Oh sh*t!

[wellinghall]

I've broken the shower, and it's gushing out water!

The friendly neighbourhood plumber has talked me through emergency disaster control, and it's stopped (for now, at least - but saying that is probably tempting fate!) He's coming round, but not until Saturday.

Oh well - tonight's sausages are cooking, and I've opened the madeira we bought in Portugal - and now Creatrix is home to help me drink it.

Comments

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

Glad it is temporarily fixed. What were you doing, swinging from it?!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

"Fixed" only in the sense of "not leaking to much at the moment" ...

[applegail.livejournal.com]

oooh nooo

how did you manage that?

hope it's not too expensive to out right.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It just came off in my hand, honest guv!

The plumber has been, investigated, found what needs replacing, and gone off to order a replacement. Inside the outer covering of the on-off knob is a bit that actually controls the flow of water, and this has a sealing ring connected to it. Or rather, had; the knob and the ring are now two separate pieces.

I MISS MY SHOWER!!!

[chainmailmaiden]

Hope the temporary fix holds!

The last place we rented had no way of turning the water off inside the house at all. We used to dread that we'd get a leak of some sort over a time when we couldn't contact the Letting Agency to come and sort it out. Sure enough it happened eventually, but fortunately it was only a drip through the ceiling and it was ok till the next morning.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Memo to self; get the plumber to remind us where the main stop-cock is next time he comes round!