Psychotomy

contractors got here ~8:15 or so. got started pretty fast, things looked good.

stopped for lunch after testing the new fixtures int eh shower and making sure it all worked, figured they’d come back and finish the drain/spout and a few things, and cover back the holes.

thats when things started going bad :/ the fixtures sprung some kind drip, so they pulled the connection and redid it. leak. did it again, fixed it this time. then they realized they’d done a step out of order, so they needed to take a washer off something so they could put on the faceplate. they’d put it on real good, though. finally got it off, put on the plate, and spent half an hour trying to get the piece back on. or the new piece they pulled out instead.

then while they were drywalling and picking things up, i asked about the toilet. the toilet that’s been lifted ~1″ off the ground for the last umpteen months (since fall or so i think, maybe?) they went to go find the contract to look at it b/c they didn’t remember the problem (eh, i only remembered b/c it’s my toilet) decided it wouldn’t take long to fix it.

then they took off the toilet and realized just how wrong that might have been. after much figuring, they managed to screw through the steel plate, and started grinding out the sticky-out bits that were on the flange-ring i put in, which were what was keeping the toilet up. once they were off, they put it back together and all looks good with the world.

they tought to be done by noon. it’s gonna be 4:30, or even 5, before they get out :/ i feel bad for them, this relatively simple task turned into a total cluster.

but that’s why i’m paying them instead of screwing it all up myself ;)

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