"chaniarts" wrote in message
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this was a 10 minute 'honey can you pop a new o-ring into the faucet'
job that has morphed into rehabbing 2 counters and the tub deck. i might
as well rip it all down to the studs and start over, at this point,
which is a new raised bar for short jobs turning into major house
projects. usually i can get them done with only 3 trips to home depot.

Jeez. Been there, done that. Replace a wall switch, break a wire. Rewire,
replaster, repaint. Same with a leaky toilet shut off valve that had
actually stopped leaking because of mineral deposits. Yanking on the pipe
to pull the valves cracked a T joint behind the wall. Rip up tiles, rip out
old galvanized pipe, repair and retile.

I hope the strap wrench works out for you. It sounds like the plumbing job
from hell. Remember, it could always be worse: at least this job doesn't
involve raw sewage.

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Bobby G.