>Forgive me, chickadees, for I have sinned once again.
I have bought myself two christmas presents, have already unwrapped them and even had them installed by my mate Tony down the road (MMTDTR).
The joy that it is to have a shower. The joy that it is to wash up (if I could, as standing in one position for longer than two minutes is still rather painful due to the sciatica). I love to rub my hands over and up, feel the cold metal between my fingers and lift the chrome up and down on my new taps. For that is what I have divulged in, dearest people: two taps.
I was told by a professional who obviously knows bugger-all that the reason that I didn’t get any hot water in the kitchen was due to a bunged-up tap. I only had to take it apart and stick it in vinegar, he said, but as it was one of the older makes, it was quite possible that ‘parts’ inside the tap had disintegrated. I’m not a plumber so thought “fuck it, let’s get a new tap – problem sorted” and ended up asking MMTDTR if he’d get me a new tap and install it for me – and while he’s at it, get a new set of taps for the bath as when I run a bath, water shoots out of the shower aswell.
Don’t go away, this does come in useful if ever you have the same problem as I had: hot water upstairs, but none downstairs.
Tony installed the downstairs’ tap. It looks beautiful and is shiny but did any hot water come out? No.
“I’ll be back tomorrow and change one of those tiny taps under the sink and see if we get any joy from that. If not, you’ll need a plumber, I’m afraid.”
“Bwwaaaaaaaaaaaah.”
I prodded the new tap which also acts as a shower and smiled grimly.
Tony then went on to install the new taps in the bath.
Hallelujah! When you want water, not a shower, you no longer end up drenched. It is amazing how happy things that work as they should make you after months of malfunctioning.
The next day, MMTDTR came back to change one of the taps under the sink.
“There’s your culprit, Zoe,” he said, showing me the old tap that was filled with limescale. Once the new one was on what did I get? HOT WATER! Oh yes. I now have hot water upstairs AND downstairs and this makes me very, very happy indeed.
This post was incredibly boring unless you happen to suffer the same problem as I did. Now you know where to look – and please, think of me if it works.
Next: MMTDTR tackles the leccy problem.
I bet you can’t wait.