Cold Wet Sunday

WNYcarpenter

Just thought I'd share an embarrassing moment.

Last Saturday I woke up with the motivation to tile my bathroom floor.

I knew I'd be stepping out the back door every so often to relieve myself, until I reset the toilet. No big deal. Saturday I prepped out the room with the backer board and layed out the tile. Sunday, I tiled the room with fast setting mortar (grout in 2 hrs, traffic in 6). I had picked up a few different flanges and wax seals earlier that day anticipating resetting the toilet.

Later Sunday afternoon I NEEDED to set the toilet...(I only have 1 bathroom). Using what I had for temporary use, the flange caused the toilet to be 3/4" above the floor. I put a couple blocks under the toilet, screwed down a rigged flange, hooked up my old solid supply line, bolted the toilet, turned the water on, flushed a couple times and I was in business.

I grabbed my latest issue of JLC, sat down and was pretty happy about things. Without thinking I leaned a little to far to the left to wipe when the supply line pulled out from the tank! HOLY @#IT...my ass instantly was hosed down with ice cold water. I jumped up, tripped over my dropped jeans, hit the floor and crawled over to shut the valve.

I was soaking wet, pants around my ankles, water everywhere on uncured mortar, wishing I had video.

Double-A

Sounds very Larry-esqe of the Three Stooges.

I can see the fade to black now, with "Three Blind Mice" playing in the background.

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New York Times, July 20, 2006

Mike Finley

No pictures?

You made yourself a poor man's bidet! You're moving up in the world!

Double-A

In some states, that means you're now legally married.

"Kohler Cimarron Comfort Height, do you take Mr. JCL Subscribing Pants-around-his-ankles to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

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"My clients’ wishes are the center of my attention." -- David Guido, a contractor in Woodstock, N.Y.
New York Times, July 20, 2006

reveivl

You're not the only one who wishes there was pictures! (Sort of). Tks for sharing, that got me smiling.

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daArch

You could re-stage it, shoot a video this time, and win "America's Funniest Videos".

Thanks for the laugh. The mental image is a hoot.

And just for the record, Mike F., I was thinking poor-man's bidet too

Next time set the seat on a 5-gal bucket and be a REAL contractor

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mastertrimmer

Definately a buzz kill!

dkillianjr

I'm picturing it in my head. Thats funny LMAO



Dave