Courting Disaster, Because I'm Too Lazy (Stupid?) to Have it Any Other Way

As has became our habit, we are installing yet another plumbing fixture just hours before a horde of folks descends upon the Devil Queen. Tomorrow we are having 20+ people over for Thanksgiving. Fortunately, my wife's family takes a potluck approach to the holiday, so I'm not actually expected to cook enough food for everyone.

Therefore, my mission tonight is plumbing a sink in the hall bathroom. This should be incredibly straight forward and, in theory, easy which is why I'm extremely nervous. Nothing is ever easy. I have the sink (pedestal), the two feed lines, the drain, the faucet, etc. And, I've tried all the connections (the feeds fit the faucet, etc) except one; that is my weak link. I swear that the drain pipe sticking out of the floor is 1 1/2 inch. I've measured it with the tape measure, I've held the 1 1/2 to 1 1/4 adaptor up next to the pipe, but I haven't actually dry fitted the adaptor on the pipe. Why?

The short answer is I'm lazy. Other excuses? The drain is connected directly to one of the two main sewer lines; to keep the Devil Queen from smelling like week-old farts and us from dying of sewer gas inhalation, we have the drain thoroughly plugged. To test the fitting, I'd have to strip it all off. And, I'm 99.5% sure that it is an 1 1/2 inch pipe.

So, that is what I'll be doing tonight.

For my encore performance, I'll be wiring the over-sink lighting too.

And, instead of shopping like a crazy person, I plan to spend most of the long holiday at home painting. Or prepping. Or prepping and painting. I've got 3-4 gallons of primer and two cases of caulk, so I think I'll make it through the weekend.