Update on the radiator aka flooding the bathroom

Well, it was not a broken pipe. The pipe had slipped out. My dh tried to tighten the valve, but this made matters worse. Water spewed everywhere! My dh then rapidly managed to get it under control. But the hot water was turned off. And the mop up operation began. We started to make plans for rotas of emptying buckets and tins.
At which point the plumber called. 'Received your message. How urgent?'
Urgent! I cried down the phone.
The plumber came and managed to reconnect pipe without draining the whole system. And I learnt that there was a seperate tank for the heating system with a vale one can turn off. Then all that drains is the water in there, instead of everything.
Things are less soggy now.
And I might actually get the wip finished this weekend...

Leaking radiator

A week or so ago, my dh mentioned that the radiator in the bathroom was leaking. I promptly forgot about it.
Umm, no more. The leak has turned into a flood. Duct tape has not worked. I have rigged up something with sponges to channel the water into a collection tin (old Texas fruitcake tin) on the basis that water runs down hill. Why are leaks always low down? Or in relatively inaccessible places?
Hopefully I will be able to get hold of the plumber soon.
However, I suspect the water is just the water in the radiator rather than in the whole system. Again, this is because the central heating is not on and water can not run up hill without some sort of force...or at least it is my theory.
But ARGH!!!!!!