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 let my wife, Efiwym, aware that the dresser was ready for painting. We talked about color and decided on a matte black finish. We believed the color black would work well in my grandson’s room. The matte finish was necessary as the dresser had its share of nicks and dents. We were not agreeable…
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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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One of my daughters needed a dresser. Efiwym, my wife, told her we had a five-drawer dresser in the basement. We knew that it had seen its days. But Efiwym said she would check it out and see if it could be repaired. We did not know where this dresser originally came from. We had…
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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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After I texted my wife, Efiwym, that I did not know what parts I would need for the dryer, I texted my daughter, Iret. I gave her the bad news. I did not want to disappoint my daughter, so I said I would stop by after work and take it apart to see what parts…