The right tool for the job makes all the difference

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Back to our usual activities and we needed a new kitchen sink. I noticed a crack in the bowl a year ago but since it didn’t seem to be leaking we didn’t rush to do anything about it. Eventually decided we should do something over the Easter holiday while our lodgers were away and my partner had time off work. The tap had also started dripping so we decided to splurge on a new tap as well. This turned out to be a good plan as once we had removed the old sink it proved to be impossible to get the old tap off it in a way that would be possible to re-use! Of course in our usual efficient manner we didn’t order the sink until close to the end of the week. Then the tap didn’t arrive for a couple of days even though I paid extra for next day delivery. And then we had several very busy days so we had to do things in instalments, and our lodgers arrived back while the kitchen sink was still out of action! Luckily we also have a utility room with a sink so that was a blessing otherwise it would have been a bowl with the tap outside. The sink didn’t come with pre-drilled tap holes so we needed to cut the hole. A 35 mm hole was specified, but guess what? We have a set of hole-saws but that only included 32 mm and 38 mm sizes. We must have wasted at least an hour while my partner tried to figure out how he could manage using one of these. Finally I persuaded him that we should just buy a tool of the right size, a tool supplier about 3 miles away had the things in stock at only a few pounds. Luckily I also read through the reviews and that’s how I discovered that the saw only fitted into a special carrier that we would also have to buy (this wasn’t mentioned in the product details), but again just 2 or 3 pounds more. Off he went to the shop and in about half an hour was back with the necessary implements. And after all that, cutting the hole took about 10 seconds!