English plumbing

Our adventures with English housing standards continue!

On Friday night, I couldn't get to sleep because our sink was dripping (this is the problem with sleeping 6 feet from your kitchen sink!) and Matt got up to tighten the cold water knob. I had actually noticed it dripping incessantly all week. It required more and more tightening on the knob. Saturday morning it was dripping pretty constantly and big drips too. Then Matt did the dishes and after that it simply wouldn't turn off. It came out in a pretty steady stream and wouldn't turn off no matter how tightly we turned the knob. So we got the guy from the front desk to come up and look at it. His advice: clear the sink of obstructions because they weren't going to call anyone until Monday and we shouldn't let the sink overflow! So our sink has been pouring a steady stream since Saturday morning and they won't call a plumber until Monday morning! In order to decrease the noise, we've tied a rag directly under the drip so that the rag soaks the drip up and wicks it down to the drain quietly instead of having a steady loud droning noise to contend with! We have been prevented from going crazy by keeping our window open for traffic noise and keeping some kind of music on all day.