A New Loo !!

We were delighted to discover that we had people wanting to visit us, but it brought another pressing issue ! At this point we had no flushing loo !!!

Now, I'm not saying that we had NO loo AT ALL, but only a chemical port-a-loo type, that was suitable for the two of us, for a short period of time, but definitely not for visitors. It was even embarrassing if anyone popped here for a coffee, and asked to use the 'facilities', and now we had a septic tank, there was no stopping us.

It's very easy now looking back on it to say, that Craig fitted a new toilet, and that was it, but of course it wasn't an easy, or a quick job - Craig would say that nothing ever is here !

Firstly, Craig needed to make a hole through the wall from the proposed bathroom to the outside - OK ?  Well, the walls are about a metre - yes, a metre - thick to start with, and are granite - one of the hardest stones, and the hole needs to be at such a height from the floor that Craig needed to be sitting or lying prone to make it, which is not an ideal position to work at. After several hours of blood, sweat and swear words, Craig broke through the wall. What an occasion ! We celebrated with a nice cup of tea !!

The next stage was to connect pipes from the toilet to the septic tank, all at the correct gradient to ensure a good flow - I'll leave that bit to your imagination. I lost count of the number of times we were up and down the ladders, and then the stairs. It's all better than a work out at the gym - no more 'step' exercises needed !

Don't worry, the pipes won't be on show for ever - they will be hidden by the new extension on the side of the house - but that's another thing - we had to ensure that they were at the correct height to be hidden and not be in the way of the any of the new structure !

Once everything was in place, pipe-wise, Craig fitted and connected the toilet.....

The chair provided a useful 'side table', but we never 'sat side by side'.

It may not seem much to you reading this, with your comfortable clean modern bathroom, but after a while without one, this moment seemed the best moment ever, and I felt very lucky to have the luxury of a fully functioning flushing loo !

Looking back it all looks very primitive now, and I can't believe how quickly one gets used to things as they improve, but its true, and it's good to remember so that you know how far you've come.