I've been to the hardware store twice this week - found the parts I needed the second time (hallelujah). The second time I had to wait a couple of days until I had the money for more parts. Turns out I needed to replace the P-trap, except that I couldn't - I couldn't find the exact one I had, and the ones the store had weren't the right size or type. #Q$^&!#$^%@#!
Finally I figured out I could just remove my P-trap (and if you've never had the pleasure of smelling the water that sits in there, I highly recommend it. It's a heady combination of bong water and poop, with very slight but delectable rotten-potato overtones) and alter it just a tiny bit so that everything lines up correctly. This involved sawing it in half and inserting a small coupler in between the two ends to extend it (translation: I had to touch the inside. Ewwwww).
The fun part - yes, more fun than the bongpoopwater - was that I don't have the strength in my hands/arms to get the connector in place, and so I have to wait yet again until I can find someone willing to help push a couple of pieces together.
Meanwhile, my kitchen has looked like this all week:
Also, washing dishes in the bathroom sink and the backyard? Not as fun as it sounds.
Update soon. I hope. Please. I WANT TO USE MY NEW SINK DAMMIT.
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You know, don't you, that Home Despot carries these? http://www.atgstores.com/traps/plumbcraft-1593-8913-plumb-craft-waxman-group-white-plastic-flexible-female-j-bend-trap_6925959.html?af=2615&cse=2615&gclid=CODllsvvpr0CFSho7AodFXoArw&gclsrc=aw.ds
ReplyDeleteI had to use one in my bathroom, cuz....NPC house...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.homedepot.com/s/flexible+p+trap?NCNI-5
No, actually, they don't. It's on their website, and I asked about it, but they don't carry it in the store. At least not the stores I went to.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...well, I did buy mine a long time ago, might even have been at Builder's Square (remember them?). You can order it online and pick it up at the store, usually that's free shipping. I can check my HD up here and see if they have them.
ReplyDeleteOkay, but on further inspection, Lowe's has this: http://www.lowes.com/pd_26615-143-81240K_0__?productId=1076241&Ntt=flexible+p+trap&pl=1¤tURL=%3FNtt%3Dflexible%2Bp%2Btrap&facetInfo= And they say they have it IN the Stassney store RIGHT NOW. I'mma pick one up on the way home tonight. That is EXACTLY WHAT I NEED.
ReplyDeleteYES!!! Exacterly!! Woohoo!
ReplyDeleteEeexcept it turns out it's too small - 1-1/2" inlet, and I have 2". I could use it for the kitchen; but I'd have had to remove ALL of the piping and re-do everything. But see next post. :)
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