Home Repair

Today we did some home repair.

Well, we went to Home Depot three or more times. A licensed professional actually did the work.

What did he do? He replaced our bathroom fan, installed a new kitchen faucet, sealed some leaking thingys on the roof, and replaced a switch (which only broke this afternoon).

Our first faucet install did not go well. The install was great, but the faucet was terrible. It was a chrome American Standard number with retractable hose/faucet. Except the hose did not retract without pushing, and pushing on a hose is rarely effective. More importantly, when you moved the faucet to the right, it immediately swiveled back to the center on its own. How annoying is that?

So we pulled it out and went to Home Depot and got a Price Pfister (or something) that was (a) prettier and (b) worked properly. It works beautifully, and is handy for washing little hands that don't yet reach a traditional faucet.

We also had to exchange the fan we bought (top vent) for a model with a side vent, get new tubes for the water connection, choose a new dimmer switch, and buy roof tar.

In sum, we are now poorer, but less leaky, humid, and dim.