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st_martin_a) wrote2018-03-19 08:54 pm
st_martin_a) wrote2018-03-19 08:54 pm
....everyone be cool.....
I got home from work this evening and there was a burst pipe in the garden! Looked like a fountain going off at the side of the house.
I went out to see if I could fix it and got absolutely covered in freezing water, still none the wiser as to what the problem was.
I eventually worked out how to turn the water supply off to the house and then worked out what was wrong. I needed this really strange looking plastic pipe connector thing, so I took it with me and spent 3 hours driving to every plumbing shop in the city.
Eventually, at nearly 8:00 at night I pulled up at Screwfix - last chance saloon. If it didn't have the piece I needed we were going to be no water in the house for another 24 hours.
: /
Screwfix though, were another world - they had staff who knew what they were talking about and they stocked more than just the 5 standard plastic pipe connector things.
Cost me £2.84.
I still wasn't completely convinced that I had the right bit but when I got home, I started putting the pipes back together again, and it flipping worked!
We have water!
: )
I went out to see if I could fix it and got absolutely covered in freezing water, still none the wiser as to what the problem was.
I eventually worked out how to turn the water supply off to the house and then worked out what was wrong. I needed this really strange looking plastic pipe connector thing, so I took it with me and spent 3 hours driving to every plumbing shop in the city.
Eventually, at nearly 8:00 at night I pulled up at Screwfix - last chance saloon. If it didn't have the piece I needed we were going to be no water in the house for another 24 hours.
: /
Screwfix though, were another world - they had staff who knew what they were talking about and they stocked more than just the 5 standard plastic pipe connector things.
Cost me £2.84.
I still wasn't completely convinced that I had the right bit but when I got home, I started putting the pipes back together again, and it flipping worked!
We have water!
: )