Fuck these Fucking Fucks

[Trickalicious]

They probably stock the fridges with eggs. Note to self: Start mobile egg business from trunk of car. Eggs normal price and guaranteed to not be a bird flu egg 60% of the time, all the time.

[CGVT]

Hey all you fuckity fuck fucks!

They came and installed my counter tops yesterday. They showed up at ten and were done by noon. Quick solid work. On the other hand, it took me all afternoon to install the faucet (That's tap for Marco) and hook up the plumbing for the sink.
Whoever did the plumbing previously had a y with a second p-trap for the dishwasher. It was all hard piped in.

It took me about 20 minutes to get the faucet done, but that damn drain kicked my ass.

It only took three trips to the hardware store. *sigh* I had to cut all of that mess out and was lucky enough to have a nub of about a half inch of 1 1/2" pvc sticking out at the wall that I could glue a fitting on for the pipe that goes into the wall. I was thinking I might have to open the wall to get it right.

And of course the sewer pipe didn't line up with the sink drain so I had to try to get everything to line up.

I finished up about 7:00 last night. Man, it is hard for my old ass to get up from the floor when I'm working on shit.

When I got it all done, I discovered that I had a leak at the p-trap. It was a drip about every 10 minutes or so, which is not much of a drip, but it is a drip non-the-less.

I put a bowl under it and said "fuck it" and decided that I would fix it today.

When I checked it today it is no longer leaking. I guess the gaskets in the fittings seated and sealed it up? I really cranked down on the connectors last night and it is all solid as hell. I don't know, but I'll have to keep an eye on it to make sure that it is not leaking anymore.

I still need to do a backsplash and and get the floors done, but a least we have a functioning kitchen now.

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[Mainevent]

Two things that are as annoying as hell - small drip after finishing the plumbing, and something not turning on after installing some electrical.

[CGVT]

Two things that are as annoying as hell - small drip after finishing the plumbing, and something not turning on after installing some electrical.

Ha! That is the truth.

[El Axe]

Two things that are as annoying as hell - small drip after finishing the plumbing, and something not turning on after installing some electrical.

Especially if it happens someplace that should be unrelated to what you worked on.

"How the heck is that thing not working now? Is it some sort of sympathy pain?"

[CGVT]

The fucking leak is not gone.

I really didn't think it had fixed itself, but I was hopeful. Ha! I think I'm just going to put one of those flexible, accordion-like piece in and call it good. I was trying to avoid that *sigh*

[-Deborah-]

The updates look really nice, love the sink! We have a similar faucet, I appreciate the functionality of being able to pull it down and focus the spray directly where I want it.

After all that work, that leak has to be so frustrating! Are you doing the backsplash yourself?

[CGVT]

The updates look really nice, love the sink! We have a similar faucet, I appreciate the functionality of being able to pull it down and focus the spray directly where I want it.

After all that work, that leak has to be so frustrating! Are you doing the backsplash yourself?

Yeah, we just haven't decided what to do with it yet. I was going to do beadboard but I think that is too rustic/cottagey for this house. We want to keep it coastal, though.

There is such a small backsplash area, maybe 25-30 sq ft, even with two walls that it won't take much to tile it. I just need to come up with a plan. Maybe some kind of pattern on the stove side and a solid color on the sink side? I don't know yet

Mary and I will have to fight over it for a while.

I also need to wire it for a light over the sink. The two switches without a cover are my starting point. One switch was for the garbage disposal. I removed that a while ago and I don't plan on putting one in so I need to eliminate the switch. The other was for the over the sink light. The wire comes out of the wall in the top of the cabinet. I should have moved it before the cabinets were installed because I would have to run it down through the cabinet now and I don't want to do that.
I think I am just going to cut the drywall out and run the wire horizontally through the studs and then up to come out just under the cabinet. Since I am going to put in a backsplash I don't have to make the drywall repair flawless (that is a good thing. Ha!)

[CGVT]

I *think* I have it fixed. Actually, I am pretty sure but I'll wait until I run the dishwasher before I proclaim, Success! Ha!

The leak was at the lower connector on the p-trap. I had too much of an angle to make it all fit tight so I added the flexible hose. I hate those things, they are the mark of an amateur, which, of course I am, and they tend to cause problems long term, but it serves the purpose and will probably outlast me. Ha!

[froot loops]

The mark of an amateur is the trusty bowl under the leak. It never goes wrong