So we moved in yesterday. It was HOT and to our dismay, we discovered the windows in the front two rooms were nailed shut. Trev soon fixed this and we were soon enjoying a bit of a breeze.
Next morning was the usual stormy change after the balmy night that this part of the world is famous for. Sitting in the kitchen enjoying my morning cuppa, I thought I could hear dripping that was a bit too loud to be outside but seeing as our bedroom window was open I assumed it was noise coming in so I went in to close it. That was when I saw the floor was wet. As was the curtains and the bed. When I pulled back the curtain and looked up, I saw that the top sash of the window had dropped down and a waterfall was pouring down the INSIDE of the window :(
The water was coming from the wall above the window and all I could do was put a container under the waterfall and wait for the rain to stop so we could safely check it out.
Firstly the gutter was hanging down a bit and spilling onto the verandah, and then the box gutter on the verandah that was running along the front wall of the house was overflowing because the down pipe was blocked.
Trev's quick solution was to prop the house gutter up with some bits of timber and pull down the verandah down pipe which we discovered was blocked due to rust. Seeing as we intend on building a new verandah it doesn't seem logical to spend money on it.
A small amount of water came down the outside of the wall too.
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