So Close, Yet So Far Away
Sure, it looks like a proper, functional bathroom, but it isn't. Or, it is if you don't mind only having cold water at the sink. Personally, I like the option of hot water.
So, what is wrong? Christmas Eve day found me installing this stupid sink. Everything went fine until we turned on the water. Our hot water shut off valve (not the connections) leaks. Scarlet and I tinkered with it, we tightened nuts, and we (actually that would just be me) used our best four letter words and blasphemous epitaphs, but the leak merely slowed. It only stops once the valve is shut completely off.
Since we were expecting company for the holidays, we did the only thing we could. We blew the bathroom up with a few well placed sticks of dynamite and called it quits. Screw that.
Okay, we tired a rag around it and just ran with it for a couple of days. I'm really glad we have a tile floor.
In theory, we'll be replacing the valve and messing with some other crap this weekend. Then, maybe then, we'll have this . . . bathroom working.
posted by John | 8:12 PM
6 Comments:
"we (actually that would just be me) used our best four letter words and blasphemous epitaphs"
yep, I'm that one in the family, too!
I like your sink. What brand/style is it?
That is too cute- I bet that bottle of Pepto is your own?
Cheap-o cut off valves always act flaky when you have to open and shut them. Ours do what they are supposed to only when fully on or fully off- they all seem to leak in between and during repairs. My plumber told me to never get the cheap ones again- get a good one while you are going to all the extra expense of the work.
Formerly Carol, someone else is using my name now.
We moved from our last house because we had leaks. Okay, that is an understatement - we had FLOODS. Constantly. Quite annoying.
We have that sink in our bathroom (the only truly finished room in the whole house). It's the smallest, cheapest period-esque sink at Lowe's. I think we paid 99 bucks for ours. It was on sale, but I think that only knocked 20 off the price.
Carol, I check the box and the sink is an Aquasource made by Ashley. And, as Marg add, it was the cheapest "period-esque" sink at Lowe's. Same price and everything.
dnagrl/Carol, yes the Pepto is ours. My wife commented on that too: "I liked the picture, but why did you have include the Pepto?"
And, you couldn't be more right about the shut-off valves. Unfortunately, they were all that we availble in Russellville at the time, and I didn't know better. Now I do. The Hard-Way, I've got to try it every time.
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