You literally can't even make stuff like this up. We got home from a kids birthday party in Bullsbrook this afternoon and there was water all over our driveway. It had been raining quite a bit the last few days so I wasn't surprised, but what did surprise me was that it was all randomly in one spot, when it hadn't been raining for hours. I kind of thought yeah well that's weird went inside. A few hours later I came out to put something in the street bin and not only was the water still there, it was rippling in the middle. Definitely something wrong. Sooo I go and check the water meter and sure enough, it's spinning... there's a damn burst pipe - UNDER the driveway, with a home open looming just after lunch time tomorrow. AUGHHHHHH.
So - I called our local plumber, no answer (they actually got back to me the next morning, they had a family birthday and didn't have the phone with them. They are so lovely!), the Jims plumbing for our area, not available... by this stage I was losing my damn mind - this NEEDED to not only be fixed, we needed for it to be not at all noticeable the following day. WELL, after one more call, oh did they deliver. Mick from next door came out and started digging up the driveway to find the leak, the kids went next door to Sammy's and Doug and I helped with getting the bricks out. The plumber arrived within an hour (all the way from Kenwick - yes they were still local, the owner lives in Brabham, this dude was on call), found the fault immediately, dug it out, repaired it and tested all of the pressure quick smart, then filled the hole, compacted it and repaved the driveway. I absolutely thought I could not be happier, until Sammy had dinner ready for us too! We have the absolute best neighbours and that is the only sad bit about moving.
But I still can't believe it happened today of all days. Fingers crossed all goes well tomorrow.
