This Old House

So, as those of you who also friend Ian already know, Greyhaven has been invaded by half-a-dozen Electric Beavers, who are hammering, sawing, and generally chewing open the walls in order to insert new copper pipes. Every time the floor vibrates I twitch.

But it was time. Anyone who has visited here is probably aware that the water pressure in general, and the hot water in particular, has been fading away. The house is almost a hundred years old, and the pipes have been in for a loooong time. Corrosion was only to be expected. When we got to the point where the best one could get from the shower was a tepid drip, I gave in. I also had this idea that running the water for 15 minutes to get even the tepid drip was wasteful of both water and energy. However I fear that once we get hot water people will take longer showers, so I don’t know how much we’ll save.

I am assured that the copper pipes will last at least another hundred years, and they have promised to plaster up the holes, but I see some repainting in my future, and some re-tiling as well.

In the meantime, please pardon our dust. Twitch. Duck.