I'm employed again. I'll leave it at that. Now I'm totally stoked.
Anyways, today I spent two hours trying to install a bathroom faucet. Why two hours you say? Well, they have these things called floodproof water lines at Depot. Supposedly when a burst of water goes through them, they shut off to prevent, well, floods. I decided to get new water lines just for good measure when installing the faucet. Big mistake.
I live on the third floor of a condo building where water is constantly being shut off and turned on because this building was built in the 70's thusly being built like a rats nest made of fecal matter and twine. I'll get into that later.
Anyways, all was well and good. I installed my beautiful new england-style faucet that I got from Depot at a clearance price of 30 bucks down from 100, got the lines all installed and when I turned on the faucet, I got nothing. Not even a trickle.
So I spent two hours later diagnosing my issue, turning every single faucet in the house on to no avail, then I thought the water had been shut off (as it is done 3-4 times a week for some reason throughout the day), removed the lines and turned the bare water valve back on. You would be surprised at the amount of water that comes out of that 1/2" hole when crammed into a bathroom vanity, upside down with your face about 6" from the water line.
Anyways, I re-used the old waterlines and now I have a bathroom full of shit but one hellofa nice faucet.
And it works.
Anyways, today I spent two hours trying to install a bathroom faucet. Why two hours you say? Well, they have these things called floodproof water lines at Depot. Supposedly when a burst of water goes through them, they shut off to prevent, well, floods. I decided to get new water lines just for good measure when installing the faucet. Big mistake.
I live on the third floor of a condo building where water is constantly being shut off and turned on because this building was built in the 70's thusly being built like a rats nest made of fecal matter and twine. I'll get into that later.
Anyways, all was well and good. I installed my beautiful new england-style faucet that I got from Depot at a clearance price of 30 bucks down from 100, got the lines all installed and when I turned on the faucet, I got nothing. Not even a trickle.
So I spent two hours later diagnosing my issue, turning every single faucet in the house on to no avail, then I thought the water had been shut off (as it is done 3-4 times a week for some reason throughout the day), removed the lines and turned the bare water valve back on. You would be surprised at the amount of water that comes out of that 1/2" hole when crammed into a bathroom vanity, upside down with your face about 6" from the water line.
Anyways, I re-used the old waterlines and now I have a bathroom full of shit but one hellofa nice faucet.
And it works.
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