Zen and the art of DIY? Why did I select such a name for my blog? The name came from the book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” by Robert M. Pirsig. According to the reliable Wikipedia, the title is an apparent play on the title of the 1948 book, Zen in the Art…
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My name is Dominic Isaac Yrager. (It really isn’t my name; note the initials.) I am a DIYer. I do not claim to be good at it. I consider myself just okay, but far better than those wannabes on DIY Network’s, First Time Flippers. I am also not a blogger. I do not claim to…
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The next day, as the sun shines down through the window of the door, I noticed something strange about the floor. Just as you entered the laundry room the flooring had wrinkles. I went down on my hands and knees and ran my hand across the floor. Yup, those were definitely wrinkles. Well, more like…
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The washer was next to be put in place. I wheeled it in and aligned it to the opening. I attached the water hoses and turned on the water in the laundry tub cabinet. No leaks. I put the discharge hose into the laundry tub and pushed the washer in place. The lid for the…
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The following morning, I was ready to get the laundry room back into place. Unfortunately, we had some visitors, and it delayed my chance to finish up. As our visitors were here, I kept saying to myself, “I have plenty of time, I have plenty of time.” Once they left, Efiwym, my wife asked if…
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I went back to the home improvement store, where I could save big money, to return the adhesive and get the right one that I found on their website. Also, Efiwym, my wife, suggested I get a new dryer vent. The store had the exact same dryer vent we had before. I headed home with…
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The next morning, I knew I was not as far along on this project as I wanted to be, but I still had plenty of time to wrap it up. The mold issue seemed to be resolved, but I needed to find out where the water was coming from when I put the laundry tub…
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When I replaced the flooring many years ago, I put in a drain. It was a drain that was not plumbed. It was basically a hole in the floor with a floor drain cover under the laundry tub cabinet. It was designed to have any overflow of the washer or laundry tub to go into…
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After Efiwym, my wife, finished with Thursday’s wash, the time clock was set to get the flooring done in the laundry room. I had until Tuesday morning to complete the project. I had a good three days to finish, so I thought I could easily get it done. The first thing that needed to be…
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Every time I cleaned the floor in the laundry room, I hated that the floor was worn out in front of the washer and dryer. I am not sure why I hated it so much, maybe I knew I needed to replace it, and I recognized it would not be a fun DIY project. To…
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After breakfast, I started working on installing the new under-cabinet light. There was an issue I needed to resolve before I started. Should I hard-wire it or just use the plug-in option? The hole in the bottom of the cabinet was in the wrong spot for the new light. The plug wire on the new…
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Efiwym, my wife, had been pressuring me to replace the fluorescent under cabinet light by the desk in the dinette. It was difficult to turn it on. Hence, we did not use it much. The under-cabinet light was one of the projects I wanted to tackle when we first bought the house. I am not…