The plumbers return briefly on Monday whilst inbetween jobs. They'll be returning to do most of the second fix in a week's time, but Monday should see them get one of the WCs up and running.
To enable this to happen the rainwater harvesting system needs to be functioning, as it supplies all the harvested water to fill the WC cisterns rather than using costly treated drinking water from the mains. So I've spent much of today sorting out the rainwater harvesting system - this involved connecting the submersible pump in the rainwater tank to the pipework system in the house and doing more work on connecting the guttering to the tank. The latter isn't complete as I don't yet have the necessay bits to connect the galvanised downpipes to the below groud pipework that feed the tank. But the pump is now fully connected, so the water in the tank can, in theory, be used for flushing but I need to test the system and check there are no leaks. A job for tomorrow I think.
One thing I was able to test was the level gauge - the rainwater system comes complete with a remote gauge that I've located in the garage, which allows us to check the level of water in the tank which is currently around 70%.
If all goes well we may have a flushable WC on Monday, even if there won't be a door on the cloakroom....
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