Emmenay
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Why Oh why don't I learn? Why do I have to touch stuff?
Mr and Mrs emmenay were at the Lincoln show the other day and I finally had time to tighten up the loose tap body on the bathroom sink.
So there am i, one hand gripping the tap body, the other hand gripping the big nut under the sink trying to tighten it to stop it turning in the counter top. Just a little tighter I thought, when I hear and feel this expensive crunch, followed by the inevitable water leak....
So after taking the tap apart I discovered to my amazement that I hadn't broken it but merely dislodged the inner cartridge and it went back together a treat, tested and leak free. But was that the end of that, nooooo!
On refitting the tap I thought 'lesson learned', so got Mrs emmenay to gently hold the tap in place while I tightened up the nut underneath with a pair of mole grips (yes I know I should be using a basin wrench but who carries one of those!)
Anyway, here comes that famous saying 'just a little bit more', (we've all heard that one lads am I right) when suddenly the mole grips slip and take with it one of the pipes that fit into the bottom of the tap, of course the water was still pressured up i hear you ask and yes things got a little wet behind the ears!
So now while I'm dismantling the vanity area of the bathroom I send Mrs emmenay of to the showground to find a mobile repairer or if anybody knows of one to come and sort things out.
Was there anyone in the whole of the Lincoln show ground that could supply a bit of pipe and a couple of fittings to get me out of trouble, was there bol#@cks! Not even a single person of the mobile repairs category took an interest, all we got was 'sorry don't carry pipe'! Not even a willingness to take the job on as they were all to busy earning their bigger money fitting gadgets for everyone which I suppose I understand.
Was I peed off, well I think several people heard me venting off but hey ho, the trusty mole grips are now gripping the dangling water pipe to seal it off.
The net result of my inability to leave things alone is a broken tap and nearly a broken nose the way I spoke to the Mrs, but I think she's forgiven me.
I would say it was lucky we weren't somewhere remote when it happened but we may just as well have been it seems, but I can't complain, I brought it on myself.......
Mr and Mrs emmenay were at the Lincoln show the other day and I finally had time to tighten up the loose tap body on the bathroom sink.
So there am i, one hand gripping the tap body, the other hand gripping the big nut under the sink trying to tighten it to stop it turning in the counter top. Just a little tighter I thought, when I hear and feel this expensive crunch, followed by the inevitable water leak....
So after taking the tap apart I discovered to my amazement that I hadn't broken it but merely dislodged the inner cartridge and it went back together a treat, tested and leak free. But was that the end of that, nooooo!
On refitting the tap I thought 'lesson learned', so got Mrs emmenay to gently hold the tap in place while I tightened up the nut underneath with a pair of mole grips (yes I know I should be using a basin wrench but who carries one of those!)
Anyway, here comes that famous saying 'just a little bit more', (we've all heard that one lads am I right) when suddenly the mole grips slip and take with it one of the pipes that fit into the bottom of the tap, of course the water was still pressured up i hear you ask and yes things got a little wet behind the ears!
So now while I'm dismantling the vanity area of the bathroom I send Mrs emmenay of to the showground to find a mobile repairer or if anybody knows of one to come and sort things out.
Was there anyone in the whole of the Lincoln show ground that could supply a bit of pipe and a couple of fittings to get me out of trouble, was there bol#@cks! Not even a single person of the mobile repairs category took an interest, all we got was 'sorry don't carry pipe'! Not even a willingness to take the job on as they were all to busy earning their bigger money fitting gadgets for everyone which I suppose I understand.
Was I peed off, well I think several people heard me venting off but hey ho, the trusty mole grips are now gripping the dangling water pipe to seal it off.
The net result of my inability to leave things alone is a broken tap and nearly a broken nose the way I spoke to the Mrs, but I think she's forgiven me.
I would say it was lucky we weren't somewhere remote when it happened but we may just as well have been it seems, but I can't complain, I brought it on myself.......