Interspersed...
On 2/4/2012 10:54 AM, Stan Halpin wrote:
Good luck with it! My uncle the carpenter/builder always claimed that plumbing
was easy, and that all plumbers needed to
know was a) "stuff" flows downhill, and b) you get paid on Friday.
It's true...s**t DOES flow downhill and Friday IS payday, but if it
weren't for plumbers you'd still be using a chamber pot and emptying it
into the gutter. BTW - carpenters don't like plumbers 'cause we drill
holes in their nice studs and joists. ;>)
I have never done any plumbing job that did not require at least 3 trips to the
hardware store: the initial planned trip to
fill the carefully developed list of needed items, and then at least two
more trips to get stuff I hadn't thought
of and/or replacements for stuff that I broke along while doing the job.
Fortunately I've always lived close to one or
more good hardware stores.
That's why plumbers get the big bucks. I can't tell you the number of
times I got calls to fix a job a DIYer started - usually late on a
Sunday afternoon when it's time to start preparing supper and the guy's
wife is really pissed 'cause that water's been shut off since noon.
An old story...a plumber presents his bill to the customer. The
customer is appalled and says "I don't make that much and I'm a doctor!"
To which the plumber replies, "Neither did I when I was a doctor".
-p
stan
On Feb 4, 2012, at 11:41 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
... of mine, been broke a thousand times.
Apologies to the Isley Brothers. Day 7 of the emergency kitchen remodel:
Tearing cabinetry out so I can tear the wall out so I can replace the kitchen
sink drainpipe is kind of at a standstill.
Before I can continue that portion of the work, I've got to cut off the kitchen
water supply. Which means I have to turn off the water to the whole house. Because
the whole house is one zone& the water supply plumbing is a part galvanized
steel and part copper hodge-podge I need to go ahead and replace it. I don't want
to, but that's the quickest way of getting water restored in the bathroom.
I have to have a new water supply all ready to install once I start cutting out the
old pipes, so that's what I'm doing now; pre-fabbing the piping for the new water
supply. It's going to be all copper& zoned with cut-off valves when I get
through with it. I know there are plastic systems that are cheaper (in every sense
of the word), but I know how to sweat copper, so that's what I'm going with.
I just had to get out of my work area for a few minutes to let a joint cool
without fidgeting with it.
The only "good" part is I don't have to bust up any concrete floors in the
basement to get to any of the pipes.
I figure I'll finish pre-fabbing sometime tonight and be ready to cut the water
off first thing in the morning. I intend to time all the work with the water
off so that Home Depot will be open if (when) I find out I've forgotten some
critical component.
Hopefully by Monday, I'll be ready to get into that wall.
Back to work. TTFN
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