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Hi everyone,
Every Monday I'm keen to hear what you got up to over the weekend.
It might have been starting a new project, getting stuck into some gardening, hosting a cracking BBQ, catching a new movie, getting some exercise, catching up with friends and family, or just relaxing with a good book.
Please share in the discussion below.
Jason
Gorgeous sunshine on the weekend here in Melbourne. Hope everyone had a good one. Let us know what you got up to in the discussion below.
Jason
It was terrible to see the destruction to homes in Sydney's northern beaches yesterday and also hear that people are missing and have lost their lives in floodwaters. I hope everyone in the Workshop community is staying safe and hasn't suffered any losses.
Jason
Yes, thinking of all those in NSW doing it tough at the moment.
This photo was amazing. Very sad to see people lose their houses and even worse to lose their loved ones.
Seen some photos of huge waves...
Also terrible in Tasmania.
Here's an aerial photograph of Latrobe, near Devonport:
@Jason, my weekend job has taken a week & a half, but we're thrilled with the result.
I won a nice vanity cabinet on a local on-line auction quiiiite a while ago, & I recently got the urge/time to fit it. Sounds simple enough, take old one off, replace with new one.
I wish. 
We already had the mixer tap & flex pressure pipes, but soon found that there was more involved. The new vanity had a shelf which made it impossible to refit the original drain trap, but that wasn't going to stop me. I made up a custom trap from PVC fittings, & connected it to the existing floor pipe, using a flexible pipe.
Silly me, I'd previously bought an auto sensor mixer faucet (which didn't get approval), & mistakenly used the flex pipes from that instead of the ones for the new mixer. The problem surfaced when I went to fit the mixer mounting plate under the counter top, it wouldn't fit, & I'd already fitted the flex pressure pipework which was a pain. 
OK, time for the test run to see if there were any leaks, which there were, but eventually I got them sorted.
All good, I let Tania do the honours of heading the celebrations by christening the work.
Oops, cold water came out when she moved the lever to the left.
I couldn't believe that I could've messed that up, so went about swapping the flex pressure pipes to put it right.
Time to re-run the opening ceremony & celebrate, but wait, I got it wrong again. Eeeeeek!!!
Today went well, I grouted in the tiles that I'd repositioned from the original install.
What, you say? The original cabinet was deeper than the new one, so I needed matching tiles to cover the gap. Luckily the old cabinet had an open back, the tiler'd done the right thing & tiled the wall inside the cabinet, so I'd snitched them for spares.
Anyways, it was an eventful project that was conquered through sheer perserverance & determination. All said & done, Tania's very proud of me that I battled on regardless, & we have a makeover that looks a treat.
I also fitted a new mirror, towel rail & bath fittings, with a final cost of only $500, which includes the vanity, so very happy indeed.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/cibo-design-1200-x-500mm-outline-mirror-with-white-border_p1730133
https://www.bunnings.com.au/milano-by-enzo-barelli-90cm-stainless-steel-single-towel-rail_p4821009
https://www.bunnings.com.au/mondella-resonance-pin-lever-top-assembly-set_p5002797
In closing, I found & bought (on my own) the bits, parts, pieces in 2 shopping sessions, over 2 days at Bunnings, with an estimated time of 6 hours total. I get confused very easily, which explains the length of time taken, but as Derryn Hinch says, "That's life". 
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