The old switch plates etc were in a plastic bag in the garage along with our new faucets that she had replaced.

I had nothing to do sitting on the couch all day after surgery so I started listening to audiobooks, podcasts, reading some books and watching YouTube videos.

Depending on the size of the roof I'll either use a bubbler, which is a little plastic cap that rises when the water comes out and seals shut when it's done, or I'll put it in an actual drain bucket with a removable clean-out grid on top - this type is more useful if there's a lot of trees and debris that gets washed out of the roof and gutters.PS: If I "hired" someone to do that job and that's what he gave me I wouldn't pay for it.

My good friend got a chunk of her face bit off, by a pit bull--  it was her friend's dog (both college educated paralegals who love animals), her friend adored and cherished that dog... my friend had to have plastic surgery and couldn't even go in the sun for 6 months!   

Surgery, his daughter is in town, he has a religious event, his paint sprayer is broken, etc.He has also ask me to forward him some money for various reasons, which I did because he had completed some work.

You definitely need to remove that and any rubber or plastic components while soldering anywhere near the valve.  

You can save money by installing all plastic shower pans and plastic walls, but being a plumbing contractor we encounter cracked shower pans almost every day and we encounter the drains leaking in plastic shower pans because when people stand on shower pans the plastic flexes and the drain strainers loosen causing significant damage.

The tenants texted this morning and said that she had had a surgery and couldn’t be there because they were staying with family.

It's like the difference between brain surgery and first aid. 

SORRY advance warning gross discussion but this is the fix: two 5 gallon plastic buckets fill 15% with water buy a "plank" online and put peanut butter on the end.