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My Europa sits unattended, waiting her turn. This has been the year of the repairs, it seems. Here, she looks on as I strip the bathroom door. The cap of the Land Rover hard top wasn’t yet installed. I sold the canvas top to recover space (sticks, tailgate, rollbar, and fabric) and it is leaning against the door. For a few weeks I drove the Landy with no top at all and loved it that way.

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The main bath of my house required renovation and I was at it for months. It’s nearly done. Now I know how to install a tub and set tile. Finally, I’ve learned how to replace a tub spout diverter properly and now I can clear a stubborn drain clog. Yes, in the photo below you see a caulked lead drain flange. I used lead wool because the pipe was chipped a bit. The flange was ugly but sound and it cleaned up nicely.

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I also found out  a thing or two about plumbing. I really dislike plumbing repair.

I gave up on the electrical problem and brought in a licensed professional, who had it all working in about an hour. Puzzles never much engaged me happily, and that one was a puzzle. Eight wires in four pairs all had to be joined in some mystical combination in a junction box in order to make the ceiling light, fan, heat lamp, and wall plugs work. Now they do.

The Pro who came out to  unclog my laundry room drain left untriumphant. Lucky for me, the guy talked and I learned enough from him to jump on the roof the next morning and tackle the job with ultimate success.

The toilet in the half bath has been running for a long time. Finally I saw to that. As should have been no surprise I found that the connection hose fittings from the valve at the wall to the toilet tank are some strange size known to no man. So buying a braided hose was pointless and finding a transition coupling from the valve I have to the new but useless water line proved elusive. Then I went to replace the aging seat and discovered I’d bought the wrong size. Later, this forced me to relinquish my aversion to defiling the new bathroom and fully utilize its amenities. There was no way I was going to use the back toilet in it’s Cuban form (no seat, just porcelain) so I pressed the brand new unit in the brand new bathroom into service.

This reminds me of the first year I lived in this house and how spotless I kept the garage. Now it’s full. Acquisition sometimes exceeds the attention to order.

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