Jambo Posted February 8, 2025 Posted February 8, 2025 I managed to create a perfect storm in my bathroom yesterday. Having finished all the usual activities I carry out every day involving my washbasin, I walked away from it leaving the plug still in the sink. Something I would never do normally, however I had found that I needed to take out and clean again one of my contacts and I always have the plug in the sink, just in case. Error number one! I have a walk in shower with glass panels and a door which is only waist high but some way from the effective range of the shower head. Nevertheless, I have a shower curtain which stretches the whole length of the shower. I have a seat in the shower on which I found I had left an empty large bottle of shampoo and the full one I had replaced it with yesterday. Not wishing to chance leaving the empty bottle behind, yet again, I picked it up. I then pulled back the shower curtain sufficient that I could lean out over the door and toss the empty bottle into the washbasin for subsequent disposal. Error number two! Unknown to me, the empty shampoo bottle on its way to the washbasin had clipped the arm of the cold tap and turned on the cold water. Meanwhile, I had my shower and then spent a few enjoyable minutes sitting on the seat with the hot water cascading over me, as I liked doing from time to time. Eventually, maybe 10 minutes or so later, I threw back the shower curtains to find my bathroom, with its various carpets, under an inch or so of water. It had also travelled into the hall but not as bad as there is a low raised "lip" as you enter the bathroom. The washbasin's overflow had simply been overwhelmed or, maybe, didn't work at all. Moral of the story is don't be lazy. 😀 4
Yesitisdakid Posted February 8, 2025 Posted February 8, 2025 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Jambo said: I managed to create a perfect storm in my bathroom yesterday. Having finished all the usual activities I carry out every day involving my washbasin, I walked away from it leaving the plug still in the sink. Something I would never do normally, however I had found that I needed to take out and clean again one of my contacts and I always have the plug in the sink, just in case. Error number one! I have a walk in shower with glass panels and a door which is only waist high but some way from the effective range of the shower head. Nevertheless, I have a shower curtain which stretches the whole length of the shower. I have a seat in the shower on which I found I had left an empty large bottle of shampoo and the full one I had replaced it with yesterday. Not wishing to chance leaving the empty bottle behind, yet again, I picked it up. I then pulled back the shower curtain sufficient that I could lean out over the door and toss the empty bottle into the washbasin for subsequent disposal. Error number two! Unknown to me, the empty shampoo bottle on its way to the washbasin had clipped the arm of the cold tap and turned on the cold water. Meanwhile, I had my shower and then spent a few enjoyable minutes sitting on the seat with the hot water cascading over me, as I liked doing from time to time. Eventually, maybe 10 minutes or so later, I threw back the shower curtains to find my bathroom, with its various carpets, under an inch or so of water. It had also travelled into the hall but not as bad as there is a low raised "lip" as you enter the bathroom. The washbasin's overflow had simply been overwhelmed or, maybe, didn't work at all. Moral of the story is don't be lazy. 😀 What kind of sink do you have that doesn't have a overflow hole? I've never seen the sink that doesn't have a second hole for overflow at the top Edited February 8, 2025 by Yesitisdakid
fygjam Posted February 8, 2025 Posted February 8, 2025 ^^^ Holes are expensive. Do you think they are just created out of thin air? 1
forcebwithu Posted February 8, 2025 Posted February 8, 2025 (edited) 1 hour ago, Yesitisdakid said: What kind of sink do you have that doesn't have a overflow hole? I've never seen the sink that doesn't have a second hole for overflow at the top Edited February 8, 2025 by forcebwithu 2
Toy Boy Posted February 9, 2025 Posted February 9, 2025 The bathroom in my gaff in South Wales has this kind of tap and, after 38 years of slowly corroding, it's difficult enough to turn them on when you want to, there's no chance of doing it by accident! lol 2
boydeste Posted February 9, 2025 Posted February 9, 2025 49 minutes ago, Toy Boy said: The bathroom in my gaff in South Wales has this kind of tap and, after 38 years of slowly corroding, it's difficult enough to turn them on when you want to, there's no chance of doing it by accident! lol Same for Me.
Glasseye Posted February 9, 2025 Posted February 9, 2025 My caulking is rotting out. Fucking fixtures are stained beyond belief. Toilet seat is F'd up. But, I've been too arsed to do anything about it. 1
Jambo Posted February 10, 2025 Author Posted February 10, 2025 On 2/8/2025 at 1:13 PM, Yesitisdakid said: What kind of sink do you have that doesn't have a overflow hole? I've never seen the sink that doesn't have a second hole for overflow at the top The tap has an arm which I must have hit when I threw the shampoo bottle and thus somehow turned the tap on. At the time, I did not notice the tap had turned on as I was too busy congratulating myself on landing in the washbasin, shutting the shower curtain and getting under the hot shower! 🤣 The overflow must be partially blocked somehow because the water flow in overwhelmed the water flow out!
Yesitisdakid Posted February 10, 2025 Posted February 10, 2025 37 minutes ago, Jambo said: The tap has an arm which I must have hit when I threw the shampoo bottle and thus somehow turned the tap on. At the time, I did not notice the tap had turned on as I was too busy congratulating myself on landing in the washbasin, shutting the shower curtain and getting under the hot shower! 🤣 The overflow must be partially blocked somehow because the water flow in overwhelmed the water flow out! If you're in charge of maintenance on the apartment you may want to get one of those handheld snake devices they're cheap and run it down that hole as far as you can you must have some kind of blockage
Glasseye Posted February 10, 2025 Posted February 10, 2025 About a year or so ago I went through the mother of all pipe cleanings.
Yessongs Posted February 10, 2025 Posted February 10, 2025 @Jambo I guess the only saving grace for you was, you caught it quick enough not to do any damage to the subfloor right? Arghhh..
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