16th December 2017
It is really dirty job day, and dressed appropriately, I set about the first thing on my list, removing the sink unit.
Usually anything to do with water is a disaster, I can work on a loose piece of pipe and still flood the place. Firstly turn the in-line valve off, easy, just a ninety degree turn with a screwdriver, nope, not easy. After years of non use, it only had one action to make, and it wouldn’t even do that. Eighty degrees was the best it would do, and even that was a huge effort, and drew the first blood of the day. The only course of action was to work quick to minimise the water spill. I had the blanking caps ready, so I started to loosen the pipe nuts. I did expect a bit of trouble with these, but they freed up easily. With the nuts loosened, and a small leakage, I lifted the sink, it wouldn’t move. “Loosen the waste pipe you fool” my brain shouted. Loosened all that, and went to lift the sink again expecting success, but no, now there was an Earth wire between the sink and the pipe. I groped around for a screwdriver and released the screw. At last the sink was free, and I was able to attend to the leaking water. Once all that was done I could break up the base unit and pile it up outside, with the rest.
Now it was on to the next task, removing the kitchen ceiling.
I started in one corner, and was surprised at the thickness of the plaster, and therefore the weight. It was a good decision to wear a hard hat as the lumps of plaster fell about me.
In a couple of hours I had done nearly half the room, and discovered several Lego bricks, that my boys must have lost down the gaps in the floor.
Another Lifetime to go 