power boat jim
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Until Tuesday. I got a new water purifier sent to the house to replace the old one. I figured I would just remove the old install the new.. no problem. All went well until I plugged in the pump and some of the fittings were leaking. Ok, unplug, get the chair back out so I can work on the device without taking it back down from the joists where it is bolted on. Then I got a much better idea, I will just stand in the sink instead of using the chair.
Our wash tubs (located in the basement) are two seperate plastic units placed side by side, I had tried to tighten the fittings but I still was not high enough to get a good angle on them with a screwdriver so I decided to place one foot on the edge of the sink and step up. I got as far as putting some weight on the edge when the legs of both sinks gave way. The ensuing three crashes, two were the sinks buckling and the third was all the water pipes and drains snapping, brought my family downstairs
They found me standing with one foot in each sink and water shooting across the walls from the broken pipes. How I remained standing and uninjured through the whole crash Ill never know.
I have since replaced all the plumbing and bought a new sink, it cost well over one hunderd dollars to do so and about eight hours work,but i saved the time of going to get a ladder from the garage!!!!
Our wash tubs (located in the basement) are two seperate plastic units placed side by side, I had tried to tighten the fittings but I still was not high enough to get a good angle on them with a screwdriver so I decided to place one foot on the edge of the sink and step up. I got as far as putting some weight on the edge when the legs of both sinks gave way. The ensuing three crashes, two were the sinks buckling and the third was all the water pipes and drains snapping, brought my family downstairs
They found me standing with one foot in each sink and water shooting across the walls from the broken pipes. How I remained standing and uninjured through the whole crash Ill never know.
I have since replaced all the plumbing and bought a new sink, it cost well over one hunderd dollars to do so and about eight hours work,but i saved the time of going to get a ladder from the garage!!!!
