Anyway... what does one need just before taking a break? That's right, a reasonably major plumbing job. Our old kitchen mixer tap has been a bit drippy for a year or more and I have been unable to find a suitable cartridge for it but until the water meter was installed, this wasn't really an issue. Then it started to leak a little from around the swivel portion of the spout. Again, not too much of a problem if I could only find the washers. Then the tails underneath started to leak. Oops. Time to replace the tap. Ordinarily this wouldn't be a problem. Off comes the old tap, on goes the new one BUT the chap who did the plumbing when the kitchen was fitted all those years ago was a member of the old school. He soldered every joint including the tails. So muggins here has to do a reasonably major plumbing job involving pipe cutters, hacksaws and the like. The long and the short of it is that once again in this house, I will be doing the job that should have been done all those years ago and I will not be benefiting from that job. Someone else will. Flipping typical. As ever there is a shortage of space beneath the sink so I will need to be a contortionist to get to anything I need to do. Anyway, we have elected to put in a better lever type tap so that it will be easier to turn the taps on or off when one has slippery hands or arthritis. I need to get cracking on the repair so that it can bed in and be leak tested before we disappear on hols. Watch this space (and listen for the cursing and swearing!).
Have a weird animation. "Pulse"
Pulse from Yangzi She on Vimeo.