home warranty

insurance is that thing you're glad you pay money for IF you actually use it. color me glad. our first house came with a home warranty. our new house also came with one.

plumber finally came calling after a week or two of turning the toilets off at the wall after use. a couple of the toilets were leaking, we had some dripping faucets and a questionable disposal. we had this happen at old house and we got SLAMMED by a water bill from hell. that explains our howard hughes like approach to using the toilets?!

wife just called to tell me the plumber spent about 3 hours at the house fixing drips in a couple of toilets and sinks. he also switched out our old disposal and fixed our stationery tub (the previous owners had "modified" the plumbing and it drained real slowly).

basically the plumber did in three hours that I would take three weeks to do on a fast track. total cost? $50.00 thanks to the good old home warranty. as a result of this experience, we'll probably renew it next year on our own dime once it expires. we did this at old house and never had to use it. it's an odd feeling hoping stuff will break as it will only cost you $50 to fix.