Plumbing Tip: Check twice, three times before soldering...

Feeling pleased with myself, I lovingly looked over my plumbing work for the shower late on Sunday, only to find I made a huge plunder!

I installed the faucet upside down!

It turns out the the faucet will actually work but the labeling for the hot and cold on the cover will be reversed and upside down. I guess I could leave it but I am a perfectionist, and this mistake would just be staring me in the face every time I take a shower.

So it has to be fixed...

How it happened:
I had done all the right things. Measured, dry fit, and assembled all the pipes in place. In order to protect the vapour barrier, I disassembled the pipes and then re-assembled it on the floor, over a piece of metal for soldering.

In doing so I had flipped the faucet upside down!

I am kicking myself as a last minute check before soldering would have picked up the error...

Alas I did this around 10:30 PM on the evening before. Tired and ready to call it a night I forgot to check it twice...

Guess what I am doing this upcoming weekend...
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