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…
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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 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…