Plumbing

Twas on an July morning that the ceiling first fell down,
Our lodger had a panic and ran into the town,
To find a phone and ring us where we were away
In Italy with family to have a holiday.

Oh it all made work for a working man to do! (copyright Flanders and Swan)

We replastered the ceiling, after our plumber assured us that he'd fixed the leak in the shower above. But this holiday it leaked again. Our plasterer looked horrified - I don't blame him because he's done a beautiful job - but at least we had a working shower for our guests. Because:

1. In September when fixing the leak, the plumber also fixed the plumbing so that the toilets stopped flushing hot water
2. But that meant that the family shower gave only luke-warm showers, never hot.
3. So he came back and diagnosed that both showers needed some replacement part.
4. In October we ordered the shower parts, and most parts arrived but not all.
5. In November we had all the parts
6. In the first week of December the plumber put them in.
7. In the second week of December the en-suite shower gave only scalding hot water.
8. In the third week of December the plumber fixed the en-suite shower.
9. In the fourth week of December the family shower leaked and apparently it doesn't work properly if someone else is using water in the bathroom, or the washing machine is on at the same time.

Now what do we do? We're still thinking, but we've survived the holiday and most have us have managed to wash or shower or bath enough.