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Any plumbers or contractors in the house? (Vanity)

Posted on 09/07/2021 5:46:35 PM PDT by Jamestown1630

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To: Jamestown1630

If you live in an apt then your landlord should be taking care of this. Have his plumber fix it.


41 posted on 09/07/2021 10:50:56 PM PDT by gcparent (God Bless America )
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To: Jamestown1630

Call a good plumber.


42 posted on 09/08/2021 5:24:38 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: gcparent

My daughter moved into a rental. Had a leak in the bathroom sink. The owner replaced the pipe. It still leaked but he said “Well - with the water here that is such a slow leak it will fix itself in a month.” (He was right! Something about the minerals!!)

But for washing dishes in the sink I figured she needed a better faucet. I forget what I got, but it had the hose on the main spout that you could pull out. The faucet he had was good, but I figured it would be better to have the hose thingy so I just put it in myself and paid for it.

He’s a pretty good landlord, and I figure if my daughter can be a decent tenant (taking care of some stuff herself) things will work out for the best.


43 posted on 09/08/2021 5:38:17 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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Most landlords rarely say no to you improving their property. Good you could do it yourself


44 posted on 09/08/2021 6:24:24 AM PDT by gcparent (God Bless America )
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To: Jamestown1630

Not to butt in on your thread, forgive me but could anyone tell me why my kitchen sinks keeps backing up?

I’ve used a snake, every drain opener in the book. It runs clear for a while, then clogs up again? Any suggestions?

Sorry Jamestown. Good luck with your issue.


45 posted on 09/08/2021 7:14:36 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)
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We had a years-long problem with our sink. Finally, the management hired a REAL plumber, and he found something like a sponge that a previous tenant had let go down in there.

They also gave us a great new garbage disposal (it's a 'monster, terrifying, and scared the daylights out of me'...)
46 posted on 09/08/2021 5:24:38 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: gcparent; All

It doesn’t need ‘fixing’. I just want it to have a feature that it doesn’t have, and there used to be simple gadgets you could just screw on to the faucet. But nothing I’m finding now works. It all seems to be junk from China.

But thanks to all who responded.


47 posted on 09/08/2021 5:30:57 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: gundog

I had a turtle for many years. Margareto was taken by a raccoon while basking in her/his summer pool...

It was a sad day...


48 posted on 09/08/2021 5:33:57 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

I hate raccoons.


49 posted on 09/08/2021 5:37:44 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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I think they like to collect things. I’ve always hoped that Margaret(o) was carried down the storm drain to the creek, and now has many descendants.


50 posted on 09/08/2021 5:39:46 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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They’ve killed too many of my birds and cats. If I see them in the yard, they collect lead.


51 posted on 09/08/2021 5:58:37 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Do you have chickens?


52 posted on 09/08/2021 5:59:41 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

Not at the moment. I had chickens and a number of types of pheasant. And the occasional turkey, duck or goose.


53 posted on 09/08/2021 6:15:21 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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I like chickens. I’d like to have some laying hens.


54 posted on 09/08/2021 6:17:18 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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Yeah. I might get some banties, just for something different. Lady Amherst Pheasant are pretty calm, too.


55 posted on 09/08/2021 6:32:57 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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The Lady was something of a ‘dish’:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Amherst


56 posted on 09/08/2021 7:59:54 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

Thanks. Looks like at this point I’m going to have to get a pro on the job. *Ugh*.

“Everything but the kitchen sink’’ has taken on a whole new meaning for me.


57 posted on 09/09/2021 6:34:24 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)
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