Water business
Dec. 4th, 2010 05:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaMy parents are on holiday at the moment.
I received a phone call from a slightly panicked brother's gf.
"Hello. Do you know where the stopcock is? There's a burt water pipe and your parents house is flooding"
"Uhm... I take it you've tried under the sink"
Angry voice from brother "YES!"
"Oh. Erm... where the sink used to be?"
"Not there either"
"Shall I come and help?"
"That would be useful. Yes please"
So I arrived. Water was coming through the ceiling of the bathroom and the landing and probably the bedroom (I didn't dare look), and then going through to the living room and the kitchen. My parents have an indoor swimming pool.
After an extensive search I found the stop cock. It felt like it hadn't been shifted since the place was built (1930-something). Forced it off. Water slowed down.
That's the immediate problem solved. Now there's roughly 100 gallons of water in the kitchen, wallpaper soaked, electrics not working (the breakers broke as the should do but I don't think they're going back on), and the fact that there's still no water when they get back. I don't envy my dad's task of tracking down the pipe and fixing it.
Remember - when going away on holiday, always turn off the water!
Now that's left me all stressed out and I need a cuppa.
I received a phone call from a slightly panicked brother's gf.
"Hello. Do you know where the stopcock is? There's a burt water pipe and your parents house is flooding"
"Uhm... I take it you've tried under the sink"
Angry voice from brother "YES!"
"Oh. Erm... where the sink used to be?"
"Not there either"
"Shall I come and help?"
"That would be useful. Yes please"
So I arrived. Water was coming through the ceiling of the bathroom and the landing and probably the bedroom (I didn't dare look), and then going through to the living room and the kitchen. My parents have an indoor swimming pool.
After an extensive search I found the stop cock. It felt like it hadn't been shifted since the place was built (1930-something). Forced it off. Water slowed down.
That's the immediate problem solved. Now there's roughly 100 gallons of water in the kitchen, wallpaper soaked, electrics not working (the breakers broke as the should do but I don't think they're going back on), and the fact that there's still no water when they get back. I don't envy my dad's task of tracking down the pipe and fixing it.
Remember - when going away on holiday, always turn off the water!
Now that's left me all stressed out and I need a cuppa.
