[HPforGrownups] The Question of Plumbing....

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 59129


>In my short time in the fandom, I have seen this question of the
>plumbing come up over and over again in regards to the Chamber. Hogwarts
>was founded, what, 1000 years ago? Didn't the Romans have fairly decent
>plumbing/running water? Hot and cold even?  Between magic and already
>existing technology (Dark Ages notwithstanding, perhaps Wizards
>preserved the Muggle 'good stuff'), I don't think the plumbing issue is
>really a problem. Even if at some point the sinks were replaced, would
>it be such a stretch for Salazar to have charmed the snake to reappear
>on whatever fixture was in that spot?
>
I suppose that that is possible; but what about charming the mechanism that 
would allow a seeker to get into and open the Chamber from above?

I think it's a charming notion that the WW had 1930s British institutional 
plumbing about 1000 years ago.  :-)  The prefects' bathroom, for example, is 
*very* non-standard.

Felinia

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