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TIL fixing a single leaky faucet in my 1920s house took 11 days and 3 trips to Ace
I figured it was a worn washer, maybe 20 minutes. But the stem was corroded so bad it snapped inside the valve seat, and the shutoff under the sink wouldn't close all the way either. A plumber quoted me $340 just to look at it, so I kept going back for a seat wrench and then a whole new valve body. By day 11 I had the water back on and only one small drip left. Has anyone else run into a "simple" fix that snowballed like this, or am I just bad at picking old houses?
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sandrat2421d ago
My grandma's house had this one sink that dripped for like 15 years and every guy she hired said it was a quick fix. My uncle finally tore the whole thing out and found a cracked pipe behind the wall from a tree root. Old houses just hide stuff, man.
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