Kiri's mum is having the other knee replaced. She is going to spend a month afterwards with her sister, and then a month or six weeks with us. This has required some minor modifications to the house. Mostly making sure there are solid handrails here and there, and putting up a second railing on the other sides of assorted stairs. Not a huge deal or anything, I did most of it last weekend. We are also putting a hand shower thing in the bath. K-mum is up this weekend and part of the week to make sure she has the navigation of the place down pat, and discuss how to avoid having her grandson knock her on her butt frequently. Our boy is a hug monster! While she is here, she bought the shower thing. Fancier than I would have chosen, but hey! it is her money. Then kiri tells me something that nigh unto made me fall into a ladylike swoon. DH says he is going to install it first thing in the morning after Ash is off to school. What? WHAT! Has he been reading my Dare to Repair books? Has he sat down and watched my do your own plumbing videos? What on earth brought this about? This is the man who loosened a nut I couldn't get leverage on (short person here, long armed tall person designed the vanity) when I was replacing the bathroom faucet two years ago, and is still complaining about having been forced to do plumbing! My only guess is that K-mum asked him if he felt he could handle the installation all right, and he felt backed into a corner and said yes. Now he feels obligated to actually do it.
I like my shower. I installed the tub hardware suite too. Water goes through it every time you turn it on. The shower only runs when you turn the shower on. It does not drip or leak. I just remembered that the original chrome finish line to head attachment is still up there because the threads are froze up so solid that you cannot turn it to screw it off. I think the nimrod handycritter that initially installed it crossthreaded it. That is going to have to come off to put the hand shower on. I would just leave it there because when you try and get it off the pipes start twisting before it loosens, even holding close with vice grips. The threads are probably trashed anyway. OMG, he is either going to break my pipes or actually get the thing off but have no threads left to get the new attachment on! One way or the other I am going to spend tomorrow soldering pipes! AGH! I'll try sweet reason first, but if he has his macho up I may be doomed.
NightMist Frazzled.