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RE: I am WOMAN…hear me flush!?
I had to help my dad install two new fluorescent light fixtures recetly. Since they're in my part of the house, I bought 'em - so you can say that my dad helped me.
Wow: what a job. Took us more than an hour and a half. They had to be installed in the ceiling, which (as the old rue has it) taught me I had muscles I didn't know I had. (Ouch.)
When we opened the old ones up, I saw something really weird: one ballast was powering both of the old fixtures! (They were foot-to-head.) That certainly explained why one bulb failing made the other bulb flicker.
Anyhoo, I certainly respect anyone - male or female - who's good at #diy projects, or at least persistent with them. My dad is; I'm not.
That is the thing with any kind of home reno project, there is always a chance you will start to unveil more complications or problems as you go. I certainly was hesitant with that in mind because there are so many things in my home that were just not done properly so nothing surprises me. I crossed my fingers because I really needed it to go relatively cheap and easy but was "plunged" into doing it because we all really missed the functionality of two operating toilets (3 kids)
I too respect handy people, my DIY projects more typically involve creating and crafting..I feel like I stepped up my game a bit with this one which felt great..my muscles afterward disagreed entirely. lol