Sunday, May 14, 2006
The art of plumbing
Life in a quaint little circa 1860 home has its ups and downs. Since plumbing wasn't part of the original plan the circa 1960 retrofit must have been one of those things no real plumber wanted to tackle so they farmed it out to an ametuer. Regardless of my theories on why I seem to have entered into a plumbing nightmare and I can't wake up. As soon as I fix one leak or clog another seems to pop up. This has consumed several of my weekends for the past few months. I have replaced fixtures, changed piping {water and sewer}, rerouted lines, and next weekend I am going to attempt to change my pressure tank and switch, which (according to a real plumber) should be a breeze considering I succesfully executed a diverter retrofit. The only regret I really have about all this is my butcrack seems to be migrating to the area just above my belt.
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Good luck. The only thing I am worse at and dread more than electrical work is plumbing. I always liked the story about the home owner who called the plumber to work on something on a Sunday, and upon getting the bill asks "What!?!? $150 for an hour of work? That's more than I used to get in my job in software." To which the plumber replies, "Yeah, I had that problem when I was a programmer, too." And worth every penny.
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