Thursday, April 21, 2011
Day 119: Maintenance Work & Leakage Discovered
The Alfresco door was fixed, they adjusted the door so now it can latch properly without being dead bolted. The also clean the tarnish handle so it looks like new now.
The plumber also came & he unfortunately didn't discover the source of the leak in the bathroom. I had to pointed out to him that the back of the basin wasn't silicon sealed so probably that was the reason of it. It is sealed now.
Floor board hasn't been fixed, the people from Truelock didn't come or probably the PD's Maintenance department didn't get them to come. I'm following up with them now, email & phone call yet to be returned by them.
I also informed them that there was a leack on the ceiling. They sent someone to check it the next day but couldn't find anything & they thought it might be caused by the antenna installation. Anyway, I wasn't too satisfied with the explanation so I went up to the ceiling/roof cavity when it rained last night & found the leak, it was nowhere near the antenna.
Look up & you shall find. Wet roof trusses, must be a gap in the roof.
Found this on the ceiling, a small poll of water.
The plumber also came & he unfortunately didn't discover the source of the leak in the bathroom. I had to pointed out to him that the back of the basin wasn't silicon sealed so probably that was the reason of it. It is sealed now.
Floor board hasn't been fixed, the people from Truelock didn't come or probably the PD's Maintenance department didn't get them to come. I'm following up with them now, email & phone call yet to be returned by them.
I also informed them that there was a leack on the ceiling. They sent someone to check it the next day but couldn't find anything & they thought it might be caused by the antenna installation. Anyway, I wasn't too satisfied with the explanation so I went up to the ceiling/roof cavity when it rained last night & found the leak, it was nowhere near the antenna.
Look up & you shall find. Wet roof trusses, must be a gap in the roof.
Found this on the ceiling, a small poll of water.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
We were almost flooded
Heavy rain around Melbourne yesterday & I woke up at around 2am to find a leak in our family room, nothing major & I called PD yesterday to get them to have a look. They sent someone there to have a look & he said it might be caused by the antenna, i.e. there might be a tiny gap whan the antenna was installed. He told us to keep an eye on it & probably to go up the roof space when it rains.
Some 40 years ago, where my neighbour house is, it used to be a creek there & they filled the creed & built a storm water drain at the side of their property. We had some 51mm or rain in probably just over an hour & obviously the storm water drain wasn't able to cope with it & unfortunately for our neighbour, his property was flooded. The water then had nowhere to go, it went to our side yard through the fence. Our backyard was flooded, the water was about 2cm from entering our house through the alfresco & laundry doors. I had to open the garage door to let the water flow from the side of the house through the garage to the front of the house. I also had to open the side gate to allow the water from the other side of the house & the backyard to flow through to the front of the house. We were lucky not to be flooded, not so our next door neighbour & the house accross the street.
We've been trying to get Whitehorse City Council to fix this storm water drainage problems for a while now & so far we haven't been able to get them to do anything, not even to get them to do an assessment of the situation.
Some 40 years ago, where my neighbour house is, it used to be a creek there & they filled the creed & built a storm water drain at the side of their property. We had some 51mm or rain in probably just over an hour & obviously the storm water drain wasn't able to cope with it & unfortunately for our neighbour, his property was flooded. The water then had nowhere to go, it went to our side yard through the fence. Our backyard was flooded, the water was about 2cm from entering our house through the alfresco & laundry doors. I had to open the garage door to let the water flow from the side of the house through the garage to the front of the house. I also had to open the side gate to allow the water from the other side of the house & the backyard to flow through to the front of the house. We were lucky not to be flooded, not so our next door neighbour & the house accross the street.
We've been trying to get Whitehorse City Council to fix this storm water drainage problems for a while now & so far we haven't been able to get them to do anything, not even to get them to do an assessment of the situation.
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