Things always seem to go wrong after tea when everywhere is closed or on a Sunday when you can't get anything to do a smallholding fence fix,or DIY emergency like a water pipe connection.
You can't even get a can of beer before half twelve in Ireland on a Sunday. None of your seven to eleven licensing hours like they have in dear old Blighty 🍺🍺. Oh for Sainsburys to move to West Cork with my beloved Newcy Brown.
On Thursday night J said there was no water coming into our humble commode/abode.
So I looked in the pump house and the light was still working on the pump on the well.
So I turned on the outside water tap and the water gushed out. My watering the gardens and plants everyday with the hosepipe sprinkler hadn't made us run out of well water. Oh well!😊
I walked into the hall and took out the hook thingamajig that you hook into the attic stairs cover in the ceiling.
After a few unsuccessful attempts to hook it and pull down the attic stair 🪜. Not to mention several swear words of an Anglo Saxon derivation. I managed to pull the stairs down.
I proceeded to climb the ladder and fumbled around in the dark to find the electric light switch.
J went to put the torch on her mobile phone while I somehow found the switch: "Let there be light".
I looked into the empty water tank and there was black gunge in the bottom.
Old ballcock was stuck up in the air. I shouted down: " I am not a plumber but.."
I pushed the ballcock down and water began to fill up the tank.
I told J to turn on the bath taps and flush the toilet and black water entered the toilet and down the bath sink hole. I think it needs a good flushing of the system. You can't beat a bit of manganese in your well water can you?
Then we left it to fill up again and it seems the job is a good un👍.
That's good coming from me who thinks " If in doubt give it a clout."
I'm a jack of all trades and master of none!😀
Ours starts dripping out of the overflow after 3 hours. It does stop if you hold the float slightly higher. Difficult to adjust and I am reluctant to try bending the ball down a bit.
ReplyDeleteAnnoying Tasker. Ballcocks can catch on the tank and make the overflow drip. Houses have their own individual ailments including noises and ballcock problems.
DeleteWell done 😄😄👏👏
ReplyDeleteThanks JayCee. It's still working. Sometimes my job is to unblock drains or septic tank or dig a grave for a country rat that the cats have killed. 😀
ReplyDeleteWe all need to be jack of all trades, normally here if it breaks on a Saturday evening, it needs parts which won't be available until after the bank holiday. Hubby used the same words as you today as he banged his head.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot you can repair if you Google it or look on YouTube to solve the problem Marlene. Yes we all swear and bang our heads or fingers at times.
DeleteIt sounds a bit like my problems in reverse order. I now have a pump working so I can run water in the house. Country living is often a bit of a challenge isn't it Dave? Suddenly one can be reminded how much we rely on running water and everything working.
ReplyDeleteCountry living can be very challenging Rachel. Villages and towns have mains water and sewerage and pavements and street lights. We only have what we pay for ourselves like drilling a well, buying a new pump or emptying a septic tank. My best investment was a set of drainage rods.
ReplyDeleteGood thing you've got a bit of common sense and fixed your water problem.
ReplyDeleteSome times it works Linda. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI like that adage 'When in doubt, give it a clout.' I'll be remembering that one, to be sure. But yes. Most problems are solvable by common sense and you-tube.
ReplyDeleteNecessity is the mother of invention Debby. Sometimes my inner cave man helps me with a bit of brute force.
DeleteBejesus! You are feckin' Super Mario in disguise!
ReplyDelete"Why wait days for some one to come to try and fix some when you can do it yourself or even break it?" Bodge It And Scarper Limited.
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