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The shower: a saga
Sep. 28th, 2017 10:45 amMy shower here has never had the best water pressure. It's a hand held with various settings and as far as I can tell, only two and a half of those settings work or have ever worked since we moved in. It has developed over the last year or so a nasty habit of stopping working and then I have to try and de-gunkify it and that sort of works and sort of doesn't. I tired of this one night and bought a replacement at work. Since I work at a drugstore and not say, a hardware store or even Walmart, this is pretty stupid. But it was an FSA thing so it was essentially free, okay?
Also, I was really fed up with the showerhead at the time.
Anyway. I have spent the last friggin' week trying to get this thing installed. First I was too lazy. Then I couldn't find a freakin' wrench to save my life. Then Widget found one that looks like it was left outside for the last fifty years. It was too small for my needs. Then last night my brother drops off one at work and proceeds to scare the crap out of me with his horror stories and what not to do when attempting this.
I should mention that prior to his pep talk, I was pretty confident in my ability to Do The Thing. After? Not so much. :P
So I get home and after sitting for a few minutes so my feet didn't hurt, I trudged upstairs. I managed to get the old one off relatively easily. Went to put the new one on. Ran into problems. Like, it's upside down. Like the washers were not all included. Like I am very tired of this and my ankle has seized up. Whyyyyyyyy.
So. An hour and a half later, Mums returned home with a mixed pack of washers and do not tell her this but not a one of them fit properly. HOWEVER, just as I was ready to sink to the floor and just die there, I realized that the stupid plastic zip tie that came off the new hand held shower head... had two clear things that could probably be washers. IN MY DEFENSE: the other washer included was black. Not clear.
I put it all together and holy crap, water pressure! Different settings that actually work! It was so nice (and strange) and while not perfect, it's definitely a step up. Also, that mostly DIY thing is addictive. Luckily, my laziness will keep me from going insane with power. Muhaha... eh.
Also, I was really fed up with the showerhead at the time.
Anyway. I have spent the last friggin' week trying to get this thing installed. First I was too lazy. Then I couldn't find a freakin' wrench to save my life. Then Widget found one that looks like it was left outside for the last fifty years. It was too small for my needs. Then last night my brother drops off one at work and proceeds to scare the crap out of me with his horror stories and what not to do when attempting this.
I should mention that prior to his pep talk, I was pretty confident in my ability to Do The Thing. After? Not so much. :P
So I get home and after sitting for a few minutes so my feet didn't hurt, I trudged upstairs. I managed to get the old one off relatively easily. Went to put the new one on. Ran into problems. Like, it's upside down. Like the washers were not all included. Like I am very tired of this and my ankle has seized up. Whyyyyyyyy.
So. An hour and a half later, Mums returned home with a mixed pack of washers and do not tell her this but not a one of them fit properly. HOWEVER, just as I was ready to sink to the floor and just die there, I realized that the stupid plastic zip tie that came off the new hand held shower head... had two clear things that could probably be washers. IN MY DEFENSE: the other washer included was black. Not clear.
I put it all together and holy crap, water pressure! Different settings that actually work! It was so nice (and strange) and while not perfect, it's definitely a step up. Also, that mostly DIY thing is addictive. Luckily, my laziness will keep me from going insane with power. Muhaha... eh.