Wet 'n' Wild

[beelikej]

Had some waterfun in the kitchen this afternoon... Received a phonecall this morning that my new washingmachine was available: they will deliver it tomorrow afternoon! They will also take care of my old broken machine, so I went to disconnect it to get it ready for transport. I thought I had closed the waterdrain, but when I loosened the tube from the tap, a fountain of water came rushing out! It must have looked like a slapstick movie with me soaking wet trying to put the tube back against the neverending waterspray.
Several hilarious minutes later I was standing up to my ankles in a big puddle of water.
Before I continued, I went down the (six) stairs to my basement to close the main waterdrain. When I got back upstairs I used water pump pliers to turn the -still dripping- drain and found I indeed hadn't close it all the way (duh). I guess after fifteen years of not turning that knob, it was kind of stuck;)

I must say I was amazed by the waterpower from that tap; I wish I had that much pressure in my shower!



I don't have a mop, so I used a dustpan to scoop most of the water into a bucket before I could eventually finish it off with a floorcloth, pfff. It took me a while to get everything dry again; the water had also sprayed the walls, all the stuff on top of the freezer and the countertop. Oh well, my kitchen floor has never been that clean before *grins*, so all's well that ends well:)

I lifted the old machine on a moving dolly, so I can roll it right to the top of the stairs tomorrow. I'm ready for my new washingmachine!

J.

P.S. My ReverseBang Artpost is up!

Comments

[sillie]

Oh man... that's a lot of water. :') Glad it all ended well. :3

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that water came out a lot faster than I could handle :-D

[bflyw.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! How annoying! At least you have a clean floor now! Sorry to hear your old machine broke down - congrats on a new. Guess it will be great to get in installed.

My oven and my washer broke a couple of years ago, and I was so glad I could order online and have it delivered and installed, and have them take the old ones. :-)

Nice to see some more of your kitchen.... gave me some more impression of how it looks! :-) (but only a little)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

It felt very luxiurious to buy a new washingmachine, most of my stuff is second hand; like my old washingmachine, I also got my microwave from my best friend at university. The fridge and stove were from my granddad. My little oven was a house warming gift when I moved into my studentdorm. The only new thing in my kitchen is the freezer.

You can read all about the delivery and see better pictures of my kitchen in my next post;)

[somersault-j.livejournal.com]

Okay, first question. WHY DON'T YOU OWN A MOP? lol

And I really, really hope they turned up by now!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Well, I used to have one, but that had gotten really gross and I threw it out and never got a new one. It's really only the kitchenfloor that needs it and I can do that with a cloth (but I usually just wipe for dust;)

As you know by now, it took them a LONG time to show up, but I feel the washingmachine and their lovely faces and attitude were worth the wait;)

[topum.livejournal.com]

That looks wet!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

:-D It was very wet! (and cold too)