HIP #2 and #3

Just a few days after Ma and Pa H moved in, they noticed that the shower heads were not quite adequate. In the master bathroom, the shower just drip, drip, dripped. Not so much fun to shower under. The other shower head spewed water out around the shower head, not through it. So, yes, the next project (HIP #2) was to fix the showerheads so Ma and Pa H could get a real good cleanin'. The master bath showerhead was a really simple replacement. Unscrew the old one, screw on the new one. Easy as pie. The second showerhead was not to easy. It was originally just a bath that had been converted to a shower, so there was a pipe that ran from the faucet up to the place where the showerhead comes out. Unscrewed the old one, but this time the threads came out of the pipe too. Uh-ohh. Now what? So, Pa H spent some time trying to figure out what replacement was needed. Lukily, the handy hardware store, Sutherlands, is only a short 5 minute bike ride away. Sutherlands had a complete shower fixture replacement, including a new showerhead, faucet and pipe...not exactly what Pa H was looking for. Ma H had a really great idea though to just replace the end piece with a threaded adapter. They found the right piece, used a little plumber's epoxy... and walla, the new showerhead is now working. Yeah!!

In the meantime, Pa H did a fantastic job on HIP #3, the garage door opener. Ma H was really impressed with her husband's skills at installing a gararge door opener. It took several hours, but Pa H said the instructions were very straightforward and easy to follow. And now, the North garage door opens with a push of the button! The South garage door already has an opener, installed in the 70's, they think. It will be the focus of a future project to remove it and replace it with one similar to the other side.