Top/drop in mount, same as original. I just get the feeling that some more careful plumbing, rather than the ABS maze we currently have, might free up some space.
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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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Handling a 9ft high roll on the ground is easy...going up to the 17ft height is the trickier part.
But I was toying for a bit of either getting a Genie lift, or just use scaffold to go up to the height.
Either one could work. If using a zoom boom, I would probably make something to support the roll outside of the basket. Probably some iron pipe (a few elbows and nipples) that put the top of the roll about 5' above basket floor and allowed it to rotate if someone was holding the top to keep it vertical.
I would attach a piece of wood to the loose end and attach the top of that piece of wood high on the wall. That keeps the whole thing reasonably flat against the wall but doesn't have to be perfectly plumb. Every time you get to a corner, throw another piece of wood in to hold the previous section tight. No cuts, just keep wrapping until the roll is empty.
Plumbing rule #3 "No plumbing item can be connected to another plumbing device with less than five adapters"
2" doesn't sound like much but if you actually wash dishes in the sink bending over that little bit extra can really tax your back. Probably ok if you have an automatic dishwasher. If, like me, you are the dishwasher maybe not so much.
Also avoid the Artika brand like the plague. I made the mistake of buying one. Don't do it.
Thanks. Looking at the Krauss brand in Costco and also a Delta sink from Home Depot. The Delta would end up costing us an extra $350 though but it has everything we think we want: double sink, right number of faucet/accessory holes, work station. The Costco Kraus is a single sink, workstation, right number of faucet/accessory holes and also comes with a decent faucet for $600ish. So…the first world problem in our household today is can we deal with a single sink or do we need a double and do we want to pay $350 extra for it.
Our house came with a touch faucet in the kitchen and I figured it was a wank that would break all the time. I was wrong. It is amazing. About 6 AA per year and no issues. Being able to turn water on and off with your elbow while covered in raw chicken is awesome. If it breaks, I will close my eyes so I dont see the price tag and buy another.
Snaked drains. Ugh. To avoid pulling a toilet for access, I went up and down from basement clean out port. Not sure I would do that again
Probably easier and less mess to pull a toilet. Since I was going the wrong way through wyes, I couldn't get past the first split but that was 80% of the way along the run. No major issues found. Feminine hygiene products will be going in a garbage can from now on.
Thanks to a kind gtam for use of a good auger.
Probably easier and less mess to pull a toilet. Since I was going the wrong way through wyes, I couldn't get past the first split but that was 80% of the way along the run. No major issues found. Feminine hygiene products will be going in a garbage can from now on.
Thanks to a kind gtam for use of a good auger.
We had those go into our sewage pump blocking it. Was next level fun pulling a 150 lb pump from a overflowing pit of sewage in the basement. Pulling it all out of the pump was also fun at first I thought some one was flushing diapers. Apparently some people have been flushing those things their whole life ugh.
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Worked ok until now. Conventional small foot print two storey house has a lot of speed to keep things moving. Larger footprint makes for longer horizontal runs and more problems. I only found a couple but I am betting they were the cause of my problems.
If we used the bathtub often, that might be enough volume to keep the runs clear. We have used it once in years and I dont see that pattern changing any time soon.
Fill up the tub once a month and just drain it.
We use the tub often as the kids all go at once so far, but when the tub draining takes 30min we know it’s my wife’s hair.
Def no mine.
I took a run up to the cottage and cleaned the snow out. Thank you City if Wasaga Beach for the 3ft high and 5ft wide windrows made of ice.
27” ARIENS made short work of it and didn’t blow any shear pins.
I remember doing that by hand when I was younger…no thank you.
Getting a new entrance door and sidelight installed so now we need to pick hardware (handset and deadbolt)
I'll go with either Schlage or Wieser but not sure about single or double cylinder. Honestly I don't even know what that means (deadbolt complexity??and or security??)
Can anyone chime in?
I'll go with either Schlage or Wieser but not sure about single or double cylinder. Honestly I don't even know what that means (deadbolt complexity??and or security??)
Can anyone chime in?
DownUnder
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Locks keep honest people out, just get what you like aesthetically.
I have the schlage wireless ones nice to be able to check if I locked the door. At minimum get the keypad type after having one you will wonder what took so long. Not having to carry a house key is worth it's weight in gold.
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Double cylinder is key inside instead of a toggle. More secure as they camt smash the window and flip the toggle (assuming you didnt leave key in inside cylinder). Downside is if you pull out key, you can die in a fire as you cant get the bloody door to open. If someone wants in, they are getting in. Single cylinder for me.
I highly second what ss said. I have code deadbolts on every external door and shed I can. Dont need to carry a key, dont get locked out if my wife goes for a run, kids have their own code that I can change if they tell everybody, people I trust have their own codes, I have a few burner codes that I can give to people if I want to give them access.
FWIW, I have fancy emtek as well as schlage. Emtek feels better but wife prefers schlage and it works more reliably (sometime emtek requires code twice). I have one power bolt and hate it. I strongly prefer code engages knob and I open/close bolt so I can feel if it is not working well. Wieser likes to make power bolts where the motor drives the deadbolt.
This for the front door which we rarely use so no keypad.
In that case, go with the one you like the look of. Our front door cant take a code lock as it is a multi-point lock.. Nobody carries keys for that door. We have entered through that door once when we first looked at the house. Every other time, it is for guests.
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