Home Improvements

[hunt]

i've heard that the tankless water heaters require regular maintenance...whereas you really don't have to do anything with the regular ones.  i'm lazy so i just had a plumber replace my leaking gas water heater last month. 

[smeags]

[SD]

I took the lid off and messed around with the components and the running water sound has stopped. I'm hoping that's all it is. Anyone have experience with something like that?

Yep. You might have some built up scale in the shut-off valve, or the surrounding works. You might be able to work it out a little, but eventually you'll need to replace the tank innards. Replacement parts are pretty cheap, and it's an easy (but messy PITA) job to change it out. Do you have a cut-off valve for the water supply? And do you have a flexible (braided) hose running from the water line to the toilet?

Toilet is only two months old. The insides look fine. I think one of the pieces was getting stuck. I'm going to do the water shut off check this weekend to make sure there's not a leak elsewhere but last night I covered all water outlets. The toilet is made by Glacier Bay. There's a few youtube videos that show how to fix what was happening. Pretty sure I addressed the problem but we'll see once the new bill comes in.

The guy who helped me renovate my house has an uncle who's a plumber, he's going to help me with my water heater. It's electric. I have to throw him $50-100 (depending on his mood) but it's definitely worth it.

[smeags]

so it seems that this water heater workshop helped you SD.

great teamwork work guys !

[SD]

Last water bill was $92. I turned the water off to the toilet and broke down the component parts in the back. Everything seems to be working right and all the seals are good. I put it back together and check every now and then but I can still hear water running from the wall pipe to the back of the toilet. It's not as bad as it was before and maybe I'm just being overly observant. Calling the water company Monday to see if my usage is down. Last billing cycle finished on the 9th. For now the waters off until my buddy's uncle can get here to check it out.

Love yard sales. I'm big on refurbing old furniture. Been looking for a night stand for my daughters room. My block is having a yard sale. I see a brand new night stand in my neighbors yard for $20. You can tell it's never been used and the instructions were still in the drawer. New it's easily a $100 piece. So it's getting sanded down and painted to match the rest of her room tonight.

[smeags]

I am just getting into the furniture refurb deal. grabbed a sweet cherry wood living room table set. the two end tables are real nice and don't really need anything. the coffee table needs the top to be sanded down and re-stained. still. it's a high end set that I got for $40.

ill have room to do this kind of stuff much better when I get finished the shed ... and after I finish remodeling my lil guy's bedroom.

[SD]

Have a strip along the fence in my backyard I've been neglecting that is now tall brush and weeds. Went out there around noon with the intention of pulling them but they're deeply rooted and after 20 minutes I barely made a dent. My tendinitis flared up too so that method wasn't going to work. My buddy recommended weed killer so I bought some roundup. Anyone have experience with killing weeds? I sprayed a liberal amount on the area but peops on the Internet seem to believe the best way to use it is to spray once then wait a day and spray again.

[Seabiscuit36]

Depends on the type you bought, but in general you wont see them dying off until a week later.  Roundup is decent, especially this time of year.  If you have an area that you want to eliminate anything from growing get the Ortho GroundClear  It kills everything, says it works for a year, but its closer to 8 months. 

[SD]

Depends on the type you bought, but in general you wont see them dying off until a week later.  Roundup is decent, especially this time of year.  If you have an area that you want to eliminate anything from growing get the Ortho GroundClear  It kills everything, says it works for a year, but its closer to 8 months.

My buddy at work just recommended that stuff too, I'm going to do a second application today, if that doesn't work I'll give that stuff a try.

[Sgt PSN]

This is what I use on my driveway.  You'll need a backpack sprayer if you don't already have one, but this stuff is legit. It will kill every-farging-thing. A little goes a long way, too. I use a 3/1 water/concentrate mix. They say this stuff doesn't do much to prevent regrowth, but I sprayed my driveway in the late spring and I still haven't got any regrowth. As long as it keeps shtein from growing back for like 6 months, that's really all I need. Ain't no weeds growing in the winter.

The name brand shtein is weak....takes a week to kill weeds. The stuff I used this year had everything dead in about 48 hours.

[Seabiscuit36]

KillZAll...  Sounds like it was designed by the germans

[SD]

Weeds are deader than tupac

[Diomedes]

You farging idiots are poisoning the world so your precious driveways dosn't have weeds, or more to the point, so you don't have actually, you know, maintain your property with your own labor.

Drink that shtein and die.

[SD]

Not gonna lie been waiting for this ^^^^

you didn't disappoint

[Diomedes]

You do, regularly.  Feed that shtein to your kid, too.