After the recent events concerning the new outside tap and mains water being off, i decided it was time for the next installment on my 'making watering and washing things easier' project. A second tap for an automatic watering system - perfect, never going to worry about my hanging baskets again. Now of course this means we need another tap, i find the perfect location just to the right of the garage door on the side of the house and we start the process.
As the tap is right next to the garage side door and the pipe i will be soldering onto is just on the other side of the door inside the garage, clear all the wood away from the door and i have easy access....yes....always well prepared me. This door has not been opened since the house was built, this means its been shut for almost a decade. Off i go to the key rack...bingo...there is the key even labelled up with 'garage' - i'm so damn organised it's frightening.
Toddle off to the door, unlock it, no problems, start to open the door and ...snap...WTF was that, as the whole door comes tumbling towards me, i'm soon well aware what it is. All 3 brass hinges have broken. FFS, it's easier watering with a fkin kettle than going through this shit every time i try to improve things. Being brass, they must have got brittle, i wouldn't mind if they were crappy thin hinges, these are monster hinges with 8 screws in each.
I say i'm unlucky, my missus just howls at what goes wrong for me, you might just say i'm a whinging twat. But i ask you this, tell me the last time you or anyone you know (besides me Jonty) has opened a door, had all 3 hinges snap and have the door come tumbling down onto them.
Answers on a postcard...
As the tap is right next to the garage side door and the pipe i will be soldering onto is just on the other side of the door inside the garage, clear all the wood away from the door and i have easy access....yes....always well prepared me. This door has not been opened since the house was built, this means its been shut for almost a decade. Off i go to the key rack...bingo...there is the key even labelled up with 'garage' - i'm so damn organised it's frightening.
Toddle off to the door, unlock it, no problems, start to open the door and ...snap...WTF was that, as the whole door comes tumbling towards me, i'm soon well aware what it is. All 3 brass hinges have broken. FFS, it's easier watering with a fkin kettle than going through this shit every time i try to improve things. Being brass, they must have got brittle, i wouldn't mind if they were crappy thin hinges, these are monster hinges with 8 screws in each.
I say i'm unlucky, my missus just howls at what goes wrong for me, you might just say i'm a whinging twat. But i ask you this, tell me the last time you or anyone you know (besides me Jonty) has opened a door, had all 3 hinges snap and have the door come tumbling down onto them.
Answers on a postcard...
(I was not always this nice 
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