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After much work a week ago, I got my bathroom to the point where I just needed to replace the sink shut-off valves to finish my remodeling work. That was after pulling up the toilet, disassembling the sink, replacing the fucet, cutting and glueing down a new sheet vinyl floor.

Today I got new valves and had to make a second trip back to get new flexible connections to the sink. I had to shut-off the water to the house, but managed to get it all emptied out without draining the hot-water heater. I got the cold shut-off valve in just fine, but the hot-water side had some corroded threads, and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get either the new valve or the old one back on.

Returning a third time to Home Depot, they recommended a procedure which actually made it worse due to some realities of my plumbing. This has left me in a position where I can't turn back on my water until I get a plumber out here. Reminder to self: stop doing these things on Sunday night when no help can arrive until Monday.

I haven't been that worked-up and pissed in a long time. I was frustrated, I wanted it finally done, and I just made it worse. This is exactly the kind of crap my father did with respect to DIY, and that just made me more angry at myself.

Honestly I did a fine job, but ran into something I couldn't fix. The extra damage is probably nothing that difficult for a plumber to fix and then some dry-wall patching and repainting that I've done several times already. I needed one out here sooner than later anyhow to put on a pressure-reduction valve.