Narrowboat Alacrity

Well a phone call from the mother in law scuppered that, she told me that her immersion heater had packed up……….so I loaded my tools into the Discovery and trundled off to her house.

Well the stop tap can’t have been turned off in a century and by the time I had it freed off it would stop bugger all!! just what I needed, luckily a visit into the loft to the cold tank low and behold a stop tap that worked, so I drained the water down, this time remembering to turn off the power. With the help of a large hammer the old immersion heater was removed and a new one duly fitted, fingers crossed for leaks the system was refilled…..wow no leaks. On with the power “it works” soon plenty of hot water but no cold in the bathroom……bugger…….looking in the cold water tank I see lots of limescale just my luck that some has gone down the cold pipe……off to get the hose pipe to backflush it……success…..Hot and Cold water!!!

Only the new light fitting and front door lock to do now ………………………….