Swimming to Brazil

[peteryoung]

Domestic flooding not as serious as I at first feared. Our ace local emergency plumber, who deserves the name Harry Tuttle though he looks nothing like Robert deNiro, has found a hole the diameter of a small nail in the back of the water heater, and which had been leaking near the back of the heater's cupboard, thence onto the floor outside. No excavation required, just a new big heater at the cost of several hundred quid plus labour, plus complete replacement of all floor tiles in the hall. Will be checking the fine print of my home insurance to see if this is covered or, as is likely for domestic water damage, not.

Floors still soaking wet, house already beginning to smell bad, mosquitos and dragonflies everywhere, amoebic dysentery discovered, no hot water ’til next week. Time to leave the country again, surely.

Comments

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

Sympathies over the damage and inconvenience you do have, but I'm relieved for you that it's not as bad as you feared.

Those dehumidifiers can be pretty impressive. We bought one after we'd had a slow leak behind the washing machine that had soaked the concrete floor and the walls and corroded the phone socket and... Cleared up surprisingly quickly with the machine slurping water out of the atmosphere 24/7.

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

I think my next door neighbour may have one – he has a garage chock-full of domestic appliances only used once. Thanks, will investigate.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Hey, if it results in dragonflies, I say leave it the way it is. I mean, what's a little amoebic dysentery when you're entranced by dragonflies?

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

I think the dragonflies were first attracted by the general jungle-like condition of my back garden plus next-door's stagnant puddle of a fish pond. Now my indoor swamp just adds even more exotic tropical allure to this neighbourhood.

[dfordoom.livejournal.com]

It sounds like it could have been a lot worse. Although several hundred quid for a new water heater would certainly be annoying!

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'd rather have my cash soaked up by other things! Especially as I'm thinking of selling the place soon.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

If you swim to Brasil, you'll never come back.

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

If I swim to Brasil, I'll never make it!

Actually I was referring to Brazil the movie (Harry Tuttle/Robert DeNiro), but you probably figured that.