15 minutes home improvement project-

[nagantguy]

The Sheild Maiden- my wonderful wife wanted one of those fancy programmable thermostats to complement our new furnace. So being that it’s hunting season and I spend extra hours in the stand and she never complains about extra chores or running the kids to this and that I bought a nice one- wired it in and nothing- 3 times I tried and nothing- put the old one back on and it worked - so the new one was broken out of the box - took it back to the store got a new one- before I mounted the bracket on the wall I wired this one in and put the battery in and WOW it worked so I unwired it to mount the bracket and dropped it on the title floor and broke the led screen into 1000 pieces- so back to Lowe’s - a 25 mile round trip and got a 3rd thermostat and this one is now installed and working.
My 15 minute project took about 7.5 hours! Ever had those days?

[lefty o]

if it was just one day, id be a happy camper. LOL

[WRideout]

I once tried to replace a faucet that fed the washing machine in our house. It looked pretty simple, and I had done plumbing before, so a trip to the store to get flexible copper tubing and a new valve. I thought it would take about an hour of a Saturday afternoon and I would still have time to get to the office to finish a project I was working on. At 1:00 am I was sitting in the garage praying, "Please God let me get this water back on." A few minutes later I found a copper shutoff cap, which I soldered on and restored water to the rest of the house.
CONCLUSION: plumbing makes men very religious.

Wayne

[quilbilly]

There is no such thing as a plumbing (or electrical) job that requires just one trip to the hardware store.

[Winger Ed.]

There is no such thing as a plumbing (or electrical) job that requires just one trip to the hardware store.

Yep.

One time when I was doing something simple like moving a plug for the welder in the garage to another wall--
The lady at the hardware store said, "Oh, you're back again".

I replied, "Yes ma'am, 2-3 more trips and I should get this project done".

[NyFirefighter357]

Make sure you only use Duracell or Energizer batteries in it as well. I'm sure it came with them.

[NyFirefighter357]

The old mercury t-stats were the best, these new "fancy" t-stats are all junk, made in China they don't last very long.

[buckwheatpaul]

Virtually every day.....thanks for the post......it reasured me that I am not the only person in that boat....so row harder!

[Ole Joe Clarke]

Been there done that. The older I get, the longer it takes.

I'm still using the programmable thermostat that I gave $8.00 for at Wally World 20 plus years ago. When we had the AC/heating unit replaced, it came with a rinky dink thermostat that I had them remove and put my old one back up. Works like a charm.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

[square butte]

Just another day in paradise - or pair-o-dice

[lightman]

My 15 minute project took about 7.5 hours! Ever had those days?

It sounds like we all have had those projects. Like the others, mine usually involves plumbing! Electrical has never been much of a problem but I was in the electrical business. Except that it takes me a lot longer.

[waksupi]

I can turn a 15 minute plumbing project into a three day ordeal.

[Hossfly]

T-87 F Honeywell t stat best ever invented.....

[Slugster]

Plumbing...mm...yeah. I had a leak in my water coming into the house, water bills for two months 140.00 each. Usually were 24.00. Found a wet spot in between house and meter, yeah! I found it, not. Kept looking & digging. Finally threw in the towel and rented a trencher, and here is where the story gets good. I had to lay 391 feet of water line to do the entire job. Putting all the dirt back into the trench was not too bad as I used my tractor and grader blade. Still have some low spots here and there.
Moral of the story, if any, is that privacy has a cost. That is OK though as I am more than willing to pay for it. Happy plumbing!

[blackthorn]

If I have learned one thing in my 80+ years on this old rock is if I have a plumbing problem it is time to---CALL THE GUY ---

[jakharath]

It's not a project until you have to go to Lowes 3 times.

[Winger Ed.]

My 15 minute project took about 7.5 hours! Ever had those days?

I can beat that:

Projects I used to do after work in the evening, or rush through and get in & out of over the weekend---

Since I retired, and have all this extra time on my hands-- Now, I can stretch them out for about a month.

[bob208]

plumbing is at least three trips to the hardware store . electric I get it figured out after I get shocked twice. we are remodeling the master bedroom. tore out 4 stupid built closets . had to take out two receptacles got shocked once.

[Texas by God]

Sometimes a commode makes a nuclear reactor seem simple.

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[Sig556r]

The old mercury t-stats were the best, these new "fancy" t-stats are all junk, made in China they don't last very long.

Those old-school mercury analogs aren't as accurate.
Get some US-made programmables such as Honeywell, Danfoss or ABB, its like upgrading from a rotary to a smartphone.