First project

Visiting the kids in their 1960s-era homes is often educational. Thank goodness for
(1) YouTube videos,
(2) a brother-in-law who flips homes only a text away, and
(3) nearby hardware stores!

This was obviously an old bath tub drain lever if the 2½-year old could pull it through the screw heads! Unfortunately, I could not extract the mechanical linkage to the drain mechanism down in the pipe and there is no access to the plumbing from below as this is a second-floor bathroom. Fortunately, someone had replaced the tub drain with a push stopper, so I left the linkage out of necessity and just replaced the disc with a single-screw overflow plate.

First post of a photo from new phone.

Looking back
1 year ago: “Gulf Fritillary”
2 years ago: “Limenitis arthemis astyanax”
3 years ago: “Blades”
4 years ago: “Summer project [filler #22]”
5 years ago: “From a Carnoustie Road bridge, HHI”
6 years ago: “Sea Turtle … (+ one air bubble) [SOOC]”
7 years ago: “Vanessa”
8 years ago: “Up before dawn…”
9 years ago: “Stained glass”

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[Mags]

Cool shot! You're such a handy person to have around. Wanna stop by SC on your way home? LOL!

[Thom Mitchell]

@marlboromaam The girls created a shared spreadsheet in Google Docs, “NextVisitPapaThomList,” with two tabs — one for each of their houses — with a list of tasks they'd like me to tackle. :)

[Esther Rosenberg]

smart girl!!!
thankful for google....and YouTube.

[GaryW]

Hey! I wondered where you were...looks like a great project.

[Danette Thompson]

How lucky they are. Old plumbing always brings surprises. I remember my husband replaced a toilet in his sister’s 100 year old home. That was a project!

[Thom Mitchell]

@thewatersphotos We arrived on our daughter's due date… Baby was eight days late (emergency C-section)… We stayed another 10 days to make sure mama was strong enough and independent enough after surgery. It was a long visit! Came home with a cold and a significant knee problem … and that's how I got 30 days behind again. :-\

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette There are a couple of plumbing time bombs ticking away in this house. I fear that they may be problems I can *dis*assemble, but not necessarily fix because the repair may require hot sweating copper pipe and/or replacement of an entire pedestal sink. Pedestal sinks may look sleek but they offer no storage and access to connections is horrendous. Who thought *those* were a good idea…?

[Danette Thompson]

@rhoing I've never, ever been a fan of pedestal sinks (even in a 1/2 bath). No sweating pipes in your future?? :-)