The Home Ownership Thread

[brokencycle]

A toilet is one of the easier installs and rarely leaks. Check the lines and the toilet for cracks. If none, pull the toilet, scrape and discard the old wax, install a new double wax ring and bolt the toilet back down.

Waste pipes are another matter.

lefty

I've installed toilets without much problem, but the plumber installed this one. He has other work to do anyway. I'm just hoping we don't have to tear out a bunch of drywall and replace it. I will probably have to replace the trim pieces around the toilet though.

I finally got a guy to mow my lawn. It took so long because a neighbor said his flat yard was $75 and smaller than mine. Well on the first day of mowing I see a different neighbor out and asked for their yard guy. I give him a call and he quotes me less than Mr. Flat Yard. Why did I wait so long?

I also landscaped another part of our yard. I like the designing and digging in the dirt aspect. It allowed me to visualize where we may put a patio and such. May have someone come out soon to give us a quote on that at least so we have some idea of the cost of the project.

As for toilets, I leave that to the professionals. It sounds easy and videos make it look easy but I don't want leaky sh*t because I made a boneheaded mistake.

I don't mind mowing the lawn, but I actually enjoy landscaping pieces.

 

[lefty]

If you can tie your shoes, you can change a toilet.

lefty

 

[otc]

If you can tie your shoes, you can change a toilet.

lefty

I dunno, given how many people I see on the train with their shoes tied "wrong," I'd be a little concerned with letting them install my toilet.

Get just one step of the install backwards and you might end up with brokencycle's wet ceiling!

 

[Joffrey]

I definitely tie my shoes wrong - the laces always come un-done.

 

[otc]

I felt like an idiot when I realized that one. I was in college when I found that site (or something similar) and realized my error. And like...I was a boy scout and the captain of the sailing team. I knew how to tie lots of knots, and I knew the trap of the granny knot vs a proper square knot.

But since I used the normal "around the loop" method of tying my shoes, I never really made the connection that it was just a square knot, and that the vertical orientation of the loops meant I was actually tying a granny knot.

I changed up the orientation of my starting knot (easier than retraining my muscle memory to do the loop the other way) and my shoes have been staying tied ever since.

 

[brokencycle]

Toilet fixed, plumbing done, and plumber gave me a generous credit to get the trim fixed. Glass hopefully tomorrow. Electrician back on Wednesday to do a ceiling fan (he didn't want to install it so the carpet guys didn't hit it and break it). Then the cabinet guy has to come back and install the closet. So close... the cabinet guy just put us so far behind because we sat for 2 months waiting on all the bathroom cabinetry and tub surround.

 

[Numbernine]

There is a guy building a fence in my neighbors yard and listening to a Joseph Campbell lecture on the radio.Well I guess he'll know why he's building it.

 

[jcman311]

Toilet fixed, plumbing done, and plumber gave me a generous credit to get the trim fixed. Glass hopefully tomorrow. Electrician back on Wednesday to do a ceiling fan (he didn't want to install it so the carpet guys didn't hit it and break it). Then the cabinet guy has to come back and install the closet. So close... the cabinet guy just put us so far behind because we sat for 2 months waiting on all the bathroom cabinetry and tub surround.

Did you carpet the ceiling?

 

[lefty]

Did you carpet the ceiling?

I'm beginning to see why the toilet leaked.

lefty

 

[brokencycle]

Did you carpet the ceiling?

It is a contemporary take on 70s decor. Shag carpeting on the ceiling, white painted textured drywall on the floor.

Or because they carry in long rolls, not pay attention, hit the fixture and damage it.

I'm beginning to see why the toilet leaked.

lefty

Only the best people.

 

[tesseract]

Anyone here have experience with old copper radiant heat systems? Put an offer on a house to find out the radiant heat is from the build in 1963, seems like the life of this system is nearing its endpoint. any suggestions?

 

[brokencycle]

Anyone here have experience with old copper radiant heat systems? Put an offer on a house to find out the radiant heat is from the build in 1963, seems like the life of this system is nearing its endpoint. any suggestions?

Did it find up in inspection that it isn't heating well?

 

[Numbernine]

Anyone here have experience with old copper radiant heat systems? Put an offer on a house to find out the radiant heat is from the build in 1963, seems like the life of this system is nearing its endpoint. any suggestions?

There are a lot of variables but 50 years is better than average

 

[RedLantern]

Anyone here have experience with old copper radiant heat systems? Put an offer on a house to find out the radiant heat is from the build in 1963, seems like the life of this system is nearing its endpoint. any suggestions?

Like in floor heating via copper tubing? I've heard of it once before - in theory the copper should be holding up fine, depending on the grade they used, of course, but if it was set in cement, settling of the house/cement slab could have easily damaged parts of of the tubing. I like the sound of this house though, post a link to the listing? Im into mid-century bullshit.

 

[jcman311]

Or because they carry in long rolls, not pay attention, hit the fixture and damage it.

I dont think about these things now that I have 9 ft ceilings.