Handyman tricks

Well, finally got the time to fix an apparent leak on my bathroom ceiling.....or...ermmm...rather called somebody up to fix a leakage.

There was a wet patch on our bathroom plaster ceiling, meaning there must be some pipes producing a leak somewhere and as a result, slowly but surely forming a wet patch on my coveted ceiling.

Rounded up the plumber.........after taking a look at it, "Sorry sir, I cannot help you as this leakage is produced by the aircon conduit"....

Grrmmmbbbbbllllll..................rang up my aircon dude. And ofcourse, since it was end of year past week, he took his jolly sweet time to reach my house.

But at least he arrived, better too late than never ........

"Where is your manhole to reach above the plaster ceiling?" ....

"Eeeeuh, what manhole? Open your eyes, you see any?.....mmhhhmmmm....there is a ceiling exhaust fan, but I don't think you can squeeze through it, that's good enough?"

"Sure, we can fit right in there" :)

"If you say so, I wanna see that happening, 'cos I sure can't fit through that rathole."

Amazingly, that dude really was able to squeeze his way through that tight hole, and duly repaired the leakage.

Did I say repair? Well, he did ask me whether I had a small plastic container to spare......eeeuh yes, you read it correctly, plastic container. Okay, no probs, here you are, plastic container.

He moved back up above the plaster ceiling again and after a minute came back down again.

What the heck, what had he done?

"I want to see for myself what you have actually done up there, do you mind?"

"Sure, go ahead"

Kewl or lol.....should I cry or laugh? The repairman simply put the plastic box under the leaking pipe so that if there is anymore future leakage it will be collected in the plastic container....and all I have to do from time to time is to make empty the contents of it in order not to spill it again on my plaster ceiling.

Simple but effective but oh so amateuristic