The $8 paper map from a Tennessee rest stop is honestly the real hero here. I keep a beat up atlas shoved under my passenger seat for the same reason, and it has saved me more than once when my signal dropped out in the mountains. There is something about seeing the whole county spread out that a tiny phone screen just can't do, and your 52 minutes versus 1 hour 10 says it all. Phones are great until the battery quits, and then that piece of paper is worth way more than 8 bucks. Sorry your phone bailed on you but glad the map had your back.

Four grand for a twelve dollar part is the kind of math that keeps you up at night. I feel for your buddy, that call from the tenant must have made his stomach drop. I got lucky on my flood job, the damage was mostly contained to the laundry room and the homeowner caught it early. Still had to rip out baseboards and run fans for two days. Those plastic guts everyone trusts are a joke, they crack just from normal water hammer. Cheap out on a valve and you basically sign up for a remodel you didn't plan.