The portal returns

[davidn]

Whitney woke me up this morning asking me what the distant 'dinging' noise could be. Because I have to get up a full hour earlier than her, I just rolled over and went back to sleep - I couldn't hear anything. But when she went through to the bathroom it became obvious that the noise was in fact bits of plaster falling away from the ceiling and striking the taps.

I did put up some duct tape to try and hold it in place so that we could shower, but total collapse was to follow shortly. Here are a couple of photos to illustrate the new situation:

The ceiling

Where the ceiling should be

This afternoon, one of the building management people came round to look at it and agreed with my initial assessment of our builder as "stupid" - he's now going to send somebody else round to put an actual board up so that even if there is a leak (which there is) it won't come down while they look for it.

And the superintendent turned on the shower to check it and was sprayed sideways in the face, so we're getting a new showerhead as well.

Comments

[wolfekko.livejournal.com]

What is it with people's ceiling parts disintegrating? I was lying in bed reading last night, and the glass shroud for the lamp just dropped from the ceiling and exploded on the floor (I say "exploded" because it was loud enough to give me decent tinitus in my right ear for awhile).

[mossop.livejournal.com]

I hate when things go wrong around the house. :( I've just found mould in the bathroom - and although it's nowhere near as drastic as your problem, it bothered me a lot, because I know we need a new bathroom suite, but we don't have the money (or the time) for one justnow... The mould is quite bad :(

[jenny0.livejournal.com]

You should only worry if you start hearing a voice through the hole saying "I'm always watching you".

[mossop.livejournal.com]

Heehee...

[jenny0.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of one of the Silent Hill games, but that is way cuter! I wouldn't mind if a kitty poked its head through my ceiling!

[stubbleupdate.livejournal.com]

You would have thought that people that make up cat macros on the internet in their spare time would at least know how to spell masturbate

[mossop.livejournal.com]

Do you know, I knew there was something wrong with that picture, but couldn't work it out! Thanks!

[davidn]

Oh, that was... that was nasty. Well done. :)

[stubbleupdate.livejournal.com]

I've been snide all day. It's funny, but not very pleasant.

[starfishchris.livejournal.com]

"As part of a required test protocol, our previous statement suggesting that we would not monitor this chamber was an outright fabrication."

[davidn]

"Touching the floor of this chamber will result in an 'unsatisfactory' mark on your record. Followed by death."

I've only played the demo of that, very recently... it's something I need to get around to playing.

[whinknee.livejournal.com]

"remember when you thought we were trying to kill you? that was funny."

[starfishchris.livejournal.com]

You definitely should. It won't take too long if you're smart but it's lots of fun.