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Plumbers at 7am this morning. The knock on the door had me leaping out of bed and throwing on clothes - some of them initially inside out.
...I had a sudden thought. We leave the door open with the screen door (security grill) locked. So there's airflow in the more humid nights. I'm hoping I had the dress properly on before I walked out into the kitchen.
Oh well. If I flashed the guys, they didn't bat an eyelash when it came time to talk about the water issues.
Anyway, the water trickling noise? Yes, it was our house. Yes, it was our water system. And yes, it had been going for a while. When I turned off the water mains at our house the noise stopped. So, uh, we filled up a few buckets for washing, then turned off the water mains so it would stop leaking.
It turned out to be the crimped end of a copper pipe had started leaking. The plumber (and assistant) turned off the water, climbed under the house, and cut off the crimp, then affixed an actual proper cap onto it. End water leak!
Then he replaced the washers in the bathroom sink so they didn't leak anymore and cleared out the spout so it would actually, you know, produce water. He replaced the kitchen mixer tap which was leaking into the sink. And he checked the bathtub's drainage.
We have no idea how long the leak's been going. Long enough to warp the kitchen floorboards a little, which is not great. Maybe they'll settle down once they dry? We can hope!
...I had a sudden thought. We leave the door open with the screen door (security grill) locked. So there's airflow in the more humid nights. I'm hoping I had the dress properly on before I walked out into the kitchen.
Oh well. If I flashed the guys, they didn't bat an eyelash when it came time to talk about the water issues.
Anyway, the water trickling noise? Yes, it was our house. Yes, it was our water system. And yes, it had been going for a while. When I turned off the water mains at our house the noise stopped. So, uh, we filled up a few buckets for washing, then turned off the water mains so it would stop leaking.
It turned out to be the crimped end of a copper pipe had started leaking. The plumber (and assistant) turned off the water, climbed under the house, and cut off the crimp, then affixed an actual proper cap onto it. End water leak!
Then he replaced the washers in the bathroom sink so they didn't leak anymore and cleared out the spout so it would actually, you know, produce water. He replaced the kitchen mixer tap which was leaking into the sink. And he checked the bathtub's drainage.
We have no idea how long the leak's been going. Long enough to warp the kitchen floorboards a little, which is not great. Maybe they'll settle down once they dry? We can hope!
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