Groomer Haz It LLC

09/12/2024

I am done quarantining!!!! Some of you know I recently bought my mothers house from the lady who bought it from her last summer and I can’t confirm when the chimney stack was cleaned but it was before my mother bought it. I’ve survived a lot the last couple years but I can now say I have survived Carbon Monoxide Poisoning!! I am rebooking and playing catch up so bear with me. I am still grooming at the Swenson address and happy to announce I will start taking new clients again. Y’all have been a second family and my biggest cheerleaders and have kept me fighting the last couple years. I love all of you and can’t wait to see y’all soon!! At Swenson ave! New location isn’t going to be ready for a grip.

09/06/2024

I am fine I am safe I am at peace. However, I am quarantining til further notice. 💛

04/07/2024

SPRIIIIIIIING IS HERE! 🌸 Do you know what that means?? It’s about time for our city’s water company does the seasonal flush for our water manes pushing chlorine through are manes killing all the bacteria and germs. When the water company does these flushes sediment from that flush can get into our hot water heater tanks at home. Most people don’t know that we, in Fairbanks, have hard water that has many minerals. It’s actually recommended to flush and drain your water heater tank yearly and when the water is harder to flush and drain it more frequently. When not properly maintained over time causes different mineral build ups and sediment in the water tank that will reek total havok on the systems annodes, temperature sensors, and can potentially and eventually if not taken care of can cause the tank to explode. I unfortunately got to witness that at 9th ave. We walked in and it was hot and the hot water heater pressure valve was shooting water out and the tank was whining. If we didn’t catch it when we did that tank was going to blow. When the annodes go out, minerals in the water supply and unfortunately as I have learned the hard way (2 times to be exact) how DAMAGING AND PAINFUL it is on the skin. What the water company didn’t tell me at first, was when there is construction in a area of town those manes are flushed more frequently and in turn during the duration of the construction time there’s more sediment that gets pushed back into our tanks meaning we need to drain and flush more frequently. The pictures and videos of the tank I am about to post the damage to certain elements of the tank aaaaand what’s actually inside the tank that we don’t get to see from just draining and flushing. This tank was drained April of 2023 and then construction started on university and in the beginning of January is when I noticed the issues I was having at 9th ave. Funny enough the summer before I started having the issues at 9th ave was after they did the construction on Lacey street. I suffered dearly because of lack of information about maintenance and a lot of people don’t know. All I want out of what I have experienced for it to not happening again to someone else.

03/05/2024

💕 Chevy 🐾

02/02/2024

Reopening sooner than I expected! 🎈🥳🎉 Book your appointment sooner rather than later because my availability will be slim pickings as I get into the swing of things. I will be making a another post soon about what was in the water heater (gross), what we found in the water and what I am doing to prevent it from happening again because this whole ordeal has been horrendous and just thankful my skin, scalp and hair are getting better. See you guys soon. 💋 💕 🐾

01/13/2024

Eco systems test came back good but refereed me to Pollen and I am going to definitely have the test for chlorine, magnesium, calcium, and what ever they think. I will get to the bottom of this. However I won’t be able to reopen til I either figure out the bus or something else because my boyfriend doesn’t want to put a filter or a softener in because he never had an issue in 15years and softeners get expensive. I get that. I just can’t wash a dog with just a hot water heater after what I’ve been through and it’s just not safe. Like my hands were on fire because of 2 different hot water heaters that didn’t have a filter or a softener and weren’t maintained regularly. That tells me there’s something spicy in the heater and it’s got to go. From what I’ve read it can take years before it goes out on hard water, I mean kinda impressive 15 years for this one, but no thank you. Safety first then team work. At least I kinda got a start on getting stuff for the bus last summer so there’s that. I can still do house calls but that’s where I am at. Square one again. So imma get me a job and save up to put it in the bus and see where it takes me. 👍🏻

01/12/2024

After issues with two different water heaters, two different water manes, and both water heaters not being flushed regularly. One tank hadn’t been flushed in at least 15 years. I am still having this issue. We will be replacing this tank and getting tests done with whats in the tank. I am going to get to the bottom of it because now I am not washing any dogs and I am still having a reaction. On Sunday when I noticed the temperature fluctuating I stoped and my sides had gotten a little wet and I noticed a little, not as bad, but a little rash/irritation. These pictures of my hands were after I had the water company come out a second time over here to do there test, before they went into my bathroom I went in and ran the water on my hands. The picture of my side is from Sunday.

01/11/2024

Long story short.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PLUMBER AND FLUSH YOUR WATER HEATERS YEARLY AFTER THE CITYS SEASONAL FLUSH SO YOU DONT GET A BACTERIA INFECTION OR CONTAMINATED WATER HAPPEN TO YOU! TOOK ME A YEAR TO GET THIS FAR AND I STILL HAVE MORE TO GO ITS IN MORE THAN ONE MANE WITH HOT WATER HEATER TANKS THAT WERENT SERVICED REGULARLY!!!

This on university is way worse than 9th ave was and really concerns me. Concerns me that me a business owner who grooms dogs is spending more time and effort than our city to resolve a painful problem that I never should of been put in. I was the last president of the Fairbanks future farmers of America and have a back ground in agriculture and natural resources and I’ve had the best product in town for the last 5 years. And I stood by my product when the water company and plumbers said it was the product and everything’s good on there end. Here I am a year later getting ready to do this all over again and replace a water heater and cut into the old one to see what batcteria or contaminant this is. This s**t over here burns more, came on faster, is sticking around longer. Water company came around 2pm and it’s 1am . I am assuming because 9th was one flush and University was multiple for a lot longer period because of how long the construction took. Makes me even more mad because what they put on university is so inconvenient. There was times there was just sign holders standing there and not a lot of work being done. I would always joke with clients “Watch me monster truck over that@ and then in front of Swenson they made a super high median. Most likely to keep me from monster trucking over. Next steps getting a bunch of different kind of bacteria tests, water heater and FILTERS! University and 9th ave did not have filters. What really passes me off is I had a dog I was showing my distributor on June 10th this dog that was having the issue I was seeing at 9th ave as there doing flushes over here. On July 19th 2023 I called the water company and my neighbor because we saw what looked like water dripping out of one of the faucets that hook up to the city side looked like it was loose and dripping (condensation a lot) and they heard my problem before but didn’t say anything about this mane being flushed more then? Instead I found out because I called January10th and had to specify that I needed that month for the university flush because my system here had the temperature fluctuating and the rash came the night before. Both these tanks the owners didn’t know to flush the tank and didn’t because there wasn’t a problem at 9th aveUntila year ago. And this house hasn’t had a issue for 15 years before I got here... We shall see. Jafar the model me and my distributor talked on the phone for hours diagnosing it.

01/11/2024

01/10/2024

Literally full circle. I can’t wait any longer with out saying anything. When we started setting up the grooming room here on university ave I noticed the dogs skin and coat getting better til mid June. They did the construction and flushed the water mane multiple times and we think, we won’t know til we get a new water heater and have the inside of the tank tested for bacteria and get medicated shampoo but everything’s pointing to a sediment buildup in the tank and it may be causing a bacteria infection. This time I knew the signs because of what was happening at 9th ave. This Sunday when I was washing a dog the water temperature started fluctuating and then I got the same rash that I had at 9th. I am not going to repeat Bev’s mistakes and let it get to the point where we’re walking in the building and it’s hotter than hell and the pressure valve is shooting water out so the tank doesn’t get too much pressure and explode. That was terrifying. It’s Wednesday and my hands and arms are still hurting. I put some pictures to try and create a time line. I am basically doing the same thing over again but we’re going to do it different. I wouldn’t of gotten this far if it wasn’t for my customers and Bev not knowing to the tank needed to be flushed sooner, and watching Rocky’s trying to figure it out. When Rocky’s wasn’t successful Bev asked me who I recommended and I told her prospector plumbing because I had a great experience with them and asked me to book an appointment so I did and she told them that I was responsible for that bill, but she paid Rocky’s no issue. My electric got higher and during this time trying to figure this s**t out i burnt through 200 gallons of fuel in less than 2 months and for 2 Weeks off that I was off recovering and we weren’t taking many dogs because we didn’t know what was going on. Today my boyfriend told me the electric bill was close to &600 I told her I was thinking it was a mineral build up and what I was doing was working to get the ick off until the construction happened. Lucky dogs in there now and I am excited for Mel, it’s a hell of a nicer place than where she was at. I just hope Bev at least replaced that water heater when she sold it to her. I was told multiple different things that it could be, sent dogs to the vet and was told fleas, dry skin or my product. Now here I am Wednesday morning with my arms and hands inflamed and wondering what I am going to do next. I am literally just waiting to find out what it is and then I am going to pop off. No one cared because it wasn’t their problem. I cared and I’ll be damned if I let this one slide. This has fu**ed with me mentally that I am traumatized and when ever I see pictures of the dogs on my phone I have a panic attack when I try to start talking about it I get upset, start studdering and repeating myself. I got put on medication and the first one I was so sedated I barely moved, switched medications then I’d get dizzy and pass out while I was grooming or just sitting down for a moment. My whole life changed because of this and I don’t if I’ll ever be ok.

01/10/2024