....or in this case not going without the flow.
Thursday evening I did my usual routine, cooked dinner and
ate it while watching the news at 6pm on TV, telly off at 7pm and read until 8pm,
then hop in the shower, I am a creature of habit!
It was going as normal until I noticed the water level in
the shower rising over my feet, not normal that, I checked I had switched on
the waste water pump with the ceiling pull cord, but soon discovered the pump
was not removing the water, luckily the tray was just deep enough to allow me
to finish my shower before briefly investigating, the pump was making a noise
but no flow. So it was out with a bucket and sponge and empty the shower tray
manually, deciding it could wait until morning for further investigations.
Yesterday I emptied the wardrobe and gained full access to
the pump, after a thorough investigation including stripping down the pump I
decided it was not working J,
so a call to the nearest chandler’s to check they had stock informed me that
they had two pumps but not one the same make as mine, this was what I had found
when the main water pump packed up a couple of years ago so I wasn’t concerned,
I actually had intended to replace this one, a Flowjet, with a Whale Gulper,
which is filterless, when it gave up the ghost, and they had one of those.
I set off on foot for the 1½ mile walk to the chandlers and
when I arrived found that both the pumps they had were suitable, but the
connections were not compatible with my old one, after spending about 30
minutes with two staff members trying to work out how we could overcome the
problem, trying various combinations of fittings, we concluded that I would
have to order two fittings they did not stock, delivery would be Tuesday, so I
purchased the Whale Gulper and set off back to the boat slightly disheartened,
I would not be moving far for a few days. On the plus side I walked into
Nuneaton and got a haircut in the afternoon.
Today I returned to town and bought some milk having decided
I would prefer to be moored nearer the marina, my walk yesterday had shown me
there was plenty of piled edged mooring available in much nicer open
countryside, and being near the marina would mean if the fittings came early I
could make a good early start.
So around 8:30 I set the washing machine going to get one
load of washing done while I cruised the 1½ miles, when I arrived there were
two boats moored so I plonked myself in between them, they have both since
moved on so I have the spot to myself for now, hopefully Tuesday the parts will
arrive, or before, and I can sort it out, it’ll mean altering pipework and the
enclosure but that’s boat life for you.
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