Comments on: adventures in home repair - night plumbing

By: tommo

tommo — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:40:23 +0000

You da man! Do you walk around home now in a singlet showing a bit of bumcrack?

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:50:37 +0000

I am impressed! This major feat qualifies you for slightly less computer geek and slightly more rugged handyman status!

By: dave

dave — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:09:18 +0000

Ben: Thanks, your respect means a lot. I don’t want to take too much credit here: it was really just replacing a broken tap with a non-broken one, and somehow getting it to seal: there weren’t any little pieces to speak of.

Barbara: Not sure if I want to spend all of Christmas working on plumbing jobs: I should perhaps stick to my strengths.

By: barbara

barbara — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:28:14 +0000

Seeing it is now on your list do you want me to find a few more testing jobs. What a better to spend Christmas

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:09:58 +0000

Wow sounds like you are quite the handyman. When I go to fix things at home the spanner I need to use is the only size I don’t have or is not metric. the tap would then be on so tight that it would take ages to get it off, then when I get it all back together after trying not to lose any of the little pieces on the lawn the thing would probably still leak. Well down Dave hats off to you!!

By: dave

dave — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:22:07 +0000

I was mostly game to try because it’s an outdoor tap: there’s nothing that can go too badly wrong if you make a mistake with it…

I think the last plumber I saw charged about $150-$200 to supply and fit a $30 shower head… I figured it was worth trying myself this time!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:09:02 +0000

Can you please come round to my place — I’ve got a few plumbing jobs. Everyone needs a friend who can do plumbing!