Ahhh.. the virtual end of a long week. I say virtual because I’m on vacation starting today.. I celebrated by meting up wiht my friend Kevin at On The Rise . There I had  a new drink creation I invented.. half kambucha, half hard cider.. I call it an ‘outsider’… strong and medicinal. yum !

 

My last official act of my working week was to solve a vexing drain problem.. Gabe was taking a shower the other day when the top of oe of the shampoo bottles slipped down the drain.. there used to be a grill to stop stuff.. but it’s long gone… So.. we had this inch wide plastic top stuck deep in the drain.. which plugged it almost completely. . To make matters worse, the drain trap is completely inaccessible .. Somehow it was installed over a sheetrock ceiling.. and the only way to reach it would be to cut through the ceiling.. ..

I  couldint see or feel the cap.. but I could reach it with a snake.. unfortunately.. there wasn’t anything to grab.. the smooth end must have been towards me.. .. Next thing I tried was inside out ductape on a cable.. no dice.. i wasn’t enve sure I was reaching it..   Then I had an idea.. i could drill through it.. I created a flexible drill with a bendable gooseneck drive.. and a small drill bit.

Unfortunately the hex drive drill bit I had was too long to make the bend in the drain,  so out came the cutiff wheel (i love cutoff wheels) ,, I shortened the bit and hex drive holder.. and reinstalled it on the gooseneck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was able to get the gooseneck in there .. pushed it back into the trap and drilled.. a few minutes later. i was able to drill it and pull it nearly out of the drain.. from there a snuc a wire through the whole I’d drilled and eventually pulled it free. soon . I was holding the offending cap n my hand.. Yeahhhhhh !

 

a nice cap to my week to be sure..

 

ok.. its only 9 pm but I’m having trouble staying awake.. so I’ll end here..

more tomorrow from the road..

 

nite all. nite sam

-me