Making a Mess

I finished up the desk hood this morning.  I made a latch mechanism that hold it up and that can easily be released.  After a couple of design changes, it works quite well.

After lunch I asked Steven what he would like me to do next.  He half-apologetically asked if I would be willing to replace a wax gasket under a toilet.  Perhaps he was afraid I would say no to this.  I told him I would be fine with that.  We take the glamorous work along with the unglamorous.

When he showed me where the work was, he said it would be a little more involved.  Indeed, the toilet rocked loosely on the floor and there was evidence that the floor had been wet.  Probably some subfloor needing replacement.  I confirmed this by taking up the toilet and the tile around the toilet.  The subfloor was soaking wet and quite rotted.

So a simple wax gasket replacement became a subfloor replacement and a tile and grout job.  I discovered that the toilet flange had never been fastened to the floor, so this installation was defective to begin with.

So began the dirty job of removing a rotted subfloor.  By the end of the day, I had a section removed and a new section cut out to replace it.  This job will probably take the remainder of my time here.

Deb cleaned another dwelling unit today.  Seems like there’s always that kind of work to do.