Recent content by DougB

I replaced our 12 year old Grohe kitchen faucet with the same model. After replacing the faucet - the water flow was considerably less. I was p1ssed. After careful Google searches - I found out Grohe has the flow restrictor (a check valve) built into the pull-out hose quick connect...

I remodeled the bathroom about five years ago. Lately sometimes have to tap the flush plate to get it to stop running. The flush valve part number is THU13 - $107. Anyone know of a rebuild kit?

I wanted to upload some pics - but I guess you can't. I have a 1950 boiler, gas fired - 3,600 sq/ft home, in Minnesota. What, in your opinion is the most reliable, simplest boiler?

It must be your water heater.

Could be a water leak, and the stud is warping.

I've never worked with metal studs. I used 2x6's - it's rock solid. Consider the force - a 200 lb person + 60 lb toilet - all cantilevered off the carrier. I'd make sure the studs were 'stiff' enough. Make sure to take into account that the floor will be higher (with underlayment and...

The framing is a double stud on each side. I put an electrical box, 12" off the floor, attached to the outside of the double stud. I don't have a bidet, but I figured that I might as well put in an outlet. I used a 1 1/2" carbide hole saw, and made a hole in the wall tile for the water...

Get the installation manual for the refrigerator. It will tell you the cabinet dimensions. Is it meant to be built in? Built in units are made so the condenser is on the top - vented.

Extraneous power? You need an electrical outlet. I used a Toto carrier - it has a brass pipe plug (yellow circle) that you can remove for water supply to a bidet. You need to install an outlet near that water supply, about one foot off the floor, for power to the bidet. I advise you to...

They may be an internal fan - like a muffin fan - that evaporates the defrost - it may need replacing.

I would not put the shutoff behind the fridge. You don't want to have to pull out the fridge to turn off the water. Where is the water supply connected? I put mine under the sink. I would bring 1/4" copper out of the floor (close to the wall) , make a loop, or two and connect it to...

Texas rancher caught in regulatory web after rare spider found on land ..... he’s been stuck with land he can’t really use due to concerns about how environmental regulations protecting the spider now affect the property. Regulations like this...

Typical leftist - needs to label the person or their opinion. As I see it, climate change is the ultimate control / taxation scheme ever invented. You can't be sure, but what if.... hogwash. This control, in the name of global warming - no - now climate change (for the sake of our planet -...

Ya know, pay enough money, and you can get a study with any results you want. Life expectancy keeps increasing, yet we find boogeymen like: picograms of lead to be harmful. It's gotten to the point where they don't allow any? maybe a trace of lead in the brass castings. People have been...

The water tested OK. The problem was the pipes in the homes. Flint has gone downhill, high unemployment, many abandon homes. Do you think they are going to spend millions ripping out plumbing in homes that are falling down? This water testing is a joke. Minneapolis tests our water a...