Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

Rang the management company this morning, described the toilet fountain problem, had the feeling the lady thought I was exaggerating but she promised to speak to their resident plumber and get back to me. Resident Plumber rang me back in about 10 nanoseconds and said "We need to get in to see it today, asap!" Luckily thessalian is around this morning. They reckon it's the outside drains and he knew, without being told, that I was a ground floor flat too, so it's something he's seen and dealt with before, which is reassuring. I'm glad they're acting so fast, we'll see what the verdict is.

Stay tuned for more thrilling events from WGC :P

ETA: And sorted! Apparently the plumbers didn't have to do any work in my flat at all, it was all external stuff. All working now, they say, and there should be no more geysers in my toilet. Hurrah! :) Particular thanks to silenttex for his timely advice that made me ring the management company promptly.

...flist, I appeal to you, have you ever come across this?

We had a mystery that we couldn't solve - periodically we'd go to the bathroom and find the lid and seat of the toilet soaking wet. And I mean soaking, like it had been under the shower. The area around the toilet was completely dry.

Solved it. While in the bathroom just now, I heard a vile gurgling noise and then water geysered up from the toilet bowl. Thank all the gods there was nothing but water in it at the time!! WTF?? What the hell is causing that? It's only started in the last couple of days. There's no pipe work going in the vicinity and in the 15 years I've lived here, it's never done that before.

I'll ring the water people tomorrow and wail at them but have any of you seen this before? Know what it is? I have cover with my water company for emergencies, I'm hoping this qualifies because I not long ago shelled out an absurd sum to get the toilet fixed. And yes, it could be related, I guess, but why has it taken so long for this to occur? The new toilet was fitted weeks ago.

*baffled squeakings*