Whenever I start a project around the house, my wife is quick to remind me that it may become a "Broomhead Project". That is our official designation for projects that run past the estimates.

Like when I had to replace the wax ring of a toilet. Should have been easy but the previous owner used a hammer to bend the floor bolts over. They had been too long and the plastic cap wouldn't fit over them (and hide the bent bolts). The toilet was very close to the wall forcing me to use a mini-hacksaw to cut the bolts.

Or when I needed to fix a faucet that started to leak. When I tried to turn off the water with the valve under the sink, the handle just twisted around and around. It was stripped. When I went out to turn off the water supply to the house, the shutoff was buried under about 4 inches of mud. Also, a trip to the store to buy another valve, canister of propane, solder, flux, and copper pipe.

The only place that I come close to completing projects on time is at work. Now if I could figure out how to write a program to put new flooring in my kitchen, I might be on-time and under budget 🙂