I am not a big fan of DIY landscaping. I will do hardscaping, like retaining walls, fences, and patios. I have done some of each. When the cost outweighs my displeasure, I will do the project. I have installed fencing at a couple of houses. In all situations I used fence panels. The panels have…
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We were now using the shower. I needed to complete the reno of the master bathroom. The baseboards around the shower were put back in place. I caulked between the floor and the shower. I replaced the plastic laminate vanity countertop with a one-piece cultured marble vanity top. I also replaced the faucet with a…
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My shoulder was feeling a lot better, but I dreaded removing the old ceiling fan. I did not want to go in the attic, and I was determined to remove it from below. With my Sears-Craftman® adjustable pliers (AKA: channel locks), I was able to pull down the ceiling fan housing. Working from below, I…
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I watched my share of DIY and home improvement shows. Starting with the initial shows of PBS’s This Old House with Bob Vila and then with multitude of cable shows, I sat through hundreds, maybe thousands of episodes. Sometimes, I would watch reruns multiple times. There were shows I truly enjoyed that were canceled like,…
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The glass shower door we purchased cost us more than we like to spend. Why put on a door that would junk up a shower reno or have to be replaced as it gets old. It had a brushed nickel finish and clear glass door and panel. I did not know until I read the…
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I do not like drywalling. I wish I was good at it. I am not bad installing it, but I have not improved on taping and mudding. Since we removed the drop ceiling over the shower, I had to put new drywall on the ceiling and the walls above the shower. I also had to…
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I was ready to install the shower head and valve cover. It seemed it was long ago that the rough plumbing was done. No leaks to date. Before I started, I turned on the valve. No leaks by the shower head. However, when I shut it off, the valve started leaking again. I tightened down…
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Two weeks later and against the advice of my wife, Efiwym, I was going to start on the shower. Stepping into the master bathroom, I noticed the poor job I did removing the silicone. Using fingernail polish, I removed the silicone residue from around the wall edges. Once I cleaned them up, I needed to…
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I removed the walls to prepare them for installation. Again, I had to forcibly jerk up on the side walls to unlock them. I had to try it several times to get them unlocked. Not a good start. Before I cleaned up the shower base to apply silicone, I checked the location of the shower…
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The shower enclosure has two interchanging 3-foot side walls and a 4-foot back wall. The directions recommended that installing the walls was a two-person job. However, a Youtube how-to video showed one guy hauling around the walls without a problem. I had moved all the walls to the spare bedroom upstairs. It was recommended to…