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Vent: My bathroom vanity project turned into a plumbing nightmare
Tried to replace a simple bathroom vanity over the weekend, thinking it was a 4-hour job. The shutoff valves were so old they crumbled when I tried to turn them, and I had to call an emergency plumber on a Sunday. He charged me $300 just to install new valves so I could even start the project. The whole thing took two days and cost way more than the $150 I budgeted for the vanity itself. Has anyone else had a simple upgrade blow up because of hidden old plumbing?
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wesley837d ago
Oh man, don't even get me started. You think that's bad? I went to swap a kitchen faucet last fall and the whole corroded supply line snapped off inside the wall. Water spraying everywhere, had to run to the street to shut the whole house off. Ended up opening up the drywall, the whole deal. What was supposed to be a one-beer job turned into a three-day mess with a huge patch to paint. Old plumbing is the worst.
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murray.grace6d ago
Did you at least save the beer?
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haydenc105d ago
My water heater gave out two winters ago on the coldest night of the year. The basement flooded and everything down there smelled like wet dog for a month. It's always something with these old houses.
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