I’m reading. Stuart shouts from kitchen.
“We’ve got a leak! Sink!”
“Call a plumber”
Plumbing emergency.
Leaking kitchen sink.
Water everywhere. 💧
Dinner is cooking.
Enter stage left me and my trusty self-belief.
I look at wet kitchen. Everything drenched.
“Maybe call a plumber?”, says Stuart
“Gimme a moment” I reply.
Self-belief egging me on.
I dry everything.
Deploy kitchen roll daintily under sink.
I turn on tap.
Water gushes everywhere.
Turns tap off very quickly.
“Call a plumber”, says Stuart
Scratches head.
Looks at sink again. Makes a note of make/model.
Scratches head again.
Consults internet.
Self-belief starts to purse his lips.
“Have you called a plumber, yet?”
Stuart now in sitting room
“Hang on” I say.
“Have we got an Allen key? A big one?”
Stuart goes rummaging in attic.
“This do?” he says offering me something from his bag of tools.
I dismantle the whole sink. Bits everywhere. Clean everything. Then dry everything.
Not sure where bits go back though.
“You called a plumber yet?”, calls Stuart from sitting room.
“Bear with…” I call back.
I manage to put everything back together - how I think it all goes anyway.
Perfectly aligned.
Allen key tightening to the max.
Super water tight.
Job’s a good ‘un.
“Fixed it,” I declare.
“Turn on the tap” says Stuart walking back into kitchen.
“I’ve fixed it,” I repeat.
“The tap. Turn on the tap,” says Stuart again.
I turn on tap.
Water gushes everywhere.
Turns tap off very quickly.
I think I hear the door slam shut as my self-belief hot-foots it down to the pub.
“Call a plumber”, says Stuart kindly.
“Lemme think” I say.
I dismantle everything again.
Wipe it all down again.
Realign everything again. More carefully this time.
Screw it all together again super tight. Again.
We fill sink with water.
And pull plug. As a test.
No leak!
Yay!
“I did it! I fixed it!” I say triumphantly.
Stuart gives me a weak smile.
“Well done”
“Dinner is cold though.
“Next time. Call a plumber, yeah?”
“Ok. I will.”
I won’t.
Self-believe sneaks back in unnoticed.
We share a smile.
Yes! I’m a plumber! 😂
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