I tell you what, It has literally rained cats and dogs in Melbourne in the last 48 hours and it's freezing. We are in February, when temporatures usually average about 28 celcius, and yesterday the thermometer peaked at 13 celcius. It was the coldest February day on record!

Not only was it cold, it rained hard, non-stop for over 36 hours and created a record for rainfall in such a short time. Many streets are flooded, tress have fallen, and general chaos abounds.

My kitchen sprung a leak in the roof and water flooded in, and I mean flooded in . We called a plumber yesterday but despite telling us he was coming he never showed. He never rung either and would not answer his phone when I tried to ring him later . I then tried to get another plumber but couldn't raise one as by then evry bastard was being flooded.

Anyway, we managed to get one out to the house today (he actually showed up ) and he is on the roof at home at the moment. I wonder how much this is going to cost me? Oh well, at least I'll be able to use my kitchen.

p.s Dont tradesmen suck?

Update:

My wife just rung and said that the roof is fucked over the kitchen and needs to be replaced. It was apparently contructed badly in the first place and has poor guttering etc.

It's going to cost about $4000 to fix.

bkw said:

bkw said:

Damn, buddy...

bkw said:

How old is the house?

Byron said:

I think I'm going to have to go out in the street and hock my body for a bit of that moula.

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bkw said:

But how are you going to get the other $3,999

Ocean said:

110 years old. It's an old double fronted Victorian brick house. However, the roof over the kitchen is less than 15 years old and was done as part of the renovation/extention.

2the9s said:

Maybe I'll have to get the wife out there

bkw said:

oh bugger....I was going to say the builder would be liable if it was under 7 years old and was a fault or a structual problem

Damn! that is shit news
What suburb in Melbourne r u, so far i'm lucky (fingers crossed)
all ok where i live.
Ah Melbourne perfect 1 day, totally screwed the next

Damn

269 said:

Moonee Ponds

sorry about your luck

i like the rain it does great things to me


although, i guess that wouldnt be on my mind if my roof was falling in


best wishes with that

nakedpianoplayer said:

me too ...I the rain!!

bkw said:

That sucks BKW... as a fellow Melbournian I feel for you

yep, that's what you get for not living further north.



seriously though, cheer up. at least a tree didn't break through your roof and clobber you while you were watching althom undress on webcam.

bkw said:

sounds like a nightmare Brett.

We have monsoon season here so I feel your pain. Used to be knee deep in water before measures were taken to raise the street level and improve drainage.

Oooh dat is hardcorez!! Yeah, i know, i believe it was raining from like 4am in da morning!!! And it really came down hard at night!!! It flooded in my backyard and for da first time ever it leaked in da kitchen!! I froze my ass off at da computer last night- the draft was horrendous!!

bkw said:

It's as old as you!

bkw said:

U didnt call a british plumber by mistake did U?

SexLovely said:

Don't u worry dat kinda shit alwayz happenz in Australia too!!! Da stuntz they pull!! If only i knew more about plumbing, i could call em over and when they try and pull some bullshit over my eyez i can BANG!! swat em like flyz

mrdespues said:

SexLovely said:

Thanks mate.

lilmissmissy said:

The thought did cross my mind.

bkw said: