One more hurdle gone

Today the city finally came to turn off the water so that we could have the valve by the water meter changed.  The contractor had bought the new valve the first day they were here, but the city held everything up.  The arrangement was that the city would show up sometime this afternoon, and the contractor would drop in on his way home from a job in the other end of the city.  Once the water was turned off, about 1:15, I e-mailed the contractor to tell him it was off, expecting that we would be waiting for a couple of hours for him to show up.  But they were here within about 20 minutes. The valve was quickly changed, and they also checked a leak we had found under the sink ( thank Goodness, it could have been quite a problem.  David had tightened one valve last evening, but not the other one.)  Then David was to phone the city to come back.  Well, he was on hold for over 20 minutes, when they offered him a call back.  It took almost 45 minutes to get hold of the city. But they came quickly, and not only turned the water on again, but also had to actually change the whole water meter.

So we have another loose end tied up.