at 11 in the evening when you're just sat down on RB with a nice bottle of wine...
Top floor of the house where we don't venture.
GirlBurning hears a steady drip...
Up we go to investigate, the whole ceiling is bowing in the spare room.
Shit.
Clear what we can out the way and cover up what we can't move.
Into the attic, pipe burst at connection with expansion tank.
Mains off, drain the hot water...
Kerplunk!
Had obviously been going for a while as the lathes and ceiling were saturated, and we got everything out of the way with literally moments to spare.
Spooky thing is the same thing happened almost to the day last year in our old house. Except that time we were away on holiday and came back to find two ceilings down - the bathroom, and the kitchen below.
At least not as bad this time round I suppose!
Oh the joys of insurance calls in the morning then...
Bugger.
BB
Top floor of the house where we don't venture.
GirlBurning hears a steady drip...
Up we go to investigate, the whole ceiling is bowing in the spare room.
Shit.
Clear what we can out the way and cover up what we can't move.
Into the attic, pipe burst at connection with expansion tank.
Mains off, drain the hot water...
Kerplunk!
Had obviously been going for a while as the lathes and ceiling were saturated, and we got everything out of the way with literally moments to spare.
Spooky thing is the same thing happened almost to the day last year in our old house. Except that time we were away on holiday and came back to find two ceilings down - the bathroom, and the kitchen below.
At least not as bad this time round I suppose!
Oh the joys of insurance calls in the morning then...
Bugger.
BB