LOL, too true! My parents once tried to replace the washer on a drippy faucet, only to end up in a six-year remodel of the entire house - new walls, new floors, new wiring, new plumbing, everything. All because the faucet turned out to obsolete, and one thing led to another...
yup. We're about to embark on another building project: a little cabin in PA. We're going to start with a cabin shell and improve it into a proper vacation home. The challenging part is not going to be doing the work but reigning in my inner tree-hugger engineer/ domestic diva. I have 'spensive ideas.