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HappyScrappy
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I live in an apartment. This apartment is the bottom floor of an old house that was renovated (I have part of a spiral staircase in my closet that just goes up to the ceiling - brilliant remodeling there). I think whoever did the remodeling was either drunk at the time, blind, retarded, or some combination of the above.
I tried to put up shelving when we first moved in. the kind that drills into the studs in the wall. I tested an 8 foot section of wall and found no stud. I thought I was going crazy. then I stepped back and looked at the wall, the rest of the room, and the floor, and then I realized that it is very likely there really isn't a stud for that long a span (there was one in the corner - I'll give them that).
the whole wall is warped, as is that section of the house - the floor is at such an angle that my desk drawer will sometimes open up, and things on wheels will roll about the house unaided, just following every whim of mean ol' gravity. that bitch (always wins).
anyway - I gave up on the shelving deal months ago - just got standalone bookshelves instead.
The newest issue is now this:
the bathroom. This bathroom was not here prior to the remodeling, so it was put in by the drunken blind retarded person. It is a very small and oddly shaped bathroom with things jutting out of the walls in some places because it just wasn't meant to be there. But we do need a bathroom, so I have to deal.
The lights for the bathroom are in the bathroom - makes sense.
but both the switches are outside of the bathroom... in the kitchen (which is next to the bathroom).
so I don't always turn the switches on and just go into the bathroom, which is fine if the door is open to get light (no windows in there).
this morning at 3am, I went into the bathroom and didn't turn on any lights b/c I am not a morning person and didn't want to see light. BUT, I apparently shut the door behind me.
I went tinkle wee wee, and when I was done, I went to open the door.... but it was locked. from the outside.
the genius that put this place together put the lock, and the light switches on the outside of the bathroom.
fortunately my gf (she too has been locked in accidentally before) heard me locked in and swearing and banging and woke up and let me out.
so I figure this evening I will rememdy the damn door issue.
now my question, since I've never had to do such a thing before:
how do you flip a doorknob? there are no screws on either of the knob faces - only on the part that is in the door sill and in the door.
I assume I take those out, swear, pull on the handles, they fall off, some part goes under the fridge, the rest falls off and cuts my hand, and then can't get it back together again?
I'm hoping I'm wrong.
I tried to put up shelving when we first moved in. the kind that drills into the studs in the wall. I tested an 8 foot section of wall and found no stud. I thought I was going crazy. then I stepped back and looked at the wall, the rest of the room, and the floor, and then I realized that it is very likely there really isn't a stud for that long a span (there was one in the corner - I'll give them that).
the whole wall is warped, as is that section of the house - the floor is at such an angle that my desk drawer will sometimes open up, and things on wheels will roll about the house unaided, just following every whim of mean ol' gravity. that bitch (always wins).
anyway - I gave up on the shelving deal months ago - just got standalone bookshelves instead.
The newest issue is now this:
the bathroom. This bathroom was not here prior to the remodeling, so it was put in by the drunken blind retarded person. It is a very small and oddly shaped bathroom with things jutting out of the walls in some places because it just wasn't meant to be there. But we do need a bathroom, so I have to deal.
The lights for the bathroom are in the bathroom - makes sense.
but both the switches are outside of the bathroom... in the kitchen (which is next to the bathroom).
so I don't always turn the switches on and just go into the bathroom, which is fine if the door is open to get light (no windows in there).
this morning at 3am, I went into the bathroom and didn't turn on any lights b/c I am not a morning person and didn't want to see light. BUT, I apparently shut the door behind me.
I went tinkle wee wee, and when I was done, I went to open the door.... but it was locked. from the outside.
the genius that put this place together put the lock, and the light switches on the outside of the bathroom.
fortunately my gf (she too has been locked in accidentally before) heard me locked in and swearing and banging and woke up and let me out.
so I figure this evening I will rememdy the damn door issue.
now my question, since I've never had to do such a thing before:
how do you flip a doorknob? there are no screws on either of the knob faces - only on the part that is in the door sill and in the door.
I assume I take those out, swear, pull on the handles, they fall off, some part goes under the fridge, the rest falls off and cuts my hand, and then can't get it back together again?
I'm hoping I'm wrong.
