Take today, for instance. Well, the last few days actually. Problem: I've got taps in my laundry room that are hard to "handle." (Sorry about that! :-)
They are hard to turn. I asked hubs to see if he could change the tap. "Go and get whachyawant" he tells me. So first trip to the home store sees me coming back with a shiny new tap that will be easy to turn off and on and even has a built in sprayer! Wow! Long story short...didn't fit. Back to the store for a pleasant interaction with the returns desk clerk.
As I go back into the faucet section of the store, a new idea breaks into my head! Why not just change the handles to the paddle type, like they have in hospitals, etc. I purchase the handles that are labelled "universal" and home I go. Hubs likes the idea and spends several hours trying to fit them on. Guess what. Don't fit. (Anyone who knows Hubs knows he would rather have root canal than do this kind of work.) He ended up in a mood.
Second trip back to the returns desk.Since I've exhausted this store's offerings, my next brainwave is to visit the big box store down the street from the first store. See what they have. Voila! I find another faucet like the one I already have, but instead of old style turney handles, this one has paddles for handles. The installation will require Hubs (who does not like to do this type of thing) to remove the entire tap, disconnect the water supply, squeeze into a tiny space to do all this (I can just hear the expletives now!!!) and try to use the tools he has which are not plumbers tools. Oh my.
Maybe I'll call a plumber while Hubs is on the golf course tomorrow. Think I will. Peace at any cost!
That's what has been keeping me busy. I'm thinking a brand new shiny house with everything custom designed to our tastes is in our future.
Stay tuned!
My husband hates anything related to plumbing so I can relate to "a mood." =) Thankfully, it's rare when we have to mess with it so his "mood" is very infrequent. =)
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