Home Depot
All I thought I needed was a new compression ring to fix a water line and eliminate a small, but constant leak so that our home's evaporative cooler would work. A couple of weeks ago when warmer temperatures came to the valley I hooked up the line because I wanted to be prepared before the big heat of summer arrived. Everything went off without a hitch except for a slow leak. A busy schedule kept me from making the repair immediately, but we had the good fortune of cooler weather.
A family reunion took me out of town during the following weekend and we returned to much warmer air. On our second day back the temperature spiked so I made the trip to Home Depot to pick up the part. As it turns out, they were out of the brass compression rings that I have used before. I had made a similar repair several years ago and because it had performed so well I really hoped to use the same part. Home Depot did carry a plastic version and it only cost $1.34 so I went ahead and bought it.
In an effort to consolidate travel, I made the trip to Home Depot after I dropped my son off at his clarinet lesson. While I waited for him to finish I looked on line to see if the plastic ring would work as effectively. While doing this investigation I discovered that I might need another small and inexpensive part. So once my son was finished I returned to Home Depot, found the part and spent another $1.50. I was now confident that I could make the repair and decided that it would be even better if I involved my son in the repair.
As we traveled home I walked him through the repair job that awaited and because he wanted a cool house as much as I did, he agreed to help out without complaint. I knew right where the copper pipe cutter was, in fact I had seen it just a few days earlier when l was looking for a wrench that was stored in the same drawer. My son headed downstairs and I grabbed the device. I quickly discovered a problem. The pipe cutter has two parts and the cutting blade had been screwed off and removed from the other half of the unit. I was not going to be able to cut the pipe that night.
The following day I made my third trip to Home Depot to purchase a new pipe cutter. I needed the tool to cut the pipe without collapsing the 1/4" copper tubing. I paid the $10.58 and returned to the minivan. I opened the door and as I settled in behind the wheel I set the receipt on the passenger seat. I had to smile because right next to this new receipt were two other receipts. As any homeowner knows, every true home improvement project requires three trips to Home Depot.
A family reunion took me out of town during the following weekend and we returned to much warmer air. On our second day back the temperature spiked so I made the trip to Home Depot to pick up the part. As it turns out, they were out of the brass compression rings that I have used before. I had made a similar repair several years ago and because it had performed so well I really hoped to use the same part. Home Depot did carry a plastic version and it only cost $1.34 so I went ahead and bought it.
In an effort to consolidate travel, I made the trip to Home Depot after I dropped my son off at his clarinet lesson. While I waited for him to finish I looked on line to see if the plastic ring would work as effectively. While doing this investigation I discovered that I might need another small and inexpensive part. So once my son was finished I returned to Home Depot, found the part and spent another $1.50. I was now confident that I could make the repair and decided that it would be even better if I involved my son in the repair.
As we traveled home I walked him through the repair job that awaited and because he wanted a cool house as much as I did, he agreed to help out without complaint. I knew right where the copper pipe cutter was, in fact I had seen it just a few days earlier when l was looking for a wrench that was stored in the same drawer. My son headed downstairs and I grabbed the device. I quickly discovered a problem. The pipe cutter has two parts and the cutting blade had been screwed off and removed from the other half of the unit. I was not going to be able to cut the pipe that night.
The following day I made my third trip to Home Depot to purchase a new pipe cutter. I needed the tool to cut the pipe without collapsing the 1/4" copper tubing. I paid the $10.58 and returned to the minivan. I opened the door and as I settled in behind the wheel I set the receipt on the passenger seat. I had to smile because right next to this new receipt were two other receipts. As any homeowner knows, every true home improvement project requires three trips to Home Depot.
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