A time I had to worm my way into a small space — a couple of times. One time was to fix the — to fix the plumbing under my sink because when we had built our house, my, my husband had done a lot of the finished plumbing. And we kinda used what, what we — what was available, and you know, we’re always trying to kinda cut corners a little bit, and —
So the PVC didn’t quite — the PVC was just a tiny bit short on the kitchen drain, so it lasted the — you know, for a long, long time. But eventually the — it was kind of stretched to made it fit and then tighten it down, but then eventually that didn’t, that didn’t hold it anymore. So, I had put it together many times, and then eventually it would break apart at — usually at the worst times, and then it would flood — flood my whole under the counter, and, and sometimes I didn’t realize that for a while. So it was a — it was something that needed to be fixed.
So I decided I was just gonna — PVC is not that hard to cut with the hacksaw. I was just gonna get the pieces I need, get all new connectors and the whole thing, and just redo it myself. So — and that was the easy part, thinking about that, and planning it out, and cutting the pieces. But the hard part was actually — because I have short arms, and I’m not that skinny, and I’m on the floor, which is already uncomfortable, trying to reach into this tiny little space with a body that’s just a little bit too big to fit in there, but I got it done. It took me, it took me a lot of attempts and a lot of repositioning to get it done, but I got it done.
People were kind of impressed that I was able to do that all myself, but it’s basically just PVC, and you just cut it, and you’re not going to ruin much if you don’t cut it big enough. You go up — have to go back to the hardware, and, and get another piece and, and start over. It’s not, not too expensive, it’s not difficult, and it has not leaked since I finally fixed it a coup- — about five years ago.