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No, it is not completed. Then again, I did not suspect it would be finished tonight (or whenever I got to it). There are a few pieces in the puzzle that do not quite make sense. So, back to the store. I will simply have to look through what I can, as store help seems both very preoccupied and somewhat undergunned. If I really cannot find what I need, I will ask for someone who does this kind of work. Although I am starting to understand that no man really knows enough about enough of this stuff to get any of it absolutely right. As I was leaving the store last time, I had some small talk with a store worker who saw me juggling my purchases and losing and offered a hand. Something about something, then, yes, a plumbing job caused by a faucet job, and it all looking dubious. A quick grin and he said, "Good luck, we are open till 10!" and a hearty chuckle. So... I am sort of on my own.
Still, I have it pretty well set up. The basic shape will work, though with a few added pieces for a secure connection to the sink I will be getting two more bendy pieces in case those other pieces throw the height of the exit pipe connection off. The hacksaw works, but it leaves a very rough finish. I might consider using my Dremel to smooth that a bit, or not. I simply need to make sure the sink attachment will hold the weight of the drain piping, though with the assistance of the drain outlet connection. Never mind, other than that I have to make sure the thing is stable enough against gravity, with and without water in it, and watertight. If I ever get to re-designing the kitchen, I will use metal plumbing if at all possible. Plastic is, well, plastic. Oh, I am sure, that is just as difficult and harder to cut. But once in place, the attachments are firmware, not... software, or hopeware.
It is not too late, I am hoping to get to bed and be able to sleep. A couple of beers might help. It is still rather warm, and my wound is starting to be fitful. A few more problems and I will begin to understand Custard's ordeal, albeit with wakefulness as the enemy that surrounds me.
Good night, I hope, Hawk.
Sometimes I hesitate to jump in, but yeah, if you thought faucets were complicated, the options for sink drains can be positively maddening. You need a trap, one way or the other, but they have "P" traps and "J" traps and who knows what other alphabetical trap, and the parts and pieces are not necessarily interchangeable. The three trip rule is only a guideline here, and you will most likely end up with a bag of spare parts that will stare at you reproachfully from the shelf until some future date when you finally find a use for them in a different job years later.
ReplyDeleteWell, no, I didn't think the faucet was complicated, per se. It is merely that every piece of hardware I initially purchased for it failed, the attachments to it failed, and the water turn off valves were so sticky I feared breaking them, bending the pipe they were on, or something worse trying to close them that first time. Beyond that, every instruction step... failed. There were no good instructions, for sure, anywhere, about the next step. Even when I used my Dremel at the suggestion of one, count em' one, forum... I was not sure if that was good advice for one type of sink out of 40, 30%, 70%, or all of them.
ReplyDeleteZero experience plus an old system added to faulty pieces ended up in it being a huge time eater and hassle. Tomorrow I could replace any faucet in the house.
Ugh. Every job is going to be somewhat like that though, every new job. Though I suspect, through osmosis a bit, through combined crossover experience, and through sheer luck of the draw, even my new jobs will become easier to learn.
I pretty much have the design completed. I do have to account for piping-to-sink fittings and a last possible height adjustment, but... Here is where your words may come to bite me. We will see.
Parts galore, for sure. And tools that... I may not use again, or often, or... ever possibly.
It is merely that every piece of hardware I initially purchased for it failed, the attachments to it failed, and the water turn off valves were so sticky I feared breaking them, bending the pipe they were on, or something worse trying to close them that first time. Beyond that, every instruction step... failed. There were no good instructions, for sure, anywhere, about the next step. Even when I used my Dremel at the suggestion of one, count em' one, forum... I was not sure if that was good advice for one type of sink out of 40, 30%, 70%, or all of them.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I meant by complicated. It's a "ten minute job"...and yet it never is.