Half good half bad...

GentleRF wrote:

> In article
> <RpKbi.16435$296.7320@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> <"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote:
> <snippage>
>
>> I want to redo my bathroom. Just remove and replace all the
>> stuff in there. I can now certify that the books are right
>> -- linoleum most certainly does not last 25 year. (Ugh.)
>> And I think I have to replace the toilet before the
>> emergency water shut-off valve does something more exciting
>> than drip. Drips occasionally, now. I gather the next step
>> from "occasional drip" in the Toilet Excitement Scale is
>> very, very exciting indeed. (Involving gushing, and much
>> drywall and carpet replacement.)
>
> On the toilet shutoff valve issue, Most of the time one can
> stop the drip by using a crescent wrench on the nut the shaft
> of the valve pokes through to tighten (gently). The cost of a
> wrench is much better than the cost of a plumber then the
> carpenter (that is if one has even a modicum of mechanical
> aptitude).

Ahhhhh... the nice plumber I had in for another issue, months
ago, took a look at the shutoff valve and seemed to think it
shouldn't be fiddled with too much. Rust, fragility, etc.
Granted, it wasn't dripping noticeably then.

Actually, the dripping seems to come and go. It was definitely
coming, earlier this week. Now it is gone. I'm not particularly
reassured.

I spent time yesterday afternoon at my local mega-hardware store,
noting down prices and available models of bathroom big thingies,
and pestering the nice salesman about delivery costs and other
practical issues.

(Actually, when you spend time looking at new toilets, and new
sinks, AND new bathtubs, salesmen don't seem to mind being pestered.)

--
Megan
Journeyperson Dancing Barbarian
Keeper o' the FAQ: http://home.earthlink.net/~m_thomas3/abml/

In article <svCci.369$iz5.308@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]
<"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote:

> GentleRF wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <RpKbi.16435$296.7320@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> > <"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > <snippage>
> >
> >> I want to redo my bathroom. Just remove and replace all the
> >> stuff in there. I can now certify that the books are right
> >> -- linoleum most certainly does not last 25 year. (Ugh.)
> >> And I think I have to replace the toilet before the
> >> emergency water shut-off valve does something more exciting
> >> than drip. Drips occasionally, now. I gather the next step
> >> from "occasional drip" in the Toilet Excitement Scale is
> >> very, very exciting indeed. (Involving gushing, and much
> >> drywall and carpet replacement.)
> >
> > On the toilet shutoff valve issue, Most of the time one can
> > stop the drip by using a crescent wrench on the nut the shaft
> > of the valve pokes through to tighten (gently). The cost of a
> > wrench is much better than the cost of a plumber then the
> > carpenter (that is if one has even a modicum of mechanical
> > aptitude).
>
> Ahhhhh... the nice plumber I had in for another issue, months
> ago, took a look at the shutoff valve and seemed to think it
> shouldn't be fiddled with too much. Rust, fragility, etc.
> Granted, it wasn't dripping noticeably then.
>
> Actually, the dripping seems to come and go. It was definitely
> coming, earlier this week. Now it is gone. I'm not particularly
> reassured.
>
> I spent time yesterday afternoon at my local mega-hardware store,
> noting down prices and available models of bathroom big thingies,
> and pestering the nice salesman about delivery costs and other
> practical issues.
>
> (Actually, when you spend time looking at new toilets, and new
> sinks, AND new bathtubs, salesmen don't seem to mind being pestered.)

Something to remember also is where the house water shutoff is and
having the tool to do that little deed.

GRF