Now into hour 4 of the dishwasher install from hell

[Godhumor]

Bought a new dishwasher yesterday but needed to get the old one out. I started working on it when I realized the previous owner of the house had soldered the water supply line to both the dishwasher and the water pipe. Long story really short, the old one was such a mess I ended up having to call a professional plumber (He's done work for me before and is known to some of my contractors frieds, so I trust him). It took 3 hours for that gentleman to sort out the pipes, the water shut-offs, a 30 year old soap trap and a pipe vent running directly through brick.

We're now onto the stage where he is prepping the space for the new dishwasher, which has him running a new drain line (Due to the aforementioned soap trap)among other things.

So, we're now currently 3 hours beyond the normal length of a dishwasher install. Whee.

[Kali]

1. oh man, I can relate to that

we usually have two days of repair before we can even consider doing something "new" around here - which leads to nothing ever getting done

[Godhumor]

2. Yeah, the previous owner fancied himself a handy-man

Even simple change-outs, like sink faucets, were soldered directly to the pipe. Every plumbing project I've taken on has involved adding a "Why the heck did he do this" time factor to my prep.

[Brigid]

3. Wasn't this . . .

An episode of "The Cosby Show?"

Good luck with getting the job finished.

[catnhatnh]

4. Got a call from my brother....

A water pipe had broken inside the wall in his only bathroom (summer cabin)....

While the sister in law crawled around the living room carpet soaking excess water from the floor with a sponge we demolished about 6 sq. ft. of ceramic tile and a shitload of drowned sheetrock to expose the damaged 1/2" copper line. The leak originated in a sweated 90 degree ell which was easily removed and replaced with a new fitting from a local hardware store at a cost of less than 30 cents.

And now, as Paul Harvey would say, the rest of the story.... The cabin builder/original owner some twenty years before must have had a bad day or in fact been the actual,cheapest bastard on earth. An inspection of the original ell showed that it had accidentally been sawed through with a hacksaw and then, the cut was sweated as a repair rather than to purchase a replacement fitting.

I wonder now if he got a cheap thrill thinking of the quarter he saved as he installed the sheetrock and tile??? I guess my brother wondered then-he sold the place 6 months later.

Edit for typo...