Why is it that disaster always strikes when Ken is not here and always at the weekend. Yesterday the little pipe on the automatic chlorine dispenser for our pool sheared off. There was no screwing it back on, it was totally kaput. I had water running out of the pipe and the hole where the pipe was attached, which is the little black circle on the right under the dispenser container. I turned off all the gate valves but water was still running out. The gate valves which are getting old are not totally shutting off the water. My solution was to jam pencils in both the holes. One pencil you can see, the other broke off but sealed the leak.
This morning my friend Ian came round and we have decided he will replace the dispenser with a solid bit of pipe. We don't use the dispenser and it is just another weak spot for leaks in the future. It is not a straight forward job with the gate valve not working properly but we have worked out a way to do it.
On a positive note although Sky barked and went silly when Ian first arrived she soon gave up and even followed him round the garden at a distance. He has gone off to get some tools and pipe so we will see how she is when he gets back. I am trying to stop all this barking as Shula rarely barks and never without good reason. Sky on the other hand barks as soon as she hears a noise.
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