Thursday, December 23, 2010

Third time unlucky ...

We've been here in our house for less than four years and the water main has burst three times. Two strange squares of grass on what passes as a pavement in the UK are a constant reminder of when the ground opened up and the water spurted out into the air...


On Wednesday during a little party for Norma who looks after Alfie and Charlie a trickle soon became a steady flow and reduced much of the garden to puddles ... as well as the gardens beyond. So it was on to the water board who sent along a nice man with a can of yellow spray paint. He marked out where the offending section of pipe was before the digger arrived... with much excitement from Alf!


Basically the long and short of it is that its our section of pipe that takes the water to the meter from the main that has split. Luckily for us the rules on who pays for that section have changed so we won't be footing the $800 bill a couple of days before Christmas!

Ah the joys of home ownership!!! ;0)

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