Post #296,638
12/2/07 9:52:16 AM
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adventures in plumbing
pulled a crazy a while back, the shower in the bedroom had an unsavory drip so turned off the water source. The toilet bowl two days ago decided to pitch a fit and not flush. Decided to fix that yesterday and figured I would fix the shower drip as well. Fuck me and delta faucets! 32 dollars for a bewildering array of different o rings, 42 dollars for a new assembly with o rings installed. Asked the clerk for alternative single handle brands, he said forget it, delta's are sweated on. For me it would take wall disassembly in the bathroom that adjoins mine to get at the pipes. This time I grit my teeth and pay the $42 next time the fucking wall comes out and I install a $12 no name brand with 2 handles.
thanx,
bill
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Post #296,640
12/2/07 10:09:44 AM
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I hear that!
Our kitchen faucet (30+years old) was leaking. Had a friend put some new washers/o-rings in it. Worked a little while, then leaked like an excited puppy. Mind you, it's not that I don't want to spend the money, but I want to completely revamp my horribly outdated kitchen, starting with the sink... I want a one of those great farm sinks. The kind where the spigot and the handles jut out from the wall, not sit on the surface. <reverie>
Ok, back to reality. So I have to face it, I can't afford to go full-blow, so I have to spend a hunnerd bucks (truly, ya can't get a cheep cheep faucet!) And I'm DA WOMAN, I can install it myself and set about to do it, only, (trombone up)WAH WAH...the damn thing requires some minor welding and such. Piss On Rye!
Luckily, my son hangs out with a kid whose dad is a plumber...a very good, honest one. So he only charges me $75 to do the job.
I still cringe though because that could have gone towards my looovely sink :-(
Oh well, it won't be long. I'm trying to re-design the space and pick out wicked-cool appliances. Just for a preview, it will have a vintage vibe with beadboard, some stainless and my accessories include a full set of Pyrex mixing bowls, a kitchen clock that I hung in its box because it says "Modern Housewives Adore KitchenTime!" and it's kitschy yellow. Then there's my giant plastic tomato that is actually a serving piece. It is about, oh 8" - 9" in diameter. I just love it.
Ok, shutting up for now.
Smile,
Amy
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Post #296,647
12/2/07 11:14:00 AM
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stainless RUN AWAY!
the only thing that keeps stainless from looking like shit is rainx or tranny fluid but both smell like shit when hot.
thanx,
bill
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep
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Post #296,651
12/2/07 11:18:50 AM
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Bar Keepers Friend
Keeps my stainless sink nice and shiny. It also does a good job on copper bottom pots.
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Post #296,643
12/2/07 10:32:45 AM
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I hate plumbing.
There's always some connection that requires a fitting that I don't have, necessitating a trip to the store to search through the bins that are always disorganized. Grr. I need to replace our shower faucets, but the ideal of redoing tile, etc., isn't appealing right now.
Don't use Price Pfister faucets. We've got 4 in the house here. 3 of them are less than 8 years old and they leak and their "forever" finishes are coming off and the chrome has flaked off showing green corrosion on the "brass". The kitchen faucet has had the valves replaced once already. Never again.
We've got one recent, cheap, Delta faucet on the laundry tub in the basement that works fine but gets very little use.
Our next kitchen faucet will be something other than PP. Maybe one of the more up-market brands like [link|http://www.faucetdirect.com/index.cfm/page/product:display/productId/D405040/manufacturer/Danze/categoryId/19/finish/Chrome#productSpecs|Danze], but being able to get parts at the local Lowes is appealing...
I don't know what it is, but Black-and-Decker seems to destroy the quality of every brand they take over. :-/
Good luck!
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #296,644
12/2/07 10:36:33 AM
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Price Pfister? But I don't even know 'er!
Yeah, I agree, they're shit. We had one in this house. What a piece of crap; lasted less than three years before a housing cracked and it started spraying water under pressure all over the counter and whoever was washing the dishes. Complete fucking junk.
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Post #296,654
12/2/07 11:37:04 AM
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Andrew's rules of plumbing.
Do not start the job later than a time when the plumbing supply stores will still be open if the job takes three times as long as it possibly can.
Everything you touch will break. You must be prepared to rip out and replace fittings all the way back to the first item that miraculously does not break.
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Post #296,655
12/2/07 11:38:59 AM
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Yup. It's just like working on Windows. :-/
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Post #296,656
12/2/07 1:17:37 PM
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That's an excellent rule.
Last year, replaced leaky shower fixtures for my brother who is totally mechanically inept. Took a whole day and 4 trips to Lowe's and/or Home Depot for parts or special tools.
Had to turn off water for the whole house to do it too. That would not be a good situation overnight.
Alex
Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. -- Sophocles (496? - 406 BCE)
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Post #296,658
12/2/07 1:29:39 PM
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For jobs that might go too long . . .
. . I always make sure I have pipe caps so if I need to I can just cap off a pipe and turn the water back on.
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Post #296,659
12/2/07 1:47:03 PM
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Can't find it but I thought this was the Admin's rule
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Post #296,697
12/2/07 6:59:41 PM
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ICLRPD.
Andrew's rules of plumbing.
Do not start the job later than a time when the plumbing supply stores will still be open if the job takes three times as long as it possibly can.
Everything you touch will break. You must be prepared to rip out and replace fittings all the way back to the first item that miraculously does not break. Wade.
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Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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Post #296,699
12/2/07 6:59:55 PM
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ICLRPD. (new thread)
Created as new thread #296698 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=296698|ICLRPD.]
Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please
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Post #296,743
12/3/07 5:06:56 PM
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Don't I know it!
went to replace my shower head some months ago (just a shower head, what could go wrong?). I remove the old one, clean the threads, apply the teflon tape, and screw on the head. Try it out; it's leaking from the threads! I try a couple more times, both with teflon tape and silicon grease, keeps leaking. I tork it down. SNAP! The end of the pipe breaks off! Seems they had used a chromed PVC shower arm (cheap ba$#@%&s). So I go to remove the shower arm, and get the whole pipe into the wall, all cemented together. To make it all worse, I had to get another shower head as the pipe broke off inside the fitting, and I couldn't get it out without damaging the thread.
~~~)-Steven----
Stapp's Ironical Paradox:
"The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle."
Col. John P. Stapp - Decelerator 'Test Pilot'
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