I'd turned off the mains water and the boiler and controls and our friendly Heating Engineer arrived quite late, it was dark and didn't need to drain down the system such is the configuration and the location of well sited stop cocks etc. It was the most awkward bit of plumbing you can imagine and his colleague also arrived to bring some tool they needed.
Bless him, the job was completed and they both left with the new gleaming copper work in place of the horrible stuff that was here before. Hurrah. The usual turning on the heating system and hot water and timers and programmers and we were away. The taps and shower joyfully spitting away until the air had escaped the pipe work. Invoice arrived this morning and duly paid straight away - for the sort of service they deliver it is only right that they should get their bill paid immediately.
There's that inevitable dampness around and the airing cupboard feels more like a sauna at the moment as the leaked water drys out from under the floor boards! Lucky we found the leak I say.
So at least that is one thing off my mind although not entirely as it makes me concerned about the remainder of the pipework in the house and after the electric problem a few weeks back, that too.
Anyway, we are fixed, we have hot water and heating and that's the thing really. Good trades people are hard to find.
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