Now where did I leave the Lay of the Leak
Ah yes, I know -
The Twist In The Tale Your humble narrator had organised a visit by the plumber to the flat upstairs. I was unable to supervise as I had to journey to a conference in far off Leicester (conference totally worth it).
I arrived back home to find things still dripping so I called the plumbers on Saturday and they were all like "we went, we checked, we found nothing." Which, as you can imagine was a bit worrying. So I get them to send another plumber out to mine to see if it could still be something wrong with my plumbing.
So on Monday, they do.
No, says the plumber, definitely coming from upstairs. So I call the building management company, get the plumber to talk to them, and they agree to send someone out today.
The Betrayal
So the man from the building management company came and goes, "yup, definitely upstairs, definitely dangerous." Because the very name of the building management company causes terror, I managed to get upstairs neighbour to let the guy into his flat to see if it could be from somewhere really obscure.
It turns out, after a lot of grunting and rust, there's a giant leak underneath upstairs's bath. You know, where the plumbers were supposed to check. So he's been told not to use his bath and to get it fixed. He asked me to get him a plumber so I'm trying to get hold of the original plumbing company and getting them to do it (because they're not fly by night most of the time) free of charge.
The State of Play So yeah, we know where the leak is, we know it can be fixed and my ceiling is drying out.
Unfortunately, until it is dry, the circuit that the lights in my hallway are on has had to be isolated. More unfortunately, I only have one light circuit so I have no lights in my flat at the moment.
However I have just bought a new torch that is brilliant (http://www.racshop.co.uk/tools-storage/torches-hazard-lights/product/rac-krypton-rubber-torch-large.html). I really can't recommend it enough.
The Twist In The Tale Your humble narrator had organised a visit by the plumber to the flat upstairs. I was unable to supervise as I had to journey to a conference in far off Leicester (conference totally worth it).
I arrived back home to find things still dripping so I called the plumbers on Saturday and they were all like "we went, we checked, we found nothing." Which, as you can imagine was a bit worrying. So I get them to send another plumber out to mine to see if it could still be something wrong with my plumbing.
So on Monday, they do.
No, says the plumber, definitely coming from upstairs. So I call the building management company, get the plumber to talk to them, and they agree to send someone out today.
The Betrayal
So the man from the building management company came and goes, "yup, definitely upstairs, definitely dangerous." Because the very name of the building management company causes terror, I managed to get upstairs neighbour to let the guy into his flat to see if it could be from somewhere really obscure.
It turns out, after a lot of grunting and rust, there's a giant leak underneath upstairs's bath. You know, where the plumbers were supposed to check. So he's been told not to use his bath and to get it fixed. He asked me to get him a plumber so I'm trying to get hold of the original plumbing company and getting them to do it (because they're not fly by night most of the time) free of charge.
The State of Play So yeah, we know where the leak is, we know it can be fixed and my ceiling is drying out.
Unfortunately, until it is dry, the circuit that the lights in my hallway are on has had to be isolated. More unfortunately, I only have one light circuit so I have no lights in my flat at the moment.
However I have just bought a new torch that is brilliant (http://www.racshop.co.uk/tools-storage/torches-hazard-lights/product/rac-krypton-rubber-torch-large.html). I really can't recommend it enough.