Repair needed

Yesterday we noticed a drip-drip-drip from the downstairs kitchen.  I messed around a bit and learned the secrets of the faucet.  I turned off the water pump and opened the cold water upstairs and down to let the water drain down.  When it slowed to a trickle I removed the cold water valve and it looked ok;  however, I went into the hardware to see if they had a new one and they did.  I bought two – one for the hot and one for the cold.  On return to home I installed both and turned on the water pump.  Drip-drip drip – drat – and back inot town to Menards to get a new faucet assembly, shutoff valves and connector hoses – all for a measley $58.  This would be tomorrow’s project.

Tomorrow (today actually).  Using a couple of small pipe wrenches, I removed the two elbows, installed the teflon tape and the new shutoff valves.  After re-energizing the pump and bleeding out the air, the new shutoff valves were checked for leaks.  The new faucet was installed and the whole assembly checked for leaks.  There did not appear to be any so the job was finished.

The rest of the day was spent sort of cleaning up the house for the Thanksgiving dinner.  Now we are watching Hulu, via the new Hulu Desktop, and this has occupied the past 5 hours.  If this Hulu thing continues we will be real couch potatoes.  Night all.

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