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The Home Improvement Thread. Successes and Failures
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So the drawer in the vanity of our main bath wasn’t staying closed when we would try to close it. We have a small bathroom, and that means a small/narrow vanity. At first I tried to uninstall the drawer, but it turns out I can only take out the drawer if I completely uninstall the vanity - not happening. So I started looking around in there some more and I found a glint of something appearing jut behind the rear wall of the drawer. Well, I couldn’t get my arm back there so I got a coat hanger and used it as a hook. It took some effort, but I finally got it out of there. What did I find? It was a fertility test packet. The irony of a coat hanger and fertility test wasn’t lost on me.
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A higher power wanted you to smile today =)
Spartanforlife4
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Alas, it was the compressor, so will start getting quotes for a new system. This is a fun charge to move up a couple years in the home maintenance rotation.
Actually, the compressor compresses the refrigerant. It's the fan that blows.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
I mean, in some respects, you could say that creating a high pressure at a point which can then flow to a low pressure point in the system is blowing. That's all a fan does. It just doesn't have enough juice to compress the air much.
I was just making a dad joke.
dxmnkd316
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aparch
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Well $#!%, I was rooting for your system to just need an easy fix because I fear mine is shortly behind yours with similar symptoms.
Not looking forward to replacing it because that means a new furnace as well. Our house has hydro-heat where in the winter it takes the hot water from the HW heater and warms up the furnace, and a traditional forced air blower pushes that warm air through the house. The water is then looped back to the HWH to get warmed back up.
In summer, we manually turn the Loop to the furnace valve shut and then turn the AC on.
Wife and I woke up to it blowing warm air one day late last summer. Had a hard start kit put on and its worked okay since (with some hiccups), but I fear it's acting up again and can smell the savings account we have.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
:-(
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Goddamn am I proud of us this week. Finished our front garden, finished our native garden, put in a drip irrigation system, and tonight I spent the whole evening under the sink replacing the faucet. But it works! And no leaks (yet)!
We replaced ol' reliable
with a new Delta. Much deliberation between designs and features. Ended up going with Delta for two reasons:
1. The Brilliance stainless finish. From what I've read, it's damn near indestructible. Moen only had spot free stainless, which I didn't want. That's a powder coat vs the PVD of the brilliance. Much much much more durable.
2. The magnet hold system. For the life of me I have no idea why moen doesn't have this. We would have bought a Moen and overlooked the finish if it weren't for the lack of a magnet. Everything I've read about Moen and their warranty is rock solid. But, like all men of a certain age, I don't want a saggy spray head after a few years.
We replaced ol' reliable
with a new Delta. Much deliberation between designs and features. Ended up going with Delta for two reasons:
1. The Brilliance stainless finish. From what I've read, it's damn near indestructible. Moen only had spot free stainless, which I didn't want. That's a powder coat vs the PVD of the brilliance. Much much much more durable.
2. The magnet hold system. For the life of me I have no idea why moen doesn't have this. We would have bought a Moen and overlooked the finish if it weren't for the lack of a magnet. Everything I've read about Moen and their warranty is rock solid. But, like all men of a certain age, I don't want a saggy spray head after a few years.
Goddamn am I proud of us this week. Finished our front garden, finished our native garden, put in a drip irrigation system, and tonight I spent the whole evening under the sink replacing the faucet. But it works! And no leaks (yet)!
We replaced ol' reliable
with a new Delta. Much deliberation between designs and features. Ended up going with Delta for two reasons:
1. The Brilliance stainless finish. From what I've read, it's damn near indestructible. Moen only had spot free stainless, which I didn't want. That's a powder coat vs the PVD of the brilliance. Much much much more durable.
2. The magnet hold system. For the life of me I have no idea why moen doesn't have this. We would have bought a Moen and overlooked the finish if it weren't for the lack of a magnet. Everything I've read about Moen and their warranty is rock solid. But, like all men of a certain age, I don't want a saggy spray head after a few years.
Delta makes a good faucet; just make sure you follow the instructions on the ZIN adjustment, or you may pay a price later.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
The instructions were some of the absolute worst I've ever come across in my entire life. They were astonishingly bad.
perhaps this is one of those good subtle burd jokes that flew over my head. But what is the ZIN adjustment?
I had to redo the caulk in the main bath. Fundamentally, re-caulking a bath is easy. I’m terms of execution, I can never run my beads at the right pace. I either go too slow and end up with a ton of excess or too slow to then leave gaps. I hate it.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Did you use one of those uhhh caulk edgers?
Just giving you grief, dx, for taking a shot at those of us with sagging spray heads. (And there are solutions for that available on Amazon, btw).
I put down painters tape to cover potential messes. Otherwise, I used a standard tube of bathroom silicone caulk, a caulk gun, and then I took a damp paper towel over my index finger to then smooth the beads. It’s just such a mess to deal with it all. And now I’m watching for shrinkage of the caulk to make sure the gaps are correctly sealed.
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