Caboose

Since we moved into the house I’ve been worried about the amount of water we’ve been getting through. Even if no taps are on if I left the valve from the tank open the whole tank (several hundred litres) would empty in less than an hour.

The most obvious problem was that both toilets had faulty float valves, so they never stopped filling. The plumber came round to fix that yesterday and it became obvious that there was another problem elsewhere. I went for a wander round the back of the house this morning and noticed this:

I’m amazed that I hadn’t noticed this before, a pipe sticking out into mid-air with water pouring out of it! The electricians were working round the back yesterday, so it’s possible that they moved something that was previously covering the pipe. On the other hand, maybe I was just being really stupid.

Once this is fixed we should have higher water pressure so the showers might even start working!