Cambridge, MA – Winter 2009
January 3rd, 2010Saturday Morning Chores
January 3rd, 2010Pumpkins!
November 27th, 2009Plumbing
October 15th, 2009A chronically annoying hot water tap in the downstairs bathroom finally gave up any pretense of actually shutting off the water. Unfortunately the under-sink shut off valve was also corroded to the point where it wouldn’t shut off the water either. So we had a steady stream of hot water coming out of the sink.
Emma found a new faucet/tap set and picked up some new shut off valves. I turned off the water main, cut off the old shut off valves, installed the new ones, and replaced the sink hardware. It went pretty well overall, although I did get one skinned knuckle, and ended up soaked head to toe once (note to self: don’t accidentally loosen a compression fitting on a shut off valve, when you’re trying to tighten it, when the whole system is pressurized).
Some photos of the results:



