Last month, June, 2007, unit #2 tenant called the claimed that the water is not coming out of the shower head. Wow, "that's strange," I said. "Hot water or cold water," I asked. "Hot water," he claimed. I was suspicious because this tenant has been asking for a new shower head because the water flow was only trickling. I figured that this was probably a quality-of-life issue that slow water flow from shower head does not provide the same kind of shower experience as a fast flow with massage, which may result in higher water bills for me.
I reluctantly purchased a $40 shower head from Home Depot and went ahead and replaced the shower head. Yes, the shower head was all clogged up, which required a common-sense cleaning that the tenant is not willing to do or capable of doing. The replacement took only 15 minutes. Not too bad. I'm curious what else the tenant is going to ask next.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
The Collapse of Shower Doors
On July 5th, 2007, I was on vacation in Las Vegas when I got a phone call from my #1 unit claiming that shower door has collapsed as if the ceiling has fallen and how much her family was endangered and so on. I was undaunted because the day before on 4th of July, she called me about seeing a cockroach on her living room. It seems that tenants, especially the lonely ones, love to ruin the landlord's holidays as a way to get back to them for the rents they charge.
On that weekend, 1st day after we returned from our Vegas trip, I went over to the unit to check things out. Well, the shower door has run off tracked and fell into the tub. I adjusted the rollers of the door and put the shower door back on track. The rollers are a bit old. I figured that I should just replace the roller. But I couldn't find the exact same roller anywhere, after checking out OSH, Lowe's, and Home Depot on subsequent days. I'm sure the shower door will go off track one of these days again, probably during one of my holidays.
The lessons learned that one should avoid installing shower doors in the apartment. Shower curtains are cleaner and easier, cheaper to replace.
On that weekend, 1st day after we returned from our Vegas trip, I went over to the unit to check things out. Well, the shower door has run off tracked and fell into the tub. I adjusted the rollers of the door and put the shower door back on track. The rollers are a bit old. I figured that I should just replace the roller. But I couldn't find the exact same roller anywhere, after checking out OSH, Lowe's, and Home Depot on subsequent days. I'm sure the shower door will go off track one of these days again, probably during one of my holidays.
The lessons learned that one should avoid installing shower doors in the apartment. Shower curtains are cleaner and easier, cheaper to replace.
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