Water gone!!!

Early Saturday morning sis and I started to fix the leak.

As sis have the muscles to swing a hammer she started breaking up the tiles and slap. (We could not find Bro’s drill with a chisel so we had to use elbow power).  It didn't take long as the slap isn't very thick when sis found the spot where the pipe broke.

As the sand is very course she used some of my kitchen tools!!!! Once she cleared the sand away we saw that it was the connection that gave way under pressure from some tree roots.

Then my work started, digging in front of the stoep to find the root that is the cause of all this problems!!!

Found a thick one going underneath and followed it until I found the spot close to the foundation.  Chopped it off and removed some smaller roots that will become a problem in the future.

We didn't have a 50 mm x 40 mm reduction connection so Bro went to buy one and we all were stuck with this!! Stoffel (the dog) didn't know what to do as his favorite spot on the chair was missing!!!

Bro fixed the pipe in about half an hour and we opened the water mains to see if there were any leaks?

Luckily the connection was fine and early on Sunday morning Bro filled the hole with building sand and threw a new slab.  Have to wait about a week for the cement to dry before I can connect the fountain again.

My poor fountain doesn't look at all nice, but the fishes need oxygen so I made a plan!!!!