Tuesday, 22 May 2007

All rather soggy

So, after yesterday's forays into interesting ventilation techniques, today we moved into a new phase - total immersion.



About 4am this morning, Little Miss woke up declaring it was 'too dark' (perhaps this was a clue that it was still nighttime?). Closer inspection of the situation revealed water pouring down through the bathroom above the window and then on through the lightfittings (!) in the Inner Lobby. The upstairs light circuit had blown (hence Little Miss's light going out) and we - well, I, himself was asleep - were paddling. So, being a sensible sort of girl, I turned everything electrical off and went back to bed.



Unfortunately, at 7am it did not all turn out to have been a bad dream.



There was still water dripping from a selection of interesting places. The carpet in the Inner Lobby discernably went 'squelch'. Nevermind, we thought, some lovely builders who know about these things will arrive very soon and all will be well.



Indeed, all was well. But even more soggy. By the end of the day, although the bathroom problem had been solved by the simple expedient of destroying the wall down which the water was running, there was still water running down the kitchen wall, over the timer for the central heating. And in the Inner Lobby, the issue got so pressing that they had to make a hole in the ceiling to let the water out into a Very Big Bucket.



Like all sensible parents, at this point we went to Nanna's house. And stayed until after bathtime, so it was all clean(ish), dry(ish), rewired(ish) and no longer my problem by the time we got home.



So, a diverting day. Tomorrow should be better, though. Tomorrow we move the piano into the middle of the playroom, so that the sink can be plumbed into the corner. I'll let Nik tell you about that.

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