Sunday, 13 April 2008

It never rains but it pours.




This picture was taken in my kitchen.

Yes, that's the ceiling.

Yes, that is water.

Why do you ask?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bloody hell! It didn't look that bad last time we were round -- I certainly don't recall getting dripped on! How long has it been like that??

-Rami

B said...

It's only been dripping since this morning (although it's been gradually getting worse all day - I kind of expect to go down in the morning and find the ceiling has caved in).

Given the quality of construction in this place ;) I'd say the pipes haven't been leaking all that long.

Anonymous said...

Is it fixed yet? XO8

B said...

What are you talking about? Do you really expect them to work on a Sunday? ;)

Anonymous said...

Is it better or worse? Do you have a large bucket to catch the drops? XO8

B said...

It was about the same this morning. And yes, we had a bucket under the leak (not quite wide enough to catch every drip, but it got most of it).

The plumbers just dropped in. I was in the kitchen when they arrived.

"We heard you've got a leak."

I pointed to the ceiling.

"That's a leak, all right! I'm 100% certain that's a leak!"

Apart from smartarse plumbers (but what's new, right?), the good news is that they were able to figure out what the problem was pretty quickly, stick a bucket under the leak at the source, and promise to come back later to sort it out (it'll take a few hours, but we'll be restored to normalcy - ha! - by this evening, and there should be no permanent damage).

Oh, and it's a leak from the hot water system somehow. I didn't catch exactly how or where from. But why am I not particularly surprised?