Between the Bank Holidays.
More progress and a little setback..
The bathroom's been coming on fast - most tiles on and grouted. Doves were amazing and replaced the cracked basin no bother. Phew, thanks doves. Installing it was a bit tricky - a leaking tap connector - turned out dad had wrecked an o ring trying to tighten a joint enthusiastically. Then a leaking trap because of the waste pipe being wedged too high in the floor. The shower trap leaked a bit but he sorted that out with his favourite grinder and a bit of sealant. The nice corner toilet had no problems until we left it overnight last Sunday. That was when we found out about how water pressure in the pipes increases at night when everyone's taps are off. Oh and about the toilet design that has the overflow above the level of the holes in the cistern where you fix it to the wall. Thanks doves.
Monday evening after work it was sunny and we were cheery as we drove over. I took the nice clean towels ready for finishing the tiles off. Good thing too. There was water peeing through the kitchen ceiling. It had been for a while too. So the laminate (not suitable for bathrooms or wet environments) floor was soaked and the underlay was too. That was the towels wet then, trying to mop up. After 3 days there's not been much evidence of drying despite heating turned up. at least it isn't smelly - yet, though that could be relative because the ceiling still exudes eau de pee.
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