... No, not that! This time he's been trying to mend our kitchen sink tap which drips and drips and then becomes a major stream. All because the people who had this house before us were into 'Destroy It Yourself' in a major way. What they did to the plumbing system under the sink mystifies even the most knowledgeable plumber, so it doesn't bode well for hubs - but, he tries, and you gotta love him for that.
This time he announces at 10pm on Saturday evening last that 'it'll only take me an hour' to fix it! If you've ever read any of my other blogs on the hubs' DIY (yes that does mean Destoy It Yourself) then you'll probably know what's coming. For those who haven't read them here's what did happen: It took way more than an hour (which I said it would before he started, not to sound superior or anything like that, just going on past experiences), the air turned purple (we are way past blue at this point) as the tap refused to mend. Hubs well and truly blows his stack, all angry eyes and hard looking face and then announces: 'And I've lost my favourite screwdriver.' At which point I just lost it and burst out laughing, telling hubs he can't really be angry when he comes out with lines like that, and it made him laugh too. Thing is it upsets doggie as he doesn't really know the difference between angry and just talking loudly so he thinks there's a storm a-brewin and he was wrong, all he hears is the tone of voice changing and fears the worst.
It's so hard not to be angry back when hubs starts, but with little gems like the screwdriver going AWOL (and whom hubs has christened Matilda) it takes all the steam out of the argument. Hubs had a brainwave in bed (apparently it does happen) that he would change the washers over in the hot and cold taps, and it would suffice till we get the plumber in to mend the damned thing once for all this week when hubs is threatening to have a holiday! He did change the washers, went out and bought a new screwdriver - a big one! He then announces that it is fixed, not with arms outstretched and head back sort of announcement you understand, just passing a comment. We decided between us that we'd get a new tap altogether and we did, but it's not cheap this tap replacement lark - oh no, the one we have is a mixer tap and we've now moved away from having the conventional screw tap on each side in favour of taps which move up and down - far simpler (allegedly) as the cold tap is the side that's causing all the problems. So we get the new one which as I said isn't cheap, it cost £114 + vat, and then there's the plumbers fee to consider. All in all, we think a second mortgage might be in order but first, I feel I have to have a lie down in a darkened room ...
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