway, but enough to cover about half the floor in the laundry room. I couldn't find my sponge mop. This isn't great
I ended up using towels to wipe up all that water.
When it was cleaned up, I took a look at the hoses behind the washer, but nothing appeared to have burst or be damaged, so I don't know where the water came from. I'm afraid to use the washer now until the repairman can come out and look at it. He's getting a call today. Fingers crossed he can come out this week.
