Never too old

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Added: Fri. Jun 27, 2008 11:32pm
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To begin with, I was writing this blog right after Friday the 13th. I thought I posted it, but apparently I didn't hit the submit button or was interrupted. Anyway, on Friday the 13th I was washing dishes and was rinsing my last pot when the handle on the faucet broke off. I just couldn't believe it. Since my husband has been unable to do anything since he has been having muscle spasms in his back and has been out of commission for the past 2 months, I was beside myself wondering how I would get a new faucet for my sink put in. But then I remembered. I have seen them do it many times on HGTV and DIY TV, I'll just do it myself.

So I headed down town and got a new faucet. After arriving back home, I took everything out of the box and got out the directions. It wasn't long before my husband was telling me what I should be doing and how to do it. It's a man thing. I got the wrenches to undo the bolts, but they were so tight that I couldn't budge them. My daughter said she would help. So we both got under the sink. First we sprayed the bolts with WD40. I held one wrench steady and she turned with the other. It took us a while, but we finally got the old faucet off and put on the new one.

Then the the big PROBLEM, the water hoses didn't reach to the new fittings. Another day without water in the kitchen and another trip to town. The moral of the story.....at 61 I did my first plumbing job and probably my last. That's a girl thing.

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Simply Deb
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Posted 5:22pm September 19th, 2008
Over the summer, every time we'd turn on the kitchen faucet, we'd hear clunk...clunk...clunk...clunk. The clunking would continue for as long as the water was running. I wasn't too thrilled about the thought of having to pay the plumber to come in to fix whatever was wrong, so I stalled on calling him.

One day I was using the sink's spray hose and saw a little bit of water leaking where the base of the hose head screwed onto the plastic hose. I twisted the base of the hose head to tighten it. The leak stopped and NO MORE clunk...clunk...clunk...clunk. My 22-year-old son was in the kitchen and witnessed my success. I couldn't wait to boast about my accomplishment to my husband.

Another time I dropped a chain bracelet into the sink drain in the bathroom. I placed a bucket under the sink pipe and unscrewed the fittings to the bend in the pipe. There among the gunk and water was my bracelet!
Jill M
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Posted 6:11pm June 30th, 2008

Ann,

Way to go! It's impressive to try something new...and a little scary knowing you may be without a kitchen sink for a while.

I also just installed a water filter in our kitchen. I've never done anything like that before, and had no idea how to do it, and made about 4 trips to Home Depot, but I finally figured it out. I now use the water filter with a lot of pride (although I still check for leaks under the sink and its been about a month now).

Anyway, I'm thinking... what can I tackle next... but not anytime soon!

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