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Took me three weekends to fix a simple leaky faucet in my old apartment
I thought it would be a quick afternoon job, maybe an hour or two. But the shutoff valves under the sink were completely seized up, and by the time I got them loose I had to run to the hardware store twice for different tools. Then the new cartridge didn't fit right because the model number was worn off. Ended up watching four different YouTube videos before I got it right. Has anyone else had a small repair blow up into a whole weekend project?
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the_anthony4d ago
The real issue nobody talks about is how landlords deliberately use cheap fixtures so they fail faster, then blame you for "not maintaining" them. That seized valve was probably a $3 plastic handle they installed in 2012. I had the same problem with a toilet flapper that took two trips because the original part was discontinued. Your time spent on that faucet is literally subsidizing the building's deferred maintenance.
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