Sinking feeling
May. 5th, 2020 04:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrThings I had to do today to fix the kitchen sink (for the second time in less than a month).
1. Shut off the cold water with a pipe wrench, incidentally breaking off the knob and stem.
2. Call EWEB to find out how to shut off the new cut-out valve at the water meter. (WD-40 and a vise-grips on the handle for extra leverage.)
3. Bike to BiMart for a new cold-water shut-off valve, then drive to Jerry's for new valve springs and seats because the type BiMart carries are the wrong size. (Which is why I'm replacing them for the third time.)
Hopefully, this time, the little washers won't tear out again, the replacement handle (a gift from Denise's cousin-with-the-hardware-store, after I jammed the set-screw and stripped the hex nut on the previous one) will stay on, and the damn thing won't start dripping again less than a day after I took it apart to fix it.
I am so tired of plumbing.
1. Shut off the cold water with a pipe wrench, incidentally breaking off the knob and stem.
2. Call EWEB to find out how to shut off the new cut-out valve at the water meter. (WD-40 and a vise-grips on the handle for extra leverage.)
3. Bike to BiMart for a new cold-water shut-off valve, then drive to Jerry's for new valve springs and seats because the type BiMart carries are the wrong size. (Which is why I'm replacing them for the third time.)
Hopefully, this time, the little washers won't tear out again, the replacement handle (a gift from Denise's cousin-with-the-hardware-store, after I jammed the set-screw and stripped the hex nut on the previous one) will stay on, and the damn thing won't start dripping again less than a day after I took it apart to fix it.
I am so tired of plumbing.