# A Job Well Done

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-job-well-done/600310>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 21, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-job-well-done/600310 "2011-10-21T00:24:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-job-well-done/600310/1 "2011-10-21T00:24:38Z")

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I just put the final touches on my bathroom work. I can’t exactly call it a “remodeling” since it has the original sink, cabinet and toilet, and no walls were knocked out or moved, but I took out the ridiculous nearly-complete-but-not-quite chair rail, stripped out 3 layers of wallpaper, plastered up a 2’x2’ hole that had previously been covered up by a friggin’ hardback book cover, replaced all the shut-off valves, installed a new toilet flange, and painted. And it only took me roughly 45 trips to the hardware store, a new personal best\*! But I’m done, I have a beer, and I’m quite pleased.

I’m positive the toilet will be crashing through the ceiling of the bathroom below at 3am due to some manner of negligence. I’ll keep you updated.  
\*I will not say whether that’s an all-time high or all-time low…

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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-job-well-done/600310/2 "2011-10-21T01:22:34Z")

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Excellent! I am sure your toilet will stay in place. I am looking forward to tackling my front bathroom one of these days.

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**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-job-well-done/600310/3 "2011-10-21T02:28:11Z")

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Satisfying, isn’t it? We did a half-bath remodel that took entirely too long, but we stripped out everything, including the tile. Then we had the insane idea to build a bathroom sink out of a garbage can (long story), and the end product is far better than it should be, but it took a while.