Today, I attempted to fix a leaky tap in my bathroom. Instead, I somehow managed to trigger a water feature reminiscent of one of those Disney park rides, turning my bathroom into a splash zone for my two dogs while I frantically tried to shut it all off. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I set about fixing the leaky, loose water tap in my kitchen. After hours of struggling with tools and rubber washers, I'd apparently finally managed to stop the leak. Proud of my handiwork, I turned on the main water to test it. The tap handle shot off, spraying water everywhere. FML
Today, I attempted to fix my leaky sink using a tutorial I found on YouTube. Everything was going smoothly until I accidentally turned off the water to the entire apartment building instead of just my unit. Now I'm known as the superhero who flushed everyone's morning routine. FML
Today, I tried to fix a leaking pipe under the sink. I watched a YouTube tutorial and was feeling confident that I could get the job done. Two hours later, half of the kitchen was practically flooded because I forgot to cut the water off, and scrambled to actually find the main valve, then I had to call an emergency plumber, who showed up, laughed, and fixed it in five minutes. FML
Today, I tried to fix a leaky pipe after watching a tutorial. I turned what I thought was the main valve to cut the water, loosened the pipe, and immediately got sprayed in the face. In my panic, I tightened it wrong and made it worse. I had to call a plumber while standing in a puddle, holding a towel against the pipe like that was helping. FML
Today, I finally started a DIY home improvement project I'd been putting off for a while now. As I was drilling into the wall, I managed to hit a plumbing pipe that I didn't know was there and started flooded my living room. FML
Today, my dogs somehow pulled the water spigot off the wall in my backyard. I now have my own private lake. FML
Today, due to an unforeseen pipe-related incident, I had to shave my legs in my backyard fish pond, while a plumber assessed the damage to my war-zone of a bathroom. FML
Today, I watched a YouTube video on how to fix a leaking sink. I was feeling confident and turned off what I thought was the main water valve. It wasn’t. Ten seconds later, a geyser of freezing water blasted me in the face. My cat watched the entire thing from the counter, with the most judgmental stare I’ve ever seen. FML
Today, I got a call from the Sheriff's dept. saying that water was coming out my front door. I ran home to find a waterfall cascading over my covered parking. It turns out my puppy had chewed through the hose that connects the toilet to the water. My entire condo had an inch of standing water. FML
Today, I fitted a new shower hose and head, and it went perfectly, until it sprang a leak in the middle of the night, which completely missed the bath and went right onto the floor. We were asleep, so it went for hours, half the house is now soaking wet, and will need redecorating and new carpets FML
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Chazzster 32
FML’s like this remind me how fortunate I was to have a father and a grandfather who taught me how to fix and make things… OP, you cannot change the past, but you can change the future. If you want to learn to repair stuff or make things, I suggest getting a book about common home repairs. While U-Tube is useful it doesn’t generally explain the important details… In plumbing always turn off the water to the tap or whatever you’re working on and make sure it’s really off by turning on the tap. Then you can do your repair. And then turn back on the water listening for a big rush of water in case something is seriously wrong… Finally while I think most people have the capacity to learn to do common repairs, not everyone has that aptitude. My wife’s father was an accountant, he was good with money and figuring taxes, but terrible at home repair. My wife was actually more mechanical minded than her father. People are just different…
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Chazzster 32
FML’s like this remind me how fortunate I was to have a father and a grandfather who taught me how to fix and make things… OP, you cannot change the past, but you can change the future. If you want to learn to repair stuff or make things, I suggest getting a book about common home repairs. While U-Tube is useful it doesn’t generally explain the important details… In plumbing always turn off the water to the tap or whatever you’re working on and make sure it’s really off by turning on the tap. Then you can do your repair. And then turn back on the water listening for a big rush of water in case something is seriously wrong… Finally while I think most people have the capacity to learn to do common repairs, not everyone has that aptitude. My wife’s father was an accountant, he was good with money and figuring taxes, but terrible at home repair. My wife was actually more mechanical minded than her father. People are just different…