Plumbing horrors

[ozma914]

We bought a bathroom sink last night, and already have a newer toilet waiting, thanks to my daughter and son-in-law. This morning we spent some time trying to figure out the maze of plumbing in the basement, which has resolved itself more or less into two different but interrelated systems, installed decades ago in an already standing house by

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[millysdaughter]

Carpet in a bathroom is insane. The monkey was not only untrained, he was falling down drunk.

[ozma914]

Every single room in the house was carpeted when I moved in, except for the downstairs bedroom -- which was apparently designed to be a sewing room, last time major renovations were done. Maybe they didn't want needles lost in the carpet? We're tearing up the kitchen carpet, too.

[millysdaughter]

It was probably not carpeted because it was the only floor that did not have holes of some sort in the linoleum.
A carpeted kitchen is as bad as a carpeted bathroom - if not worse.

[ozma914]

From what I know of the former owners, they would certainly nbe capable of covering up problems and leaving them for someone else. But the downstairs bedroom/sewing room didn't have linoleum -- it had a very nice hard wood floor, which we'd hoped against hope would be under the carpet in other rooms. No luck!

[millysdaughter]

I had hoped to find one under the carpet here, but no such luck.

[ozma914]

I'd kind of hoped to find very old money under mine ...

[millysdaughter]

If the interest rates do not improve, I may start stuffing my NEW money under mine - carpet will not charge me "fees" to keep my money safe!

[ozma914]

If I ever have any money left over after paying bills, I'll let you know my decision!