hi all, just thought i,d share with you, my eventful, past week...please do not fall off yer perches...
., this is a true story...and it happened to me these last few days, ...i don,t know if i mentioned it or not, but, after Avril had the attack, I decided to fit a downstairs loo,..as our only bathroom is upstairs,..anyway, we had a walk in pantry, that was the ideal location,
So I started last week, to make it into the cloakroom,..the only problem i had was how to get the drain out to the main sewer,..but lucky for me, after i,d stripped off the plasterboard,..lo & behold, there was a vent pipe for the main sewer, behind the wall,,It was a stroke of luck, finding it,...fast forward to Wednesday,..i,d done all the groundwork,got the plumbing in place, tiled the floor, cut the cast iron pipe, went and bought the toilet bowl,.I already had the wash bowl,.......so on Wed, i fitted the toilet bowl/cistern plumbed it in, tested for leaks, everything was as it should be,..then it came to the baptism...I won,t go into the gory details, ..but suffice to say, it worked, I pressed the button and the shit disappeared down the pipe,...success,....and elation, for ..a whole, day,...
It was last night, Avril said to me, I think "Blackie"..our remaining cat, has pooped in the Box room, as there is a smell of poops,..I went into the box room and she was right,there was a smell,...whilst i was in there, Avril went to the toilet,...after about, 10 mins, as i stood there, a different smell, met my nostrils,...It was like disinfectant.....I went to find Avril,I asked her if she,d put disinfectant down the toilet, ..she said she,d put one of those blue blocks on the rim...of the bowl,...
That was the smell i,d smelt...so i went and got my tools, ..power saw, hammer, chisel, etc..i cleared the box room, and measured where the joist were...as i suspected a break in the sewer pipe,....I cut a hatch in the floor...lifted out the boards....and ...the sight that met my eyes,,,,was...Not a cracked or broken pipe....."there was No effin pipe...the shit was in the crawlspace,...the pipe that i thought was a vent pipe, for the sewer, was in fact a vent pipe for the crawlspace,,....i did,nt know werther to laugh or cry....
So today, after much deliberation...we bought one of them macerator machines..you know..like a food proccessor..or Blender...for pumping shit out of houses where there is no accessable drain.....so tomorrow, i,ve got to cut through the outside wall, with a core cutter,..then dig a trench 5 metres long,..so that i can lay this little 40mm pipe..so that we can have a shit in peace....talk about the best laid plans..of mice & men.....Ha...pic is courtesy..of ..Sapphire...
