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

[Marko69]

BEA-utiful worktops. Really like those. And the tap, (faucet for you & Jaadam --->> where is that bstd?) is great and also very popular over here in the UK. Although the granddaughter can be a pain in the arse with it......, "PAPA, LOOK OUT!!" --->>> soaked.

Apologise in advance for laughing my a$$ off at the angle of the actual adjustable trap onto the main body. I think the trips to the Home Depot were defo required. All it could've taken in the future was your wife......, (or yourself, let's be politically correct here) to put the soap powder away quick and harshly and oopsy! That thing is off. Full washing machine load emptying into sink cupboard.

And......, that pattress box for the socket. Is that plastic? Looks like a plasterboard backbox? (drywall) I've only ever saw that style in metal over here. Hope that's not metal? Wife puts away the soap powder, quickly, harshly because she's moaning that you didn't do it, and ZZZAP!

Place looks great. Scrolled back to before, during the job when the floor tiles were lifted, and now the end product. Great stuff.

[CGVT]

Speaking of amateurs. I have always tried to do the work I do as close to what a pro would do to the best of my abilities.

For example, I learned how to sweat copper pipe and fittings so that all of my pipe work was done "right". I am ok at it. Not fast and sometimes my solder looks a little sloppy, but my connections are solid and don't leak. I like to think that a real plumber would not be appalled at what he sees behind my walls.

But...

In my old age I have gotten a bit lazy. I still sweat pipes that are behind walls but I have moved on to Sharkbite fittings for all of my valves and connections that are accessable without tearing out walls.

Now my wiring, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be desired. Ha!

[CGVT]

BEA-utiful worktops. Really like those. And the tap, (faucet for you & Jaadam --->> where is that bstd?) is great and also very popular over here in the UK. Although the granddaughter can be a pain in the arse with it......, "PAPA, LOOK OUT!!" --->>> soaked.

Apologise in advance for laughing my a$$ off at the angle of the actual adjustable trap onto the main body. I think the trips to the Home Depot were defo required. All it could've taken in the future was your wife......, (or yourself, let's be politically correct here) to put the soap powder away quick and harshly and oopsy! That thing is off. Full washing machine load emptying into sink cupboard.

And......, that pattress box for the socket. Is that plastic? Looks like a plasterboard backbox? (drywall) I've only ever saw that style in metal over here. Hope that's not metal? Wife puts away the soap powder, quickly, harshly because she's moaning that you didn't do it, and ZZZAP!

Place looks great. Scrolled back to before, during the job when the floor tiles were lifted, and now the end product. Great stuff.

Thanks, Marko.

Yeah, I knew I was playing with fire with the angle, but I had it cranked down so hard nothing was going to break loose. I just couldn't get a good seal. It is all good now.

And yes the box is metal. My last dishwasher was hardwired in and I didn't want to mess with that so I added the box and outlet.

It certainly isn't up to code by any means but it is on a GFI circuit so I am not too worried about it.

The back is drywall. I have a piece of painted cabinet backing that I have to cut and put in place. I may get to that someday.

[Mainevent]

My dad was a carpenter before switching to being an electrician for 35 years. Super handy, did almost everything himself, built out an addition on the house, a pole barn, a big deck, etc. You name it, he would do it. About the only thing he didn't mess with was big plumbing jobs because he would trade work with his buddy who was plumber.

So over years of working with him, my brother just picked up all this stuff naturally, worked construction in the summers and carried on the tradition of doing all his own stuff, and he actually retired from his school counselor job and is a pig in shit as head of maintenance for an apartment complex. Me? 40 years of learning electrical and it's still in one ear and out the other. I'm semi-capable (i re-did our powder room, tiled the basement shower, stuff like that) but it takes me a while to work up the courage to tackle big jobs and then usually like halfway through I realize there's something I didn't think of and have re-work my entire plan/schedule/method, etc.

I actually really enjoy projects though, and I've built some furniture too, which I really liked (nothing too fancy, I don't really have a dedicated workspace or tools). I told my wife that once the kids are out of the house, I'm building a workshop and getting the proper tools so I can putz around making stuff.

[CGVT]

My dad was a carpenter before switching to being an electrician for 35 years. Super handy, did almost everything himself, built out an addition on the house, a pole barn, a big deck, etc. You name it, he would do it. About the only thing he didn't mess with was big plumbing jobs because he would trade work with his buddy who was plumber.

So over years of working with him, my brother just picked up all this stuff naturally, worked construction in the summers and carried on the tradition of doing all his own stuff, and he actually retired from his school counselor job and is a pig in shit as head of maintenance for an apartment complex. Me? 40 years of learning electrical and it's still in one ear and out the other. I'm semi-capable (i re-did our powder room, tiled the basement shower, stuff like that) but it takes me a while to work up the courage to tackle big jobs and then usually like halfway through I realize there's something I didn't think of and have re-work my entire plan/schedule/method, etc.

I actually really enjoy projects though, and I've built some furniture too, which I really liked (nothing too fancy, I don't really have a dedicated workspace or tools). I told my wife that once the kids are out of the house, I'm building a workshop and getting the proper tools so I can putz around making stuff.

Glad to see you aren't waiting too long to build that workshop.

My dad put himself through collage building houses with my uncle. He was an teacher and administrator, but on weekends he built sheds, remodeled, laid concrete etc, at our houses and if something needed to be built or fixed he just did it. He always wanted to have a workshop. When he was about my age, he sold a Bed and Breakfast he had in New Hampshire and built a new house with a nice big shed and he bought the bigger woodworking tools that he had envisioned having. It took about 4 years to build the house and by the time it was done his health was on the decline and he never built anything.

I know even in my case, there wasn'tmuch difference between 40 and 45 or 50 and 55 for that matter, but man 66 year old cgvt is a completely different person physically than 60 year old cgvt.

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