Very good.
For your next project, the hot water heater. I saved 500$ replacing my own last Febraury.
I just replaced my garbage disposal...
by zeroday 31 Replies latest jw friends
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zeroday
For your next project, the hot water heater. I saved 500$ replacing my own last Febraury.
I barely got the disposal on that is way out of my league...
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SixofNine
They're actually kind of counter-intuitive; you'd think those rolled steel rings must do something, but they are mostly just a place to give it a good whack (even if you have the special tool). And then if the thing has been corroding in place for twentyfive years, it doesn't usually want to leave it's comfy home at that point....
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Satanus
That's the power of the martini (thumbs up dohickey, here). When i am doing stuff, and i slam into a problem, i walk away from it for a few minutes, and generally come up w a solution.
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CoonDawg
Way to go! It always give a sense of acccomplishment. I learned a long time ago when I was first working in hardware, after seeing all the bozos through the week who did plumbing and electrical for a living...it can't be that hard. Most of those type of jobs, I'll always take a crack at. My first plumbing job in my first house was replacing the waterheater. I was a bit intimidated, but I dove in. I put all copper in, check valves and shut offs in the proper places...sweated all the joints...(sloppy according to professional standards) and turned on the water. Voila....not one single leak! After that, I knew I could do any of it.
When I bought my current home, we had to replace all the appliances in the kitchen...including the kitchen sink and faucet. I put in a built in mircrowave, a dishwasher, an new gas stove (that had to be converted to LP) a fridge w/ icemaker & water dispenser and the new disposal.
It was a piece of cake....and I saved a ton! The worst that can happen is that I have to call in a pro...but if I don't, I'm way ahead.
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hillbilly
Under sink plumbing is upside down and back wards. Try routing the water lines from their point of origin to the proper Hot on left and cold on right positions under the sink.
That's why plumbers make the big money... you have to be a savant of some sort to do some things.
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amicus
"...I tried and tried and tried and the Mother ****** would not go on...I grabbed me a martini and said OK I'll finish tomorrow when it hit me I was trying to twist the damn thing the wrong way "
Words of wisdom there.
Construction Electrician here, I long ago lost count of the jobsite mechanical challenges that were solved once I "walked away from the problem" and popped open a cold beer (at home of course).
...and like hillbilly says, when you are upside down looking at something that is right side up...dang something that appears to be simple can be irritating. I still find myself having to repeat the mantra "Righty tighty, lefty loosey", when trying to thread things together whilst standing on my head.
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Witness 007
No one in Australia has a garbage disposal.
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zeroday
No one in Australia has a garbage disposal.
OH why did you say that you know what I'm about to say... DO you have indoor plumbing...yet... OK don't get your panties in a wad...
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funkyderek
I have a garbage disposal but I've never quite seen the point (it's a rented apartment so I didn't install it). Why not just compost, recycle or even throw away your rubbish (garbage) instead of mashing it up into tiny bits and sending it down the waste water pipes? The disadvantages are obvious. What's the advantage?