There’s many things that I really like about my apartment that I’m in right now. It’s kinda funky and interesting; nice hardwood floors; it’s got a nice backyard; it’s in a good location (walking distance from castro street); the people that live in the building (joel, ines, sandy, leslie, and russ) are all pretty cool.
But there are a few things that just plain suck.
The plumbing is one of them.
For starters, turning the water on in the tub unleashed a chorus of groans, thumps and creeks that would wake the dead. or at least all of my neighbors.
While that in and of itself is survivable (well maybe not for joel, who lives directly above me) but once the water starts, the first 10 seconds of it are a yellowish brown color, that at best, looks like urine. But as I said, after a few seconds the water does clear. And at least it’s hot. Although, last month, the hot water handle in the tub broke off, and I’ve been too lazy to call the super. So I’ve been keeping a set of pliers in the tub to turn the water off and on. classy, I know.
to make matters worse, the drain—even with liberal amounts of Drain-O applied—still has a slow drain. And I don’t care what you say, there is nothing that will ruin a good clean shower feeling like standing in ankle-deep funk water. And if you drop the soap? Forget it. it’s gone.
One of the other “features” of my apartment’s plumbing is the toilet. I kid you not. the goddamn thing can get clogged from a long piss. Let’s not even try and discuss anything else you try to flush. No matter what it is, it’s not going down the first time.