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…
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Our house has a laundry chute. The chute is located off the floor in the back bedroom. The bedroom room is located above the laundry room. It seems that would be the only appropriate place to put it. It was not the most convenient location, but we used it when the kids were at home.…
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DIY Project- Someone Else’s Project – The Patio Door – Finishing Up After a debacle of a day installing the patio door, I headed back to my brother-in-law’s, Evad, to finish up the project. The place looked like someone dropped all their tools and left without finishing the project. Oh yeah, that was me. I…