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yes - replacing lighting fixture - repairing and refinishing furniture - repairing and replacing toilet components - replacing sink faucets no - build a house

hi i need to replace the kohler niedecken cartridge assembly in my bath/shower and i have bought a complete rebuild kit. http://www.nyrpcorp.com/content/images/thumbs/0012833_kohler-niedecken-2-rebuild-kit-long-stem.jpeg is it an easy DIY job or do i need to hire a plumber to do it? thanks, m

thanks terry for your response. yes, i am getting a standard sponge rubber one that is 6-3/4" OD x 3-1/2" ID but i don't know which thickness to get because they have 4 thickness available (3/8", 9/16", 3/4" & 1")

hi, i have a gerber 21-310 floor mount back outlet toilet and i need to replace its gasket. i found the gasket here (3rd one from the top): http://www.plumbingsupply.com/toiletrings.html as you can see, they come in same size but in 4 different thickness. i called them up and they...

hi guys, i have a dilemma which i hope you guys can shed some light on. i have a gerber floor mounted rear outlet toilet that is sitting on tiled floor. apparently, the person who laid the tiles did not put into consideration to maintain the distance between the finished floor to the...

sorry, i accidentally double posted

hi all, i need to replace the balancing spool kit on my American Standard 1363 series shower faucet. when i loosened the old one from the faucet, the front brass cap seemed to have come off from the remainder of the kit, so now the "barrel" and the "piston" are still sitting inside the...

so I called American Standard and they sent me the spool kit as well as the cartridge kit. tonight I finally had a chance to try to remove the old spool and here is what happened. I shut off the water by turning the stops on both end, I then turned the lever to release any remaining water and...

ok, I will give it a try and hopefully that would take care of it. thanks alot!

OK thanks. please confirm if the following is the right procedure to remove the "balancing spool kit": 1. turn the small screws on the far left and far right clockwise to shut off the water supply 2. turn the faucet handle to make sure no water is coming out of the spout to confirm that the...

thanks. how can I check the stop? do you mean the "check stop kit" on the far right of the assembly? I thought that's what I would need to turn clockwise to shut off the hot water supply. the same as I would turn the screw on the far left clockwise to shut off the cold water before I can...

Hi, I have the following shower faucet: American Standard Ultra-Mix Pressure Balancing Bath and Shower Set Model 1363 Series and just a few days ago, the following problem had developed: - If I turn the handle to the cold water, the cold water would come out, but if I continue to turn the...