Intro to PEX Plumbing
I’m no plumber. So, when my dad asked me to hook up their toilet and sink in their cabin, I said “sure, it’s easy to be a plumber.” After all, you only need to know …
I’m no plumber. So, when my dad asked me to hook up their toilet and sink in their cabin, I said “sure, it’s easy to be a plumber.” After all, you only need to know …
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I like water. Without water, there’d be no invigorating shower after a long day of toil, no refreshing dip on a 90° day, and the toilet wouldn’t work quite as well. Also, water is a …
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Since my daughter and son-in-law bought their first house in Ohio a couple of years ago, it has provided fodder for many a remedial project for the HomeFixated community. The house is basically sound, but …
When was the last time you shut off the water supply to your washing machine? Mmmhmmm, I thought so. Shutting off the water to your washing machine is one of those things you SHOULD always …
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Sure, you’ve heard of, and probably own, many types of tape – duct tape, electrical tape, packing tape, masking and painter’s tape, Scotch tape, fish tape (no, it doesn’t smell like tuna), maybe even the …
Recently, I filled you guys in on a few ways to save water around the house. Many were quick and simple tips and repairs that anyone could make. However, an eagle-eyed reader noted a blinding …
Just like Frodo said “One ring to rule them all”—and he was right. A toilet’s wax ring is the key to keeping the poop where it belongs – in the pits of Mordor (aka your …
Recently I had some old concrete removed from my yard. It worked out pretty well. I put an ad on craigslist for free fill and a few days later I got an email from a …
Two typical reasons the kitchen faucet is dripping are because you have loose nuts or washers that went bad (feel free to make your own jokes here). That is as long as it’s a compression …
Well for some of us out there the summer was pretty brutal. Little to no rainfall for most of July caused drought conditions over much of the US. Much of the central part of the …