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Patched ceiling, wounded pride

cmkl — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:53:35 +0000

So this weekend I started in on fixing the hole I opened in the ceiling to figure out the leaky toilet thing. The toilet is fixed. Thanks to Pegg Plumbing. Sigh. I'm not giving up my day job to become a handy dude any time soon.

Toilet tales part three: the gasket at the bottom of the tank

cmkl — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:54:30 +0000

I don't think I seated it properly. At least I hope that's where the water's coming from now. The alternative explanation has a far worse solution.

Toilet tales part two: the big reveal

cmkl — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:49:36 +0000

So I took the toilet off to discover the base had been sealed to the top of the drain with heaps and heaps of stuff (felt like about half a kilo) of goo the consistency and colour of bees wax. And I'm guessing, from the location of little bits of water in the goo, that this seal had never quite been water tight.

Leaky toilet: what manner of screw is this?

cmkl — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:32:30 +0000

Some time ago Irene and I noticed this hives-like bubbling of paint on the ceiling near the front door. Uh oh. After getting some advice from the ever helpful Jeff Allingham, we decided to task me with opening it up for a look see.

House is sold

cmkl — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:50:51 +0000

I am pleased to report that our house is sold. Wouldn't recommend owning two houses at once. Nope. Can't say we got our ideal price, but we can't be all that fussy.

Moving is chaos

cmkl — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:25:19 +0000

Edgar has been hiding behind the furnace for two days now. The dust bunnies in our old house have started to form a soccer league. There's a heap of cardboard, bubble wrap and paper in the chasm that is our living room. We're moved. Mostly.

House for sale

cmkl — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:01:12 +0000

We've listed our house and there's now a sign on the lawn and everything. There's an open house this Sunday and we've got a bunch of showings scheduled tomorrow.

We have a new house. Want to buy the old one?

cmkl — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:40:40 +0000

Today we waived the conditions on the house that we conditionally bought Monday. We're very excited. We were over there for the building inspection today and were talking about paint colours, could we live with the kitchen, etc, etc, thinking about all the things we need to do before we move in.