So that was the culprit that made that loud crashing sound. It happened when the right-side torsion spring broke. It also now prevented the door from being opened. It was time to work on getting the cars out of the garage. Efiwym, my wife, was concerned the cars and us would be stuck inside for…
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(Please bear with me as I tell the story that led to the replacement of the garage door torsion springs.) On a Saturday, I was sitting in the living room drinking my morning coffee and watching reruns of This Old House. Efiwym, my wife, walked to the front window, and suddenly stated, “Our flag is…
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Recently, we had a warm spring evening. When we were ready for bed, we opened the bedroom windows for the first time this year. The air was still warm, so we decided to run our ceiling fan. Efiwym, my wife, pushed ON on the remote. Nothing. She pushed it again along with other buttons. Still…
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When I decided to install a ceiling fan, I chose not to put a switch with the box. First, the fan we were going to use had a remote control. And second, I hate crawling around in the attic with 12 plus inches of fiberglass insulation. Just thinking about it makes me itch. I still…
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Efiwym, my wife, washed clothes on Tuesday. My first question when I got home was, “how did the dryer run?” She responded that the clothes dried faster without a problem. She even said the dryer sounded better, like you could hear the air flowing through the dryer and vent. However, she noted that you could…
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Recently, my wife, Efiwym, has mentioned multiple times the clothes are not getting dry in the dryer. I usually wait until she reaches the level of “complaining” before I would react. I received a text from her one day that she smelled something burning in the dryer. Fearing a fire, she said she would not…
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I made good time on the flooring install, so I thought I would tackle the toilet installation on the same day. I brought the box in the from the garage and started unpacking the toilet parts. I was happy the toilet was in two pieces so the installation should go smoothly. It is always hit-or-miss…
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Nothing left to do but to get the vinyl floor installed. Well maybe not the only thing left to do. I need to install the baseboards, the quarter rounds, threshold, and the toilet. I went downstairs to get the glue and the trowel. I decided when we purchased the flooring NOT to buy any more…
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I pulled the corner rounds around the vanity and removed the baseboards. The trim was still marked for their location from the last time I replaced the floor. I checked the door jamb to see if I needed to undercut it so I could slip the flooring under it. Apparently, I undercut the jamb too…
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DIY Project – Leaking Toilet – Another One – New Toilet – The Floor – Old Toilet (For the first time with a DIY project, I started taking pictures as I got into the project. So, you now have something to look at instead of just reading my writing.) I have laid vinyl sheet goods…