Flood!

Yesterday morning I discovered a wet patch in the middle of the carpet. I hadn't spilled anything, so this looked worryingly like a leak. First thoughts were that the radiator was leaking, so I turned it off. But the wet patch kept spreading. Even turning the water off at the stopcock made no difference. I immediately started moving stuff upstairs to prevent it getting soaked. It was at this point putting my ear to the wall I could hear running water. It was coming in from next door!

The next door neighbour's kitchen and living room had an inch of standing water on the floor, with water coming out from under the front door. She also hadn't been seen for a week.

In the end we had to call the police to come and break down the front door. They wondered whether the neighbour had drowned in the bath (she hadn't), and traced the problem to a burst pipe in the kitchen.

The waterlogged carpet in my living room is probably a total loss. Unfortunately this means I'm going to have to dismantle the Wöminseebahn while a replacement carpet is put in.