Water leak update. 

Everything out of the room ( all the preserving/brewing/baking supplies as well as all the store cupboard stuff - now spread around the rest of house )

Skirting boards off, whole kitchen floor up and inner wall lining removed - 

Flooring is ruined whole room will need replacing and relaying.  Another job to do, in a room which was not done that long ago and was not on the list to be re decorated for many years.

Still, only floor is damaged, not food or precious equipment or even more precious people and other animals. Cats not impressed with the chaos, though.

A bit of a water leak...

in our kitchen.

Actually it is a bit of  ( a lot of ) a disaster.
We had some friends around today and during the course of the visit I thought I could hear "hissing"  but thought it was the cider fermenting on the bench
And then later in the evening ...we saw water oozing up between the wooden floor covering

A water pipe ( not a joint!) behind the internal insulation wall had corroded and leaked water down and under the wooden laminate flooring

So all the lower kitchen cupboards and benches ( and contents!) had to come out so we could check for the damage.

After we lifted the wooden flooring, unfortunately it looks like the wooden flooring is too damaged to re use :(

Squelch, squelch.