amateur mistakes: The Whistling Tap: What Will You See (Hear) Any Given Day.
- 03/13/11 03:27 PM
The Whistling Tap Oh yeah, this is a first for me. I've never run across this before. Just listen to this; I've never heard anything like it until today. Adjusting the shut off valve made no difference, and it only happened on the cold water side. The video is not actually made on my phone, it's from todays inspection (camera) but it's my first YouTube posting. So that makes it another first. In this business you can never predict what you'll see on any given day. This house had lot of amateur work. Most of it was cabinets and flooring but … (18 comments)
The guts label is that this under sink drainage installation resembles an intestinal tract. So this gung ho weekend warrior decided to 'go for it'. Clearly he didn't know exactly what to do but he had a problem to solve. He got the glory - it doesn't leak and it's not clogged (yet). I can't be sure if he really didn't understand what a water trap is for (or a clean out) or if he decided he should use all the parts in the box. Its' a safe bet no venting was factored into this … (10 comments)
Usually I'm presenting an aspect of home maintenance, value improvement or 'how too' instructions to feature best practice ways to do things around building and property issues.
Some times it's building tech history or how thing came to be as they are, the back story on terms, expressions and phrases.
I keep track of the strange, the unique, the special and interesting things I get to see, including the dangers. These are filed as OMGs. OMGs always have photos, so I share the file with you from time to time.
The rest come out of thin air. More than once I start writing a comment on someone else's blog and end up inking a whole new blog. Am I inspired or am I ranting? You can decide.
The Whistling Tap 
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