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Soon, the Time of the Great Plumbing Fiasco begins.

Plumbing is my bane

So... I got the old valve out without much trouble. Since then, I've been going in circles trying to clean the solder off the fittings to install the new valve. In the course of that, I destroyed one, so I had to run out and buy new ones.

I'm taking a little lunch break, and then back to plumbing land. Joy.

Despondency through plumbing...

I have given up on sweating pipes. For the replacement tub/shower valve, I needed to make about eight joints. On the first try, it looks for all the world like 7 of them were good. The last one has proved recalcitrant beyond measure.

I took it off, and redid it. It was worse. I replaced the elbow, and then both number 7 and number 8 leaked. I did them again, and the whole thing blew off, soaking me and the bathroom. I tried again, this time just a trickle. I did it again, with new pipe (replacing number 6 joint), then gave up.

Right now I have a "shark-bite" fitting to the copper connected to CPVC with a thread adapter to the valve. This looks like an egregious hack. I really don't care. The glue is drying now. If it works, I will celebrate, take a shower, and cancel the plumber scheduled tomorrow.

If it doesn't work, I will cut the whole thing out, cap the ends, and wait for the plumber.


Overall, the bathroom project has been going well. I completely fail plumbing, however.