Great job @purplemagic!
Your brother-in-law, always tells me that with these types of challenges, if you can't watch a video and figure it out yourself, you aren't trying hard enough.
When he says this to me... it's usually at the height of the largest struggle within the project and as a direct result he usually receives a few choice words in response. LOL!
Way to not give up!
I had to help my dad install two new fluorescent light fixtures recetly. Since they're in my part of the house, I bought 'em - so you can say that my dad helped me.
Wow: what a job. Took us more than an hour and a half. They had to be installed in the ceiling, which (as the old rue has it) taught me I had muscles I didn't know I had. (Ouch.)
When we opened the old ones up, I saw something really weird: one ballast was powering both of the old fixtures! (They were foot-to-head.) That certainly explained why one bulb failing made the other bulb flicker.
Anyhoo, I certainly respect anyone - male or female - who's good at #diy projects, or at least persistent with them. My dad is; I'm not.
That is the thing with any kind of home reno project, there is always a chance you will start to unveil more complications or problems as you go. I certainly was hesitant with that in mind because there are so many things in my home that were just not done properly so nothing surprises me. I crossed my fingers because I really needed it to go relatively cheap and easy but was "plunged" into doing it because we all really missed the functionality of two operating toilets (3 kids)
I too respect handy people, my DIY projects more typically involve creating and crafting..I feel like I stepped up my game a bit with this one which felt great..my muscles afterward disagreed entirely. lol
Shout out to my bro-in-law for coming to my aid on several occasions with this old crotchety house of mine and for this project, helping to install a shut off valve (because no it didn't have one which is annoying) so I could use my main water while completing this job. I regret not watching him do that because I feel like I would be adding a few more down there....I guess I'll find a video for that lol