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Buddyblazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 02:24 AM
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I just re-hauled my kitchen sink...ask me anything.
Re-plumbed the kitchen sink in my 90 year old house (is replumb a word?).

In a double sink...I put in a new strainer on one side, a garbage disposal on the other(it didn't have one), ran wiring behind the floor cabinets, replaced the "floor" of the cabinet because the old particle board had been water damaged to the point of growing mold (had to wipe down the inside with bleach), wired up a switch for the disposal under the sink, and re-plumbed the entire works with brand new PVC pipe.

I had NEVER done any plumbing before, and only one other home electrical job (years of auto-wiring helps).

So...my girlfriend is working her overnight shift, and I'm so excited I finished, I had to tell somebody. AND...it only took me 15 hours (about 8 of actual work).

So...fire away.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 02:24 AM
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1. How much beer didja drink....
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Buddyblazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 02:27 AM
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3. I don't drink...
but I went through an eighth of weed.

Hence why I started the project 15 hours ago, and only performed 8 hours of work.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 03:01 AM
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5. Ahhh, I found when I was, ahem, smoking the pot, I could
actually concentrate more on the task at hand...

concentrate, really concentrate and then turn the wrench...

Concentrate, rally concentrat and turn it again....
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Kenneth ken Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 02:27 AM
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2. does
your girlfriend expect you to be done when she gets home?

Or will it be a happy surprise for her?

Congrats to you either way! :applause:

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Buddyblazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 02:34 AM
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4. I was banging my head when she left at 7:30.
Couldn't figure out how to wire the switch. What a stoner...it came to me how to wire it correctly after my last pinch of green. I just had to step away for awhile.

Once it came to me, it took me another hour and a half.

When she left, she thought she wouldn't be able to use the sink until at the earliest Friday. I work in concert production (16-18 hour days). I've got gigs lined up for the next three days. So it wasn't it going to be for the next few days.

Dishes were piling up quickly and she was starting to get a little short with me. No dishwasher to store dirty dishes either (thats next).

So yes, there will be some reward nookie IF we see each other in the next three days.
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