Well, I gave into Diane and spent the day Saturday installing a new sink. It took 10 hours and 6 beers to complete the project. I know what you're thinking, "10 hours for a new sink?!" In the course of preparing for the project I discovered that the plumbing to the kitchen sink was done using flexible copper and that, instead of making nice smooth bends in the pipe as it snaked it's way to the sink the pipes were bent and kinked in multiple places. As I explained to Diane, "You can't kink a garden hose and then expect water to come out of the spout." So, I decided to do the job right and replaced all the pipes coming from the main galvanized iron supply. For those of you who know me this was a great feat. I am a computer geek and I have no experience with these kinds of practical jobs. I learn fast though and it was quite interesting to sweat the copper tubes and get them aligned properly so that the water could get the sink with the proper amount of pressure. Actually, it was quite easy once I got over my apprehension. The video only shows the before and after for the sink. I only thought of doing this after all the work on the plumbing was complete. I wish I would have thought of it sooner because the plumbing job was quite impressive if I do say so myself :-)
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