Tuesday 10 October 2017

Plumbing problem



Following on from yesterday’s Facebook timehop – here’s what happened the next day




GREAT - now the soil pipe's blocked - fortunately Will Fixit is here and is going back home for his rods.



I blame Fester flushing mud from water beetling samples down the sink and everything Ferretfingers picked off the wall which went down the plughole last night.



Talk about Chateau Midden!



Thunderthighs has had to go and do his post-school wee on the compost heap!

So tiptoes through the grass barefoot as he hasn't the sense to put his slippers on.



Is it me or do none of the men in this family have any nous whatsoever?



It wouldn't be so bad if:

a) I hadn't gone out on Monday morning, cleared all the hair and gunk that was on the grid outside the kitchen, then put soda crystals and boiling water down the bath, wash-handbasin and sink plugholes.

b) I hadn't been drinking lemon tea all day to fend off a cold, so now need a wee and have no intention of squatting on the compost heap myself.




Hooray!



Will Fixit has fixed it.



The blockage was caused by a build up behind 2 bits of the vertical soil/stench pipe which must have fallen down and in when they were putting an extra bit on the top for the drains from the loft extension shower-room loo last week.  They had a helluva job getting the original top bit off as in the 1920s they poured molten lead into the joints to seal them.  

So I'm not surprised bits on the inside fell off.

And at least we now have nice clean and sort of inspected drains. 

Much relief all round.

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