Plumbing Blog

mommyme asked:


I am looking for some good book that would describe basic bathroom renovation DIY - For example removing a toilet, removing a tub, installing a new vanity etc. I’ve looked and most of the bathroom books are “decorative” not actual construction!

Voytek P asked:


And then as we get older, what happens? We forget all about our dreams of how we wanted to travel and see the world. How we wanted to make peace & never smoke and always be happy. we also forget the simple things that we thought were so sure.

Hasn’t everybody told you that you can do anything you want in life? Since pre school i have been told that. Now that I’m about to graduate high school.. “Oh… yes you can do anything.. you can be a lawyer or a doctor or an architect” WELL. what if i don’t want a career? People look down on you. If you say you don’t want to apply to college your adviser will look at you like your crazy. Careers are a 20th century invention. We dont need them.

I want to live life. Just live i dont want to worry about doing taxes or counting money or being fulfilled with pointless everyday things. Dont you feel like your just not made to do something, and when you do it you feel out of place?

I want to travel the world on my bicycle, and now that i am growing up i let myself get more influenced by people and society and taken away from it. I am not destitute, i don’t need college. I read Thoreau’s Walden and understood it better than most people. I read Socrates’ literature. I idealize Gandhi. I feel more connected to R.W Emerson more than any other writer. I know how to write, I can build. I know construction, i know how to make furniture. I know everything about electricity and plumbing. I am good with photography. I can draw. So before you start telling me that i am throwing my future away, just think about what i really want.

This is sort of a question, more really just a discussion about dream. But ask yourself, are you doing what makes you happy and what you’ve always dreamt of? or are you struggling to put food on your family table.
Education isi’nt everything. I don’t want to run away from home. My parents give me more room than i need, sometimes i wish they even restricted it & cared more. You don’t. need. fucking. college. to SUCCEED in life. Why cant people understand that.

da3rdxsacharm asked:


Do you find that whenever someone asks on here if such and such is a fair price, that the majority of respondants who do not work in shops usually tell them that they were overcharged?
Just because they can do it themselves for cheaper, doesn’t mean that a shop overcharged them. It’s always cheaper to do anything yourself. Whether it’s plumbing, cooking, sewing or hair cuts.
By many people’s logic, I could but a pair of scissors for $1 and do it myself. That doesn’t mean the barber overcharged me. Of course my hair would look like crap, just like your car may run like crap after doing it yourself, but you saved money and didn’t get overcharged.

kabal5055 asked:


im a guy so i need help in the decorating renovation area. I just finished one bathroom in my 3 rooms two bathroom apartment, and it looks spectacular. Magazine cover like bathroom. All of my friends are simply shocked at how amazing it looks.Question here is should i renovate the other bathroom the same way or should i change it a little or alot. What are the rules of decorating?

justwonderin asked:


The countertops have white, gold and pink to top it all off! I am renting the house so I cannot do any renovations except for finding accessories to give it a more modernized look. I am having trouble finding colors to go with it all…can anyone help??? PLEASE!

Nina asked:


i’m moving into a new apt. and need to have the kitchen and bathroom redone, flooring too.

erock247 asked:


who has so far taken 3 months to complete a simple bathroom renovation of a whopping 30 sq. ft. the contract didn’t have a time frame or end date which of course I regret. when I harass him on the phone, I get ok ok I’ll be there in the morning. I wait around the house till noon and call him and get voicemail. he calls back 3 hours later with excuses. My wife is all over me on this one, and all I want to do is fight the guy. what do I do? extra credit for clever answers.
he is paid up for what is completed and the contract states he will finish the job.

Celi asked:


We had renovation in our apartment replacing tiles in bathroom and kitchen. How long does it take usually to replace all of the tiles in these 2 places?

This renovation guy is taking in total of…15 hours in total in 3 days and he’s still not done. I feel this is taking way too long…He didn’t replace all of it by the way…he only did like 3 tiles in kitchen, 15 tiles in bathroom and he replaced a new dry wall underneath these 15 tiles. Plus, these tiles he replaced aren’t even matched with others…I mean, not at all.

He did grout work last night…I have no idea how long this will go on and even I asked, he seems to have no idea either.

I can’t fire him because he is hired by new landlord, current one doesn’t have any power over this so there’s nothing I can do. But I was just wondering how long it usually take?

Thanks in advance!
By the way, he’s not kind of a guy who shows up on time…He told me that he’ll be here at 11:00AM today but it’s already 12:40PM…It’s been like this since last Wednesday. He’s also not kind of a guy to call us 1 hours before he shows up even we asked him to since last Wednesday. He didn’t come here on weekends though…He shows up like at 4 in afternoon often, right after my husband leave. He did that 3 days in a row(Thu, Fri, Mon) and on first day, he told me to clear the kitchen then he said he will be right back in 5 to 10 minutes, he never showed up till next day at 4 in afternoon.

He keeps insisting to do extra work, and I keep insisting him to not to worry…but he changes his tone as soon as my husband leaves. He snaps and yells constantly. I’m frightened of this drastic change…But there’s nothing we can do. At least I want to know how long this usually takes.

tw_02202006 asked:


I have one bathroom and I want to do a one day tub and souround replacement. I have Bath Fitter and Empire Today coming out for estimates. They advertise allot, but I don’t know anyone that has used them. Please help!

Joie asked:


I bought a small condo conversion last year in a very desirable neighborhood. I intend to live in it for a while, but I would also like to spruce it up while I am here and possibly add some value. I know in houses it’s a good idea to invest in the kitchen and bathroom, but does that hold true for small condos? What are the best types of renovations to make? The condo is pretty basic right now - carpeting, simple fixtures, very basic kitchen with an old laminate countertop. I would prefer to renovate wisely.