OT one in a million plumbing story
Dick Coers
Wife is out of town for two days for work, going to surprise her with new faucet in the kitchen, new water filter and separate faucet, and new faucet in her bathroom. So yesterday was round one. New ball valves sweat on in the basement to shut off the bathroom since there are no valves in the tiny vanity. New valves sweat on in the kitchen sink base, and I get all the work done in the kitchen. Round two today in the bathroom. It's a task in that tiny vanity, but get the new faucet installed. Turn on all the water and almost no flow on the cold. I pull the aerator, just tiny specs. Pull the cartridge, again just tiny specs. I put a 18" connector hose on that I had, thinking I must have kinked the 12" hose in too tight of radius. Still little flow on the cold side, good hot. I pull out the entire faucet, put on a hose and point it in the bucket. Turn the water back on slowly, shut it off, then pull the hose. Sitting against the opening of the hose is a brass round head screw, the type that held on the old rubber washers. That thing must have been inside that elbow for 20+ years, but decided to rotate and block off the hose today! Son-of-a- *****. All that is left is to put the tools away. Taking a break before I do that. Like I said, one in a million!
