Pissed off.

Every now and again we get a waft of something horrible up through the underfloor heating vents. If you can imagine a sealed container full of urine left in the sun for a month, take off the lid and take a noseful, thats close to what Im getting.

So I dismantle the heating unit and lay mouse traps and poison to catch and/or kill any pissy critters but still the waft finds me here and there.  

Next Im up on the roof clearing the soil pipe vent tube with high pressure water.

Still got the smell.   I try flushing and cleaning twice a week and twice as much disinfectant as usual....no luck.

Now, under the floor is a 57 gallon holding tank from the toilet which has to be emptied, flushed and sanitised weekly.  Covering the tank system in is a sheet of heavy duty plastic sheeting to keep road dirt and anything from entering the underside. Looking underneath at the sheeting there is a big downward hanging bulge which I attacked with a Stanley knife, didn't think that one through did I?

Soaked by my own liquified excrement is probably the best definition of getting ones own back.

After much showering, flushing the holding tank with bleach and hundreds of gallons of water, I discover a small split on a joint on the tank. Fortunately someone makes and supplies a repair kit for $20.  Kit applied, leak remains.....now Im pissed off in more ways than one.

Lyn calls in the expert, Terry the maintenance man who has a look and points out the only solution is to have the crack in the tank "plastic welded". 

So thats where we are now, trying to find somewhere to buy a plastic welding kit......losing interest right about now........tomorrow is another day.

Still, a walk and paddle on the beach makes it all see far away.