dream I hope it is the insurance company form the heat pump people and not your own, you shouldn't have to pay for those repairs.
Disneynut, during my college days I heard a similar story, but it was a very different reaction. Went something like this:
A lady could not get rid if the 'sewer' smell in her mchanical room in her basement. Finally in desperation she broke down and called a plumber. He took one look, much like yours, and knew it was because the trap in the floor drained had dried up. The traps 'trap' a bit of water in them, thus blocking the sewer gas from coming back up the drain and smelling. If water is not run down them they eventually evaporate dry and thus the smell. Well he went over to sink filled a small bucket and poured it down the drain and explained it to the women and asked for his $50.00. The women was soooo beside herself that the solution was so simple and that he had the nerve to ask for $50 for pouring a bucket of water down the drain, that she took the bucket and beat him with it all the way out of the house....
It happened to my teachers plumber friend back in the day... it was a good story, needless to say the plumber didn't bother with trying to collect his well earned fee. Sometimes knowledge is more valuable then skill.
Disney Steve, You probably felt like I did when I noticed water dripping from my ceiling speaker....water is not suppose to drip from a ceiling speaker! Mine was a simple overflowing washer courtisy of a lazy roommate and easily fixed thank goodness, but oh that sinking feeling....
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