[speaker001:] you've done
[speaker002:] our most recent uh in series of projects I guess was inside was uh we remodeled the bathroom recently
[speaker001:] and how did it go
[speaker002:] well it went pretty well um other than the fact that we encountered some uh problems that you run across in older homes with uh plumbing which one thing led to another and eventually we ended up replacing all the pipes from the sink clear back to the main drain which meant you need take the wall out and start all over
[speaker001:] jeez it's like starting over I guess oh
[speaker002:] it wasn't one of those it started out as a Sunday project and by the by the next Sunday it was done it wasn't a one-dayer
[speaker001:] uh-huh and it  boy that sounds like uh course uh I don't know once you get it done then you probably won't have that problem again
[speaker002:] believe me yeah it's good for another thirty years
[speaker001:] um it you've got an older house
[speaker002:] yes
[speaker001:] they uh built a little bit more sturdy than
[speaker002:] well that's the thing that surprised me because once I got into the plumbing everything in there was copper and it was all soldered
[speaker001:] right oh is that right
[speaker002:] that's what drove me bananas because you know I'm going to the hardware store saying give me plastic pipe and and
[speaker001:] yes  and cement and it's all been so
[speaker002:] to fit them together and nothing wanted to go so it was like I had to go all the way back to the main drain and start all over
[speaker001:] and just start at square one
[speaker002:] really
[speaker001:] huh
[speaker002:] that was an all day job just to get it plumbed
[speaker001:] well and then if you do it wrong
[speaker002:] fortunately I was very fortunate uh in the fact that uh when I made the installation of the sink and everything bolted up and we turned the water on nothing leaked
[speaker001:] everything went all right
[speaker002:] everything worked and I just said that's marvelous I appreciate it
[speaker001:] that's the type of thing you cross your fingers and are glad when that happen
[speaker002:] well I expected something to leak you know left a fitting loose or didn't use Teflon tape on one or something like that
[speaker001:] right yeah  right
[speaker002:] but it all came together so I I felt pretty fortunate about that
[speaker001:] all worked out all right huh
[speaker002:] how about you
[speaker001:] well um ah probably the last thing I did was uh paint and wallpaper kids room
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and uh I learned uh I used the wrong kind of paint this wasn't must have not been a very good quality because it just hasn't stood up very well
[speaker002:] what kind of paint
[speaker001:] it was a latex plaint paint it was flat and I wonder if maybe I should've used the gloss
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] uh but they say you uh use your gloss mainly in your kitchens and things like that
[speaker002:] yeah that and semigloss for trim work and usually flat for walls
[speaker001:] yeah but I think maybe uh I don't know if it was just the
[speaker002:] was it not washable paint
[speaker001:] well it it is a latex paint but it just kind of is so you know so it's supposed to wash you're supposed to be able to wash it
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] but it um just looks dingy I don't know how else to explain it just it's pink
[speaker002:] what color is it pink okay
[speaker001:] it's kind of got uh oh just kind of a worn look to it I don't even even know how to say just didn't turn out quite as nice as I would have liked but
[speaker002:] did you uh require more than one can of paint
[speaker001:] we put two coats on it and it's a small room but I think it only took one uh can
[speaker002:] um-hum you didn't have to mix paint then right
[speaker001:] no
[speaker002:] okay
[speaker001:] we did uh oh you do mix the color as far as you start with uh white and then they add the color you know what I'm saying but
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah yeah but you only had one can of paint that you did the entire room with
[speaker001:] yes right and then I wallpapered a couple of walls and uh
[speaker002:] how'd that go
[speaker001:] well that was the first time I've ever wallpapered and uh that's a an education in itself
[speaker002:] kind of fun isn't it really
[speaker001:] but uh the dye lots uh must have been a little bit different from first of all it takes quite a few rolls even a small room if you're trying to match a design and I
[speaker002:] repeating patterns is what you have to check for when you when you buy your paper
[speaker001:] yes that's what I needed and I didn't think about that I got a Mickey Mouse print is what I got and so a lot is wasted
[speaker002:] yeah normally it will tell you on the roll how often a pattern repeats
[speaker001:] so you'd know how I see I didn't even think to look for that and then the
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] one of them was just a different color different color pink is what it ended up being
[speaker002:] hm
[speaker001:] and I
[speaker002:] when you did your papering did you start in the middle of the wall
[speaker001:] no I didn't is that how you're supposed to do
[speaker002:] or did you start at the edge
[speaker001:] I started at one edge and went over then you had to cut around the closet
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and cut around a window
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] but uh
[speaker002:] I've had my best luck in papering when I start in the middle of a wall and I'll start with a plumb line
[speaker001:] and start right there
[speaker002:] and start in the middle of the wall and and go from there and go all the way around the room
[speaker001:] it seem to get it straighter is that the advantage or what's the
[speaker002:] well you you