What first world problem did you have today?

[lxskllr]

Good looking sink. I prefer traditional fixtures with separate hot/cold, but I could live with that. I like the black. Wonder how it wears?

 

[highland145]

I was up until 2a.m. last night installing my new kitchen sink. Note to self... don't start replacing your kitchen sink at 9p.m., especially if you've never done anything like this before.

After cutting the drain pipe I realized the pipe modification was going to be too long for the new drain location. I'll have to take a trip to the hardware store and get a couple of street elbows to make it work. Should be all set in an hour or so, but I may wait until tomorrow to turn on the water until the silicone has had 24 hours to fully cure.

Here's a before and after. I hate double bowls with a passion; hopefully I can sell it on Craigslist for like $30 or something.

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Yeah, I multiply my expected time consumed by, at least, 3.

And your handiwork should look like this.

 

[snoopy7548]

Good looking sink. I prefer traditional fixtures with separate hot/cold, but I could live with that. I like the black. Wonder how it wears?

Thanks. I've never used this type of faucet before so we'll see how it goes. I never really liked the separate hot/cold faucets since one just seems easier.

I was going to go with a huge 10" deep stainless steel sink, but my appliances are stainless so I thought it would be too much, especially with my countertops. Not everything has to be stainless these days.

It's a granite composite sink (I think it's actually 80% quartz) and supposed to be extremely durable. The only thing I'm worried about is maintaining the finish - I saw a couple of terrible pictures of mineral stains, but I have city water so it'll probably be OK.

 

[highland145]

I think it's actually 80% quartz

Ours is a quartz/resin/something and it's been fine...4 years, I think.

 

[snoopy7548]

Yeah, I multiply my expected time consumed by, at least, 3.

And your handiwork should look like this.

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Where's the cleanout for the p-trap?!

I'm going from a dual to a single drain, so I sort of took the lazy route - I simply capped off the unused drain. I'm putting in a 90 degree elbow horizontally and then another 90 degree vertically. Should fit right up to the sink drain pipe exactly. If I wanted to do it right, I'd have to cut the entire drain piping at the wall as the builder connected everything using adapter pieces.

I guess this gives the option of easily adding a double-bowl sink for a future owner.

 

[highland145]

So it's glued pvc connected to the drain?

 

[clamum]

Here's a before and after. I hate double bowls with a passion; hopefully I can sell it on Craigslist for like $30 or something.

HEATHEN

Double bowls ftw! I have a single one at my apartment, so I have a dang plastic tub sitting in the sink to mimic having a double one. I like the double because I use one side to wash dishes and the other to rinse. We had a double growing up at my parents house and it's just how I learned to wash dishes, or what to expect, and I've just continued with it I guess.

 

[lxskllr]

HEATHEN

Double bowls ftw! I have a single one at my apartment, so I have a dang plastic tub sitting in the sink to mimic having a double one. I like the double because I use one side to wash dishes and the other to rinse. We had a double growing up at my parents house and it's just how I learned to wash dishes, or what to expect, and I've just continued with it I guess.

I mix my wash water in my largest dirty pot, and wash from that. Rinsing is under a stream of hot water. I have a double sink, and I hate it. It's like partitioning the hell out of your o/s. It all works fine til it doesn't. Then you have too much space on one side, too little on the other, and you realize you should have just made a single partition in the first place, but now it's a pita, so you deal with it.

 

[highland145]

HEATHEN

Double bowls ftw! I have a single one at my apartment, so I have a dang plastic tub sitting in the sink to mimic having a double one. I like the double because I use one side to wash dishes and the other to rinse. We had a double growing up at my parents house and it's just how I learned to wash dishes, or what to expect, and I've just continued with it I guess.

The problem, usually, is that the double bowls are too damned small.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I couldn't live with a single-bowl kitchen sink. I often use one side to soak/clean lettuce or other leafy vegetables, leaving the other side free to use the disposal and to wash or peel other vegetables. Or I fill one side with soapy water to wash dishes, and use the other side to stack the clean soapy dishes before rinsing, or for rinsing dirty plate and using the disposal.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Yeah, I multiply my expected time consumed by, at least, 3.

And your handiwork should look like this.

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What's the big metal ring around what I assume is the sprayer line? Or maybe it's not the sprayer line.

 

[highland145]

What's the big metal ring around what I assume is the sprayer line? Or maybe it's not the sprayer line.

It's the weight for the weight for the faucet head.

 

[Carson Dyle]

It's the weight for the weight for the faucet head.

Doesn't it clang around on the metal drain pipes when you move the head?

 

[highland145]

Doesn't it clang around on the metal drain pipes when you move the head?

Never heard it. I guess it's just a straight up/down motion with no side to side swing.

 

[snoopy7548]

Got it all finished and no leaks!

BTW, I love it. Now I actually use the entire sink instead of one tiny half. When I wash a lot of dishes, I can soap up all of them and put them off to the larger side. The single bowl is so big that you can still get the "separation" by sheer space alone.

Bonus - going to a single center drain frees up a ton of space on the right side where my garbage bin used to be cramped. I can fit a smaller can with a lid for raw meat trimmings and their packages.




Back on topic... I woke up at 9:30a.m. today instead of ~7:30a.m. Now I have to eat breakfast quickly so I still have an appetite for lunch.

 

[IronWing]

I should add that what is going to happen is that FedEx is going to do the same crap they did with the last delivery which is to deliver a day early when there is no one there to sign for it. So in two days, I'll be picking it up at that nearby office anyway.

Called it. Failed delivery attempt today.

 

[clamum]

Why can't they make side mirror dimmer functionality, like cars have for the rear view mirror where you flip that toggle? There's so many cars now on the road with those fucking headlights that are as bright as goddamn searchlights, that I gotta put my hand up to the window by the side mirror to block the fucking light when it's dark out and they're within a quarter mile behind me. Did they really need to make headlights that are like 1.5 billion lumen? Fucks sake man.

 

[dtgoodwin]

Why can't they make side mirror dimmer functionality, like cars have for the rear view mirror where you flip that toggle? There's so many cars now on the road with those fucking headlights that are as bright as goddamn searchlights, that I gotta put my hand up to the window by the side mirror to block the fucking light when it's dark out and they're within a quarter mile behind me. Did they really need to make headlights that are like 1.5 billion lumen? Fucks sake man.

My 2002 TrailBlazer LTZ had an auto-dimming drivers-side mirror. Absolutely loved it and miss it since selling it.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Ugh I hate these ridiculously bright headlights too. There is absolutely no need for that. Worse is the people who think they are cool and put in blue HID or LED ones. I've even seen people put pulsating ones that flash very fast like a strobe. WTF is the point of that? They need to make this stuff illegal. It's not any different than pointing a laser at an aircraft.

 

[sdifox]

Oil spayer in the back should fix that.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Would be hard to get enough range, a mirror you can control from the steering wheel would be nice. Just bounce it right back in their face. The oil could be nice for tailgaters though.

 

[highland145]

8 port switch crapped out. Never had that happen before. It was 10+ years old though.


I had a brand new one, still in the box, though. Don't remember why I bought it. Maybe I'm psychic. Or psychotic....

edit: You purchased this item on October 31, 2017. Only a year early.

 

[clamum]

My 2002 TrailBlazer LTZ had an auto-dimming drivers-side mirror. Absolutely loved it and miss it since selling it.

Dude that is awesome. Look at that shit, they had that back in 2002. WHAT THE HELL AUTOMAKERS

Ugh I hate these ridiculously bright headlights too. There is absolutely no need for that. Worse is the people who think they are cool and put in blue HID or LED ones. I've even seen people put pulsating ones that flash very fast like a strobe. WTF is the point of that? They need to make this stuff illegal. It's not any different than pointing a laser at an aircraft.

I haven't seen any pulsating ones, thank God, though I think here those would be illegal. Sounds like a good target for a shotgun.

 

[clamum]

Ok mine today is when I'm taking a shower and someone above me flushes the toilet (happens once or twice during my shower, every weekday morning) or runs water. I get scalded for a while and then doused in nice cool water. COOL MAN. The hot water at my place is insane; they must have that f'ing hot water heater cranked up to over 9000 cause the water I get from the hot faucets is HOT, like, 211 degrees. It's nucking futs.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Just realized today that I forgot to change the plug end for my car to plug in the block heater. AGAIN! I always forget to change it in summer because it's out of sight out of mind. But now that it's cold enough that I should plug in my car, I realize that I can't The plug is too corroded and it won't go in anymore. It's too cold now to change it so have to wait till next summer. I will keep an end in my glove box so that next time I have to bring my car to the garage I'll see if they can do it while it's in there. It's an easy job it's just that it sucks to do when it's cold since you kinda need your hands to not be in gloves to do electrical.