A 3am phone-call seldom has good news. Donnie, who lives upstairs, had a certain edge to his voice as he requested info on the water mains tap. That was Thursday morning. He and Sophea were the proud owners of Phnom Penh's newest swimming pool, courtesy to a toilet plumbing fitting that came apart. The upstairs part of the house is just over a year old so stuff happens. Our house is 15 months old and we've now replaced three taps (thank you PP).
I had a good mastic session yesterday, attempting to seal the leaky windows. The ants were my helpers. I discovered ant trails heading under window sill areas. Lost ants with no-where to go was my best clue to having plugged the leaks. We've been having some exciting rainfalls this week and the mops have been out too often. Maybe I've nailed these leaks ...
House maintainance will no doubt become a way of life now. Property rental is pretty simple here. You rent it, you fix it. The alternative is nothing ever happens. We've had the sparkies in too and they rolled their eyes too much for my liking. They rewired some stuff and simply disconnected the switch that 'poofed' the circuit board every time. We never did discover what that switch was meant to turn on ...
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