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Fuck Bob Vila... the Home Repair Thread

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by Nettdata, Jan 16, 2010.

  1. GTE

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    Finally finished the guest bath enough to snap a few pics worth posting. Still need to install the fart fan, toilet and baseboards.
    Before and after. If you can't tell which one is which.... Well, yikes.


    Edit - Pics make the wood look darker than it really is. It's walnut that the cabinet maker lightens somehow.
     

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  2. GTE

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    The new shower faucet sucked ass at first. Just terrible water pressure. Did a little googling and had no idea how easy it was to remove the restrictor piece. Holy shit what a difference! Highly recommend if you want to drain reservoirs and get shampoo out of your hair.
     
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    At my old apartment I bought a standard + detachable showerhead, and removed the restrictor from the handheld head only. So during normal showering, it was low-flow and less wasteful, but if I needed extra pressure, I could just switch to the handheld and unleash the power.
     
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    The hotel in LA this weekend had a jet blaster for a showerhead. The wifey said she had to hold her hands over her nipples because of the pressure. I gave her shit about it and then as I was getting in, a water stream hit me right in the helmet and I audibly yelped. It was like the episode of Seinfeld minus the hilarity.
     
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    THERE WAS SHRINKAGE COMPRESSION!
     
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    Did I just shit myself?

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    Nothing says peace of mind like blast cleaning your lower colon.
     
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    There ain't no clean like power-clean.
     
  8. Nettdata

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    anyone else have to ceramic coat their toilet bowl in order to not have to clean it every fucking time you use it?

    anyone?
     
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    In my mind, I just assume all of @bewildered 's toilets are made of reinforced lead to withstand the abuse she puts them through, and you won't convince me otherwise.
     
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    No,, but I've got to use those scouring stones routinely. I probably should recoat the toilets but that's so far down the list on priorities.
     
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    On your asshole?
     
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    Girl, we're a wet wipes family.
     
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    You're a sham-wow family.

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    Did I just shit myself?

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    Aren’t toilets ceramic by default?
     
  15. Nettdata

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    Yes. Go figure.
     
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    Is this a DIY project, or do you have a toilet coating guy?

    Is it your water staining it, or what? We've never had an issue where I thought the inside of my toilet bowl needed a protective coating. It starts out gleaming white after a cleaning, and is still pretty damn white, without as much gleam, by the next cleaning.

    I have lived in crappy rentals, that had permanently staind toilets. Those looked more like water issues, or years of infrequent cleaning before we moved in.
     
  17. Nettdata

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    It's a clean toilet, no staining... but probably due to shitty water flow in the bowl, and time, the surface is not as non-stick as it should be.

    Adding a light spray of ceramic coating into the dried out bowl has drastically increased that non-stickiness.
     
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    Fair enough. Figures someone amongst would be unhappy with the stickiness of their toilet bowl and solve the issue with a modern chemical polymer. I guess we can be thankful tech from the aerospace industry spilled over into civilian markets, and the toilet is now nonstick, and probably has increased heat resistance. I may use the idea one day.
     
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    I figured a few spritzes from a $25 bottle was worth a shot compared to the cost of a new toilet and installation.
     
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    Absolutely. It's in my brain now. If the need presents, I will do the same.

    Now that it's been mentioned, I can think back and remember some toilets needing cleaning more often than others. I'm sure this would have helped.