Post by johnPost by Johnslanted metal roofs are as slippery as wet leaves.
a spray can of belt dressing (sticky stuff in
a spray can to keep fan-belts from slipping)
sprayed onto the soles of your shoes makes the
job less exciting, so that you can live another
day to go riding.
A chicken ladder can't hurt. My BIL was a roofer for a few decades.
Post by John i don't bounce as well as i used to...
None of us do.
apparently starting a plumbing project on
a 100+yrs old house with a mix of pipe types
is best done while the local hardware store
is still open... might have been a better
plan to start at the street with new pipe
and work my way around the house... having a
tool box with pipe threading stuff is a good
thing just in case thing go wonky.
Our cheap house was built around 1950. The plumbing is a nightmare. I
replaced the bathroom faucets, the sink traps and the archaic
in-the-wall kitchen faucets. Every single fix was a chore. I don't
even want to think about replacing the toilet -- mostly because hubby
and BIL did it while I cowered in the living room. They made no pipe
longer than it had to be, which means we have to dig inside the wall to
do anything about the shower head and tub faucets. No. The showers at
the gym work just fine. Nobody needs to shower more than 3/week anyway.
If the kid wants to knock the house down when it's his I'd applaud the
decision if I were still alive.
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Cheers, Bev
"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime
is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin
is stupidity." -- H.S. Thompson