The wet kitchen has been having water leaking since last Friday evening. I was away to Bukit Rajah camping. Not really looking into this problem seriously as I was also not feeling well after the camping trip. However, since the leaking was nonstop and may damage the kitchen's ceiling, I called my company's contractor asking him to help look for a plumber for me on Saturday morning. But I receive no response from him, guess he would not interested in this minor and tedious job, so I decided to repair myself.
After waking up on Sunday morning, felt my back waist was like strained but since not very serious and I still could walk and do thing as usual, did not pay much attention to this. After sending Jing Han to dharma class in the morning and took our lunch later. I went to a nearby hardware shop to shop for the things that I needed to do the repairing job.
Photo taken last Friday evening.
All the stuff and fittings needed for the water pipes modification job.
All for only RM25.70
The previous plumber did not install any on/off valve for the pipes. Any problem happens to any one of the pipes, we have to shut the main valve, very inconvenient. That's the reason I wanted to do the modification work.
So messy and dirty up here.
1st pipe, done !
2nd pipe, done !
3rd and the last...completed. All done within 30 minutes
After completing the piping job, I realized I have strained my waist while doing the job up on the ceiling. I hardly could walk and felt very painful when I walked. Since the pipes needed time to dry as I have applied solvent on the joint parts. I took my shower in a very painful manner. Asked my wife to apply some oil on my waist and massaged as well. Later, I put ice on the affected part to release the pain but it was in vain. For the rest of the day and night, the pain did not go away.
This morning, mommy has to send Jing Han to school since I need to take a rest and to consult Dr later. Sent a few messages to 2nd sis and friends to ask them for advice whether to consult specialist or GP. Finally, decided to go GP first for the treatment.
After consideration a few clinics at my area, decided to visit this clinic in USJ Taipan
Dr asked me when I cough or when I urine, any pain to my body parts. I said no and asked him whether it is just a normal muscle injury or nerves also affected. He said no and told me not to left heavy things and normally this will recover in 1 or 2 days. I asked for an injection since I wanted fast recovery so that I can go back to work sooner. Thought that the fee would be expensive since there was an injection but including the medicine, I paid only RM55.
Coming to the leaking problem.....after closing the main supply and empty the water tank on the ceiling. The leaking still continue. I suspect it could be the neighbor's internal pipe broken and ask wife to talk to the neighbor. The husband informed he could only check on Wednesday as he has to work night shift for 2 days consecutively.
Condition remains the same, water still dripping from the ceiling.
