Efiwym, my wife, hated our powder room floor. The white background of the faux tile vinyl floor was yellowing. The floor had a pattern of pink and blue flowers. The walls were recently painted a mint color. She talked about replacing the floor many times, and I did not want to pull the toilet, so…
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It was time to go shopping for a new toilet. I have compiled my parameters for a new toilet. Standard Height (not Tall) Round Bowl (not Elongated) White Cheap (not Expensive) I first would do my Internet search based on my parameters, except price. That allowed me to select local stores where I could pick…
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The next day, I went downstairs to check the water meter. Nothing was running, except for the meter. A hundredth of a gallon would tick off about every 6 seconds. I did “the math.” For 3 months that was over 13,000 gallons leaking from one toilet. That was approximately how much was the difference in…
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After getting the toilet leak figured out in the master bathroom, I thought I was done fixing toilets. I was back to investigating another leak, but this time it was our powder room toilet. We received a letter from our city’s water utility department stating that we used three times the regular amount of water…
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After getting the toilet leak figured out in the master bathroom, I thought I was done fixing toilets. A few months ago, Efiwym, my wife, and I started to notice the master bathroom toilet would be leaking from the tank into the bowl. After you flushed the toilet, you would hear water trickling from the…
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After getting the “I told you so,” from my wife, Efiwym, I started my Internet search for black paint. I found the least expensive black paint at our favorite home improvement store. With a list of other things to buy, like new roller covers for the mini roller, we were off to the store. When…
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I reassembled the drawers that were broken. The dovetail joints were still tight, but I was not satisfied with just glue. I put a nail in each dovetail on both sides of the joint with my pneumatic nailer. I had some ¼” x ¾” wood that I used to put blocking on all four corners…
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The next day, I stopped at the appliance parts store after work to get the parts I needed. I bought the front bearing housing and just in case, an idler pulley. Fifty dollars later, I was on my way to my daughter’s, Iret, house. Again, I started immediately to take apart the dryer when I…
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I stopped at the parts store on Saturday morning and got the back bearing to take to my daughter’s, Iret, house. I felt pretty confident I had the problem solved. On to her house with parts in hand. I did not waste any time as I entered the house to start the installation of the…
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Efiwym, my wife, was out doing something she loves to do, bargain shopping. I decided this would be a perfect time to get the shelf in the laundry room cabinet. This should be an easy and fast DIY project. Install some shelf pins, cut a shelf and install. But first I needed to clear out…