DIY Plumbing (was: Re: [geeks] FS: Javastation 1)

[John Duksta]

At 11:46 AM 6/18/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I have the view like this:
>
>I do computers/networking for a living.  I fix people's
>computers and networks.
>
>Other people have dedicated their careers to things like
>car maintenance and plumbing, electrical work, etc.
>
>I make enough at MY career to pay someone who *knows*
>what they're doing, to fix things that I dont want to
>risk fucking up.

Agreed. And for the most part, I do the same. This was one
instance where every plumber I called wanted an outrageous
sum to do a job that I was willing to pay at most $150 plus
the cost of parts.

>Sure, if something is small, I'll do it myself, but
>things like completely rebuilding the valves on a shower
>and tub faucet set, I leave to those who know their stuff.

Eeeek! Yeah, I think I'd leave that to the Pro's too. :-)

Must be something with city plumbers or something because the
plumber we used out in the 'burbs wasn't nearly as expensive.

Next DIY project: Built-in Bookcases.

-john