A step nearer

The air pressure test was carried out today and I had no idea at all whether we would pass. For some reason the building surveyor had set a target of 7 when the normal pass is 10 (I don't know what these numbers mean). Mark, the tester, was a very jovial fellow and he set up his equipment - big screen in the utility room door with a fan in the middle, and various gadgets attached to the screen including small bore plastic piping that he ran into the house and also outside (to gauge the internal pressure created against the outside pressure). The fan was sucking air out of the house (the opposite of what I expected) which meant that you could feel the draughts created. The biggest culprits were an area behind our en suite bathroom - presumably coming up from the void under the floor, two spotlights in the ceiling, and the general area of the fireplace where air was coming in thick and fast from the chimney. After about 15 minutes the figures produced were input to the inevitable lap top, and voila - 6.04 was the result - a pass by a good margin. Mark issued the certificate and I breathed a sigh of relief.
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Just Anglian Water to sort out now. On that subject, I had a further phone call from Anglian Water who now insist on another visit to check the remaining issues. I've solved the shower problem by buying a 1 metre shower hose which just about allows the shower head to be attached to the rail, but however hard I try I cannot make it reach the toilet bowl. With the new correctly coloured sign for the outside tap now provided, it only remains for Darren, our plumber, to fit the stopcock and drain plug in the garage. That is unless Anglian Water come up with some more ridiculous ideas. By the way, thank you to Steven who came up with the idea of forged (Photoshop produced) photos, but as Anglian Water now insist on a visit rather than me sending photos, I'm afraid its a non-starter.
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Other than spreading 3 tons of gravel over the parking area, we have nothing else to report, except that our trellis arrived today so I've put that up. (Photos next week)
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We're off to Devon for a long weekend and a rest. The smell of bacon and eggs for breakfast beckons and I reckon we can both afford to tuck in as we've lost so much weight.
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Jan & Rog