Cheating Around a Temporary Fix
We keep telling ourselves that this is a TEMPORARY fix. Because we don't have time to investigate or develop a long term fix for the smell in the basement right now.
An ALERT READER gave us this idea. Actually, his idea was more elegant and involved buying things at Home Depot. This fix is, um, less elegant and involved digging some things out of the Boy Scout Room.
Step 1: Proceed to smelly drain
Step 2: Stack 2 free weights on top of a Tupperware lid and slide over drain.
Step 3: Center carefully over the drain. Go back upstairs to finish working on something else.
Sigh. We just got our monthly issue of Fine Homebuilding today and, with this fix, I just can't help thinking, "We're not worthy...."
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Comments
a brilliant solution! you know, you could always use frisbees, which would allow you to change the colors seasonally---green for christmas, pink or yellow for easter, red, white, and blue for independence day...
Posted by: mary | October 29, 2003 9:06 AM
Rats! I should try to dig up something orange for Halloween :)
Posted by: jmo | October 29, 2003 11:57 AM
I'd hate to be around when you do remove that! Maybe you all should invest in those synchronized swimming nose plugs?!
Tim
Posted by: Tim C. | October 31, 2003 10:00 AM