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Lo! The battle doth beckon!

It’s kinda like porno. Not that I’d know anything about that. Por-who?

I have to cut that cap off so I can make the connection with the hand shut off valve using the pipe glue. Uhhh… forgot whether or not I shut off the water before I cut that cap off. Well, I reckon we’ll find out.

Hi. Welcome to my world.

Holy guacamole, Batman, it works! Connection made and water pressure turned back on. No torch, just this glue holding the water valve to the copper pipe. Sheer and uttah, uttah madness!

An art shot. Go "ooh! ahh!" or something.

You’ll probably need to take apart and tape all the connections right under the sink. If’n you need to, you’ll know as soon as you restore water pressure.

Dayyam! I should be a water valve photographer…. or something!

The bathroom sink installation: plumbing. Fini.