The Return of Mark the Plumber

[kybearfuzz]

First, big happy birthday hugs to blockade_boy and belated birthday hugs to coachbear, the latter of whom shared my birthday yesterday.

Second, big hugs to everyone who wished me a happy birthday, by journal entry, text message, FB post, phone call, etc. You folks are the greatest.

And on to today's events: I usually have some project to keep me busy during my week off. This week I didn't really have one, so I've slept in ... a lot. Today, though, I decided to tackle the dripping faucet in my sink. Not a big project, as I've changed out washers before and they're minor at best. So after I swapped the washer on the "hot" side, screwed everything back in, and turned on the faucet, I was pleased it wasn't dripping.

The pipes beneath the sink, however, was now gushing through. That'll teach me DIY.

When I was pulling the stubborn and encrusted knob off the faucet, it seems I jarred the sink itself, breaking the 30+ year old metal trap in half. After 30 years of exposure to water, the weld was pretty much gone.

So after two trips to Home Depot, a lot of scratches and stabbings, and much cursing, the sink isn't fixed as I've cracked the PVC connecting pipe trying to get the damned metal pipe out of it. Because the homebuilder had a sense of humor, he used an unusual diameter pipe that Home Depot doesn't carry, so I have to go to a specialty plumbing shop tomorrow to get it.

I hate leaving a project unfinished. Even for the night. GRRRRR!

The plumbers at the specialty shop had better be cute.

Comments

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

OH, my plumbing issues are minor compared to yours! I wouldn't trade you at all.