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It's amazing what you can do

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Ulfwald

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and not pay the labor on Home Repair and Improvement projects.

My masterbath toilet has been running for about amonth now, and one of the guest bathrooms has a toilet that is loose on it's base.

Well, I finally had what I thought was enough money to have a plumber come out and repair these small issues, but the ones I called wanted WAY too much $$$$$. So I searched the usual home improvement sights, and decided I could do these myself.

Went to the Home Depot, picked up the materials, and in 3 hours I had replaced all the plumbing in the master bath toilet, and tested it out, no leaks, and no continous running. and then had pulled the guest bath toilet up peplaced the wax ring, and bolt down hardware, and reseated it, tested it out. No leaks.

Cost of materials, About $35.00 Labor saved: about $475.00.

Next Project: Tiling the master bath, the upstairs guest bath, and replacing the trim work in the house.
 
Originally posted by: Ulfwald
and not pay the labor on Home Repair and Improvement projects.

My masterbath toilet has been running for about amonth now, and one of the guest bathrooms has a toilet that is loose on it's base.

Well, I finally had what I thought was enough money to have a plumber come out and repair these small issues, but the ones I called wanted WAY too much $$$$$. So I searched the usual home improvement sights, and decided I could do these myself.

Went to the Home Depot, picked up the materials, and in 3 hours I had replaced all the plumbing in the master bath toilet, and tested it out, no leaks, and no continous running. and then had pulled the guest bath toilet up peplaced the wax ring, and bolt down hardware, and reseated it, tested it out. No leaks.

Cost of materials, About $35.00 Labor saved: about $475.00.

Next Project: Tiling the master bath, the upstairs guest bath, and replacing the trim work in the house.
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:thumbsup:

Do-it-yourself FTW.
 
If your wife knows how much you saved one of two things will then happen.

1) You need to take her on a shopping spree. That was was earmarked to be spent; therefore it must get spent.

2) You are so efficient; she will find additional projects for you to tackle.
 
Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
If your wife knows how much you saved one of two things will then happen.

1) You need to take her on a shopping spree. That was was earmarked to be spent; therefore it must get spent.

2) You are so efficient; she will find additional projects for you to tackle.
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lose lose😀

but it makes us men, and the pride is worth the wallet lashing/ having to build a new patio😀


 
Congrats! You've just discovered how much money you can save with DIY. From now on, before you ever hire anyone to do anything at your house, you can simply post a thread here: "How do you..." and you'll receive all the info (or links to info) that you need. As far as I'm concerned, the only job I'd ever pay to have done for me is a roofing job on a 2 story house, and that's only if I can get a good deal on the installation. Oh, and I'd probably consider paying someone to finish drywalling for me - I'll hang it, but I *hate* taping and mudding. It takes me 10x longer than the professionals to get as good a finish as they do.
 
Tiling is difficult. Watch out. You might want to have a professional do that. It's really, really hard to get it all neatly aligned.
 
Originally posted by: Vegitto
Tiling is difficult. Watch out. You might want to have a professional do that. It's really, really hard to get it all neatly aligned.
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Tiling is not hard, but it wouldn't hurt to go to one of those tiling classes at HD or Lowes.

 
Originally posted by: Squisher
Originally posted by: Vegitto
Tiling is difficult. Watch out. You might want to have a professional do that. It's really, really hard to get it all neatly aligned.
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Tiling is not hard, but it wouldn't hurt to go to one of those tiling classes at HD or Lowes.
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We don't have any of those stores over here.. I think it's hard, anyways.
 
Originally posted by: Squisher
Originally posted by: Vegitto
Tiling is difficult. Watch out. You might want to have a professional do that. It's really, really hard to get it all neatly aligned.
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Tiling is not hard, but it wouldn't hurt to go to one of those tiling classes at HD or Lowes.
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Aye, and alignment is EASY with the seperators....it's the leveling out of the tiles once you find out that your floor is even that'll drive you nuts😛
 
Nothing in the world is worse than the smell that hits you when you pull a toilet up to replace the way ring... Congrats on surviving it.
 
Changed out two toilets in my old house.

Changing 15 year old wax toilet seals is not for the faint of heart!

(Or the easily nauseated! 😉 )
 
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Nothing in the world is worse than the smell that hits you when you pull a toilet up to replace the way ring... Congrats on surviving it.
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a fowlness not equalled by almsot anything in a house's interior😀

 
Originally posted by: Paratus
Changed out two toilets in my old house.

Changing 15 year old wax toilet seals is not for the faint of heart!

(Or the easily nauseated! 😉 )
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The worst part is the FIRST time you EVER handle a wax wrong...I was liek "oh nasty" and dropped it..then had to clean up:|
 
My dad and I are redoing the basement... wood-finish panelling on the walls (his idea), and a drop ceiling. It's already shaping up 🙂
 
for $35 in materials, my guess is that you got some new flapper, wax ring, putty, repair kit, offset flange, etc...and your plumber wanted to charge you $500 for that?? WOW, your plumber was trying to rip you off!
 
Originally posted by: Viperoni
My dad and I are redoing the basement... wood-finish panelling on the walls (his idea), and a drop ceiling. It's already shaping up 🙂
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I swear removing the wood paneling off of any wall makes it look 100x beter. That stuff jsut makes everything look depressing🙁
 
Originally posted by: richardycc
for $35 in materials, my guess is that you got some new flapper, wax ring, putty, repair kit, offset flange, etc...and your plumber wanted to charge you $500 for that?? WOW, your plumber was trying to rip you off!
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yeah...$175 at the msot.
 
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