Well, the thing is in, and installed. Mr. Samoa is now working on ONNNNE.... LAAASTTT...... SOLDERRR..... and then all we have to do is light it, and then it will be done. We sent Dad home about an hour ago, being as I figured we could manage not to set ourselves on fire with what little remained to be done.
The lowdown: SIX trips to the hardware store. As follows:
* One to get the propane blowtorch and solder stuff
* One to get a wrench they needed and didn't have
* One to get the actual water heater. (Big Blue Home Store claims they have water heaters for $150. That is a filthy lie. The cheapest was $269, for a 30-gal. instead of a 40-gal. Fortunately we can get away with a 30-gallon tank. )
* One to get the fittings, which they forgot.
* One to exchange the wrong fittings for the right fittings. (As it turned out, they had been accidentally overcharged in the first place, so it was just as well they had to go back.)
* One to get an extra length of pipe when the one they had was three. inches. too. short.
Dad was here for twelve hours. The operation is currently in Hour 13, with Mr. Samoa working on the last weld. I fully expect it to go up until midnight. :P
In work news, one of the two dayshift girls got stuck working over. I am so sick of this stuff happening. I am going to go in Monday and work on the schedule all week, and I WILL get coverage if it's the last thing I ever freaking do.
Good times!! :P
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