OK, so I lost track of what day it is working on the bathroom because I am doing something whenever I can. The shower is now working so at least we have been home. On Sunday my father-in-law and I ripped out the old sink and toilet. I was expecting all sorts of problems but Gene (my father-in-law) said "how hard can it be"? ......You NEVER EVER say that.
PROBLEM #1- The supply line shut off valve for the cold water to the sink would not work. So off to Home Depot we go......again. We get home and use the EXACT same valves as before. We decided to replace the hot and cold as well as the toilet valve. So we turned off the water, removed the sink, vanity and toilet. They were compression fitting valves and we put them on the same way. We turned the water back on and no leaks.
PROBLEM #2- After a while I noticed that all 3 valves were leaking. Since they were compression valves, we decided that they just needed to be tightened.
PROBLEM #3- We put two adjustable wrenches on the valves and started to tighten them when WHOOOOOSSSHH!!!! The valve gets blown off the pipe and HOT water starts gushing out at what seemed like 100,000,000 PSI. I think I hit to steps when I ran downstairs to turn off the water. Gene put his hand in front of the valve so the water did not hit the back wall. All I heard from upstairs was "Shit this is hot"!!!! The water went all over the laundry room downstairs...and I mean everywhere. Back to Home Depot to get solder valves. As of this writing we are still not sure why the valves came off the way they did. We finaly got the valves on and no leaks.
PROBLEM #4- After planning on getting the plywood for the tile down and doing the tile, we can't. The sub floor is soaked and now the tile is pushed back to the end of the week.
That is why you NEVER EVER say "How hard can it be". Stay tuned for more......
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