I thought I was going to get more work done today, but reality had other plans.
We spent last night in a hotel and will be doing the same tonight because the water’s been turned off.
I’m in the midst of having all the plumbing in my house replaced, an expensive three-day job they started yesterday. I’ve been able to work while the guys are occupied in the basement and elsewhere in the house, but now, on tracing pipes to the master bath, they’ll need to access them through the ceiling directly above my desktop work station.
Wall/ceiling patching and painting to follow…
That’s in addition to other replacements this summer: bathroom subfloor, shower and bathtub replacements, furnace, air conditioner, water heater, well pressure tank, water softener… and I get a bid tomorrow on needed electrical work. Oh, and the sewer line may have a break…
Fortunately, money has never been a problem in the glamorous and lucrative field of Second Amendment Echo Chamber Management. And all I’ll ever ask from readers is this (which thus far has proven to be pretty much a pipe dream of its own)…
Please hold off on news tips and other expectations.
The thought strikes that I don’t drink nearly enough.
The house we lived in for 27 years in the Heart of the Hive™ of SW Minneapolis was built in 1901 and plumbed with galvanized steel piping in the 30’s. Every time you’d touch something, you’d disturb some other fitting, and end up chasing piping gremlins through the house.
When we finally remodeled the (only) bathroom we ripped out every single piece of galvanized pipe and replaced it with copper, and put handy shut-off valves in lots of places they’d never been before. All of a sudden replacing the kitchen sink faucet cartridge didn’t require shutting of the water to the whole house, an amazing change for us.
And yes, we rented a porta-potty that stood in our driveway for those months…we had to have a padlock on it to keep the bums from trashing it. Like living in a cabin with an outhouse, it helps you really appreciate indoor plumbing.
Best of luck with your retrofit.
Ah, Yes!
The joys of homeownership!
I know them well!
If it’s not too late much of the hard work is finished when new pipes or pex is finally installed so just have your electrician run the new wires inside all those hollow tubes, and presto chango your project is completed lightening fast!
There will come a time, as it always happens with these home “improvement” projects when the last contractor has packed up her tools and the last of the dust has been cleared away. That’s when you finally get to sleep in your own damn bed.
It’s gonna feel great!
“The thought strikes that I don’t drink nearly enough.”
Should I send you a bottle of Wild Turkey 101?
Wild Turkey, nah, but I wouldn’t turn my nose up at a bottle of 30-yr-old sherry oak The MacAllan…
Us “gun writers” are used to nothing but the very best. It goes with the compensation and social status.