Plumber fixed the pipe in the walls in the basement that was spitting water for, we don't know how long, maybe two weeks or more. It took him all of 15 minutes and included adding a new shut off valve that also needed replacing. Then he repaired a leak from the base of our filtered water faucet so my kitchen sink no longer leaks out that beautifully filtered water out of the base of the faucet every time we go to get a glass of water or make tea or coffee.
Then, even more happy! Hubby enlisted plumber to give him instruction on how to fix a loose sink in the master bath (no biggie), then asked him to fix the unusable utility sink faucet in the laundry room (hasn't been usable since we moved in here 13 years ago) and learned all new faucet & fixings need to be installed (still not the biggie.)
Now here comes the biggie!
Hubby asked plumber to evaluate what's needed to fix an issue we expected would require a lot of time and some walls being torn out due to water leaking down the pipes all down to the basement from the second floor bathroom whenever the tub or toilet are used (we stopped using them when we discovered that.) After running a scope down the walls and so forth, he said the best solutions is to do a renovation of the bathroom since walls, toilet and tub need to come out in order to even identify how far down the stack this whole problem stems. Since with the repairing and replacing, etc. a big renovation is inevitable. (
Nope, still not the Real biggie!
After Mr. Plumber leaves, I tell Hubby that since we're doing a whole new reno of the upstairs bathroom, and that one of the walls with the sink is adjacent to my granddaughter's room, I want to install a kitchenette on the other side of the wall, meaning a reno of that room as well. I explained how I wanted to move my soapmaking up into that room (which he already knew about) but that without running water, a decent sink and counter space, it's pretty hard to do, and besides it could be used as an upstairs suite should we ever need it to be so for extended guests, etc. Wait for it...
You guessed it!
He jumped right on board with renovating the room to become a soaping studio with all the necessary plumbing, counter space and electrical outlets, etc. He got out his measuring tape and I grabbed a notebook and off we went, taking measurements, drawing up plans and compiling a list of what we need to buy and what we have already that we can use to make all these renovations (the list of rooms involved in reno has grown from one, to two and then three, then four and now it's at 5 different rooms. But the bottom line is, he is on board and eager to help get me an actual dedicated soaping studio set up! I am super happy about that. He even suggested a mini-fridge and curing racks and where they could fit into the plan!
Ok not really a B-day but a Celebration !!!!! Congrats !
