Am I handy or what?

So I'm not handy. I'll let you know that right now. You know the adage, "measure twice, cut once" well most of the time with me it turns out measure eight times, and screw it up so I have to cute twice. My idea of being handy is to call someone who is. This should come to you as a surprise because my dad used it build houses, and hydro electric dams. He also taught carpentry at the college in Prince George. He's pretty handy, I am not. The apple has fallen far from the tree in this aspect.

BUT wait for it ... this month I've taken a great leap forward  ... so here's the story.

For about eight months the drain pipe under our sink has been leaking. The reason it was leaking was because it looked like this ...

Like I said, I'm not handy, but I've watched enough Holm on Homes to know when something is messed up!! Like I said, that pipe had been leaking for eight months, and the water was slowly but surely making it's way through the insulation leaving a trail of toxic mold in it's wake. Our renter informed us that her carpet was wet which was the first indication that something was amiss. It was only when I ripped down the wall that I discovered the problem . Having our drain pipe leaking in a sense was an answer to prayer. We thought that the water was coming in from the outside. That would have meant spending WAY more money to fix it.

Here I am tearing it all apart

Initially Kathy and I decided to call a contractor, he came once to tell us the problem was then never called us back again. This was at first sucky. I find it really annoying when a professional doesn't act in a professional manner. For the contractor to not return any of my calls (I called 3 times) is particularly rude. If you are a professional of some sort and you don't want to do a job just tell me straight up. So anyways, we never heard from him again so that left it up to us. And when I say, us, I mean me.

I had a general idea of what to do, so I began plugging away. Ripping out the wall, scrubbing mold off, putting up new poly and insulation

and lastly drywall and mud.

Kathy did the painting, and yesterday we installed the carpet. So in the end the room looks like this .

All in all I'm happy with the result. I learned some new things, and improved on some stuff that I already knew, and I'm actually happy that we didn't get somebody to come and do it for us. I can now say that I'm still not a handy man, but I can get the job done if I need to! And that's saying something!

~ Until next time.