just Steamy...

Image

 We have been running out of hot water for a while now. Luke warm, quick showers

You make do really. Especially with a builder in the house. A squirt of WD40 here, a bit of a whack there...

Now, it is fixed!!! We got a refrigerator mechanic to do it. Good as new!

Yay!! Made me realise how bad it in fact was. I was even boiling the kettle to make hot water for the dishes!

Now, I can once again enjoy. There is even steam rising. Sheer bliss

Do you put up with anything around the home? Make do? Think about it and let me know


 Ciao for now...





 

Bath Anyone?...

The above view greets me every morning and although it might look enticing, we overlook a park so a bath on the verandah would not be the secluded, relaxed experience it should be. There is trouble here. Big time!

We still have a water leak in the bathroom. All stemming from 'the Great Flood' back in 2011.


Now as the Silver Fox built the house and knows every nail, every screw, every nook and cranny.... he is perplexed to say the least. Infact perplexed doesn't really describe his angst. I believe the following photos best describe his feelings:

Bath? What bath?

Shower mixer- gone-ski

Yep. Demolished bathroom, taps off, toilets out, laundry shoots murdered, vanities shifted and skirtings off. To no avail. He still hasn't found that leak as it sneakily drips down the laundry shoot to the laundry,  swelling the gyprock and pooling below.

(Bit dramatic this morning am I not?)

Here is a quick few pics of the scene from the laundry up.

Looking up from the laundry

Looking down the laundry shoot from the bathroom

So we are in limbo. Betwixed and between. what now? Does he put it all together with fingers crossed and hope for the best? Probably not. Probably get out his Indiana Jones hat and keep searching.

Luckily we are at the beginning of our internet time so I am able to upload all these photos..... (only 6 months left on my contract and then I am out of there....)

Have a lovely Monday folks,







 Ciao for now...



 

just Water...

The SF checking the floor space. Sorry, no Jason (Sows Ear) shirtless shot. It IS Winter after all.s

When the Silver Fox was coming last week I had to tell him that we had a water leak from the laundry chute to the laundry below. Oh, it wasn't a flood. Goodness knows we had one of those! (see here for more details) But it was enough for me to accuse the Miss and Master T of chucking wet clothes down the chute. Nope. It turned out to be a water leak. Now the SF built our home so I gave him enough time to think about what was happening and in that week or so the Ts used my bathroom.I did stress him out mind but he has a very good problem solving mind so i wanted to give him some time to think.

When the SF got home it was up the ladder for him and a perusal of the floor space. As luck would have it, it was just some debris washed out by the 'great flood'. Phew!! By resiting it for a week everything was able to dry out. Could have been really big though couldn't it. Luckily a bit of a clean and whala.. job done.

I learned (or is it learnt?) something about myself when the 'great flood' happened. Master T was so terrified that I was cool as a cucumber and we cleaned up together. But. Here is the thing. If he leaves a towel on the bed or floor, there is hell to pay. I'm not sure if I am the only one who does this but I think it was because he was so upset where he doesn't really give a hoot about a wet towel. Yeh, that's it. Either that or I'm losing my mind. Could go either way really...

 Ciao for now...