Flat pack marathon, stage 3

Peter heads to Castlemaine on Sunday for a party: Helen is suffering from Allen key deprivation as a result. She contents herself with opening the broom cupboard cartons and reading the instructions. We show our neighbour Leigh around on Sunday evening, and after he goes, the lights all go out and we can't get the circuit-breaker to reset until we try turning off the fan in the second bedroom, turned on during Leigh's inspection.

Monday begins with another nasty experience - there is a puddle of water on the bathroom floor. We mop up and resolve not to use anything in there to see if the leak continues.

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During Monday the broom/linen cupboard is built, and things are moved from other storage areas and stowed in it - linen, towels and cleaning equipment.

Hiding behind the door

In parallel, much work is done to work out how to mount the dryer in the laundry cupboard. Turns out this involves reversing the fan and the vent that have already been installed by the builders. By evening the reversal exercise is pretty much done and the dryer is in the cupboard sitting on a box as a test for appropriate height. The living room is rapidly becoming liveable again. Just need to get rid of the old fridge, earmarked for my brother's workshop.

When it gets dark we turn on every light and the fan in the second bedroom, and there is no failure. The bathroom has also remained completely dry. Causes of the problems still to be determined, if they recur.