Samina the plumber

Although I'm not the most skilled at do-it-yourself household repairs, my frugal nature has forced me to tackle tasks I would much rather hire an expert to do. At $90an hour, it was not an option to call in a plumber to fix my clogged bathroom sink. Especially since it is not a difficult undertaking and something I'm more than capable of learning to do. So I spent my Saturday morning underneath the sink, deciphering the pipes and valves that allow me access to water.

It was quite the labourous task, as the most obvious solution of cleaning the top drain didn't work. I ended up fashioning a pipe snake out of a metal hanger and had to fish the digusting gunk out of the pipes that led into the main piping system behind the wall. After the successful de-clogging I felt proud of my ingenuity and the fact that I didn't run to Rona and pick up some overpriced tool that would get used so infrequently and spend most it's time on a shelf collecting dust.

Thankfully, the overwhelming smell of septic water and sight of nausea inducing unidentified black sludge is in the past. Looking forward to some downtown shopping and photography with friends this afternoon, which is really how a weekend should be spent.