/diy/ - Do It Yourself

What's the nastiest job you've ever had to do?

what is the one thing every man should know how to fix when it comes to plumbing? True its impossible for everyone to know everything about plumbing (then you'd be out of the job) but is there one thing we should know about all else?

>>358388
thats a toss up. urinal drains get stopped up with crystalized ammonia from time to time. the smell is hard to describe but when a drain cleaner is flinging that shit all over you it can be disgusting.

and then there was this dentist office....
you know the thing they suck you mouth out with? well this particular dentist office was really long and skinny, and the drain for that sucking machine was hung at either end, but not in the middle. enter me. and that pippe is full of blood, teeth, spit.. all collected in the middle. and i got to cut it open with the sawzall. a whole can of air freshener did nothing. in a crawlspace btw.


>>358389
thats a tuff one to... there is such a wide variety of problems... if i had to say one thing its this.

if you have to call a plumber, NEVER call roto rooter. they charge huge rates compared to most smaller companies. and they are not the only ones who can clean drains.

ill try to think of a better one than that...

Maybe sewers aren't your bag, but have you noticed this >>358323 to be true ?

>>358388
i cant believe i forgot to mention this.
dentist office from above post.
when the plumbing was first installed there was a comode at the far end of the plumbing that kept the drains washed out. the dentists decided to remove the toilet and there wasnt enough water to keep things clean with the old cast iron pipes. this pipe (suprisingly) didnt smell to bad really.

>>358393
that really depends. a lot of the new comodes do an excellent job of keeping drain pipes flushed out. but that is only if you have pvc drain pipes that are sized properly. a drain can be to big. (see pic) that said, when the low flush comodes first came out, the didnt have them figured out. many improvements have been made since then. i will post a toilet hack in a second.

>>358393
in most of the newer low flush comodes, they have a very tall tank and a large 3 inch flapper that closes quickly.

this allows the water to have more force and flow, for a shorter amount of time.

some older toilets used a flapper like the one pictured. so get a toilet with a tall tank and 3 inch flapper. then buy a flapper like this one, and put the float on your 3 inch flapper and wa-lah you have a super flush commode.

just dont tell your hippie tree-hugging save the fish friends.

>>358399
i forgot the pic....

enjoy

My water pressure sucks. I live in a 50 year old house on the county sewer/water lines. Also it is level. Any ideas why or how to improve?

>>358389
it just hit me.
mighty putty and duct tape are useless.

i know it sound like a good idea but trust me. we charge extra for having to clean up your mess.

Do you encounter many goombas?

>>358414
theres a wide range of things that cause low pressure. ill try to get them all.

>if you have an unused water softener, it must be unplugged AND on bypass. or else it will clog.

>a valve could be stopped up or not fully open. gate valves can be decieving here.

>if you have a pressure regulator, it may be malfuntioning. replace it.

>if the problem is only in certain faucets, check the airiators. no results? check the supply lines to the faucet. those braided ones stop up real easy.

and the worst of them all...
>galvanized pipes. the rust and stop up. suddenly your 1/2 inch pipe is a 1/4 inch pipe. and that cuts the flow down exponentially.

county water is hit and miss. you may be able to get them to come check the pressure at the street but you will have to harass them for a while.

>>358409
. . .you earned every $$$$ on this one

>>358417
i dont always encounter goomba.

but when i do,

i monkey stop their brains out.

>>358425
earned a repeat customer too. its a restoration business that had an old house that they wanted re-plumbed entirely and it kept us busy during a slow season.

>>358426
What general area of the world is OP in ?

>>358409
What is... I don't even.

What do you pu that in? Your shop vac?

>>358429
usa, south western ohio.

>>358380

Hey, bored plumber: wat I do to connect a shower base pan to the drain in a basement?

There is a hole on the floor about 1.5" deep around a 2" pvc pipe about flush with the floor.

The shower pan has a rubber gasket that would seem to tighten up around the pipe, but is that enough, or what other sealant should I use? I can just see water flowing under that pan and puddling or seeping up the walls.

>>358430
you use these dandy soil pipe cutters to cut the pipe and then tape the ends shut and replace the cast iron with pvc.

>>358420
Thanks. I don't have any of that fancy stuff. I hope it's a valve, but my guess is pipe corrosion. Is there anyway to tell? My water isn't discolored or anything.

I'll see about the county. They just did some construction, so I can tell them it just started.

>>358433
i assume you have a drain like this one.

i always put sealant around and under the "compression gasket" or rubber thingy for us simpletons.

USE %100 SILICONE CAULK not that siloconized acrylic shit.

>>358380
Is lightning something you would consider when making the plumbing of a bathroom/shower?

>>358380
I have a bath/shower that's really plugged up... What would you recommend off-hand? Chemicals (I've tried Draino and LP), Roto-Rooter or mechanical means of some kind... or something else? This shit is a plague in the bathroom, need some professional help.

>>358437
if i were at your house, i could give you a decent list of routes to go, but sight unseen, there are just so many things unknown. find a local plumber if you cant resolve the issue yourself. ask around town and find that honest, self employed plumber with an old van. the big name companies that run ads everywhere... well, they have to pay for those ads.

>>358440
thank you kind sir, I always have some clear 100% around, but I was not sure if that was the right thing.

>>358442
no.

>>358444
if its a returning problem there may be a problem with the drain itself. if you feel brave go into your basement/crawlspace and try to take a level to the drain and make sure it isnt running uphill. water only goes down hill. if you just need a quick fix before christmas, you need to plug off the overflow with a towel, and plunge the drain with a plunger.

and put your back into it! dont be afraid to get dirty, your gonna have a working shower after this, remember?

if that doesnt work, you can try one of those cheap drain snakes from walmart, but they dont work to well.

also go easy on the chemicals. they rarely work and they are very hard on the pipes.

>>358449
you are very welcome, and best of luck!

>>358431
Summit county.

Merry Christmas brother

>>358452
merry christmas to you to brother!

>>358380
If you walked into a house where a drain was plugged up with hair, to do the job most quickly/easily would you:

A. use some chemical like Draino.
B. use a snake tool.
C. start taking the U-shaped part of the trap apart right away.

This isn't a test for you, I'm asking because this happens to me one thousand times with girlfriends and pets and my own balding head.

>>358460
im assuming tub drain, but i need a little more info. how does your tub drain work? do you pull a lever on the overflow or mess with a stopper on the drain?

>>358463
no, any drain. a sink, or tub, or anythig. Hair seems to plug up at the bottom of the U-shaped trap. What's the most efficient way to get rid of that?

>>358469
just any old drain? perhaps bend up an old metal clothes hanger and go to town.

chemicals eat metal pipes, and soften plastic pipes. and they do exactly nothing to hair. avoid them

i find it odd that the trap would clog. traps are usually self cleaning by nature...

if you do have a tub that has the stopper in the bottom, remove the stopper, it should twist out, and twist all that nasty hair onto a flathead screwdriver. now go throw up.

>>358474
on second though for mild hair clogs that aren't any farther than the trap, one of those cheesy wal-mart drain snakes may be handy.....

but in any cases, its past my bedtime. goodnight all.

>>358476
thanks again sir

there's a reason moot calls /diy/ his new favorite board

>>358460

> I'm not a plumpber
Removing the J pipe is pretty easy and you can't really fuck anything up. There are youtube videos that describe it, but essentially

> prepare for water to flow out
> remove J pipe
> see if anything's in it
> replace

>>358480
Yep, see, that's what I do. I was wondering if a pro had some better trick.

It's easy getting the J part off once you've done it before, but move into a new (old) house and that shit will crack right apart onya.

>>358380
i read that you recommend 100% sillicone caulk. what about something like this?
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202192562/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&
amp;keyword=polyurethane&storeId=10051

I have being using this for a lot of works, some are drain related, like HVAC drains and condensation pans, with no problem, actually i like it more than the silicone. Any toughts? just looking for another opinion

>>358489

Yeah that's for sure. For some reason both times I've moved recently, I've had to flush out the J pipe and both times I had a replacement on hand because I could tell the shit was corroded so badly. Possibly because of overuse of chemicals. But I'm super paranoid of leaks (happens when you go on a long vacation, come back and discover a tiny, small leak has managed to evade detection yet saturate your entire ground floor) and I try to replace a lot of shit I can handle myself at the first opportunity.

How do you clean your equipment after a job?

I have often seen family members just leave the plunger at the side of the toilet after using it (no rinse or anything).

Usually I just rinse the plunger head and then store it next to the toilet.

Is this sanitary? And there's definitely a better way, right? What is it?

I have a toilet auger. Do the same cleaning rules apply?

>>358543
not op. I just fill the toilet bowl up again and give it a good swish and rinse.
Does anything (like mold) grow around the plunger? If not you're probably fine. The germs aren't gonna getcha.

>>358380

Half my house has good water pressure in the faucets, the other half has really poor pressure. It's all connected to the same piping as far as I know, what can cause this?

>>358586
No it doesn't. But the thought of leaving microscopic pieces of shit stuck to the plunger isn't pleasant.

>>358493
i have never used that.
silicone caulk is my favorite because it is rubber. upon using it, it will vulcanize and it will always be flexible, and never crack or crumble.

polyurathane is good for many things to, but i have never used it in plumbing. if my memory serves right it tends to harden...

>>358543
as a plumber.. keeping anything sanitary is always a loosing battle. i just wash my hands often.

>>358594
your house probably has a trunk and branch design for water supply. which means that there is a main line(a trunk) that runs across the house and has many smaller lines (branches) that go to individual faucets. the main line may be corroded or it may be the individual faucets. pic related.try the areators first. they are usually the simplest thing to try. then work your way back to the main line

How many kids in clients' houses have talked to you about Mario?

How did you get into the business? Was it your passion to work on plumbing or did you get a head start when you were young or had connections?

When I turn on my shower, both the showerhead and the faucet release water, what could be the problem?

>>358729

I'm gonna murder those aerators if they are the blame. Been bugging me for a few months.

>>358741
The valve that diverts the water up to the shower is leaking. What style is it? Is it integrated in the faucet or is it part of the plumbing on the wall?

If it's like this, it's probably pretty easy to fix, you just need to buy a replacement faucet from the hardware store and unscrew the existing one and put this back on. You'll need Teflon tape and a universal faucet kit. It'll have enough parts to figure out how to replace it. (It depends on how it's plumbed behind the wall) The most annoying thing to happen will be unscrewing or loosening the pipe in the wall and getting that back in the hole. The worst thing that will happen will be if you don't put enough tape on correctly and then it leaks very slowly in the wall and you get dry rot.

--not a plumber

>>358737
suprisingly, very few.

>>358738
its a family business. my pappaw started it back in '64. he handed it to my dad, and me and my dad work together now. only 3 employees the business has ever had. i also went to a vocational school but that got a little questionable...

there were a total of ten juniors and seniors in the plumbing class and the instructor had a heart attack halfway through my first year. it was all downhill from there. we ended up in the hvac class my senior year.

>>358741
depends on what type of shower you have. i will try my hand at a text based flow chart because i'm bored. lol

do you have a single handle faucet? if yes continue, if no skip to greentext.

when you want to use the shower do you pull a little knob next to the facet handle or do you actuate some sort of mechanism on the tub spout?

mech. on tub spout-- replace tub spout

knob next to faucet handle-- call plumber

>two/three handle facet

>doe you twist a handle in the middle to activate shower or do you pull a lever on the spout?

>twist handle--if its a moen faucet call a plumber. those things are a b****. if its an old faucet with stems, try replacing the washer in the middle stem.

>pull lever on spout-- replace spout.

sorry if thats hard to follow. if you have any further questions, just ask

>>358746
get channellock brand channellocks and be careful removing them. if they are stubborn, dont just turn harder. you have to grab one spot and try a little, then grab another spot, try there, then again and again.... it will take a little patience but they will come out.... eventually

>>358749
>>358750
My Bathtub has 3 knobs (like in the picture): the middle one turns on/off the showerhead/faucet, while the other two control the temp.

>>358737
How did you use the "k" word in /diy/ without it activating the wordfilter? Are you a mod?

How difficult is the job? Who would you recommend it to?

I was thinking of getting a well but I don't know anything about, well, anything. But I want to live off the grid and I was curious if you had any advice for me.

>>358776
>
>twist handle--if its a moen faucet call a plumber. those things are a b****. if its an old faucet with stems, try replacing the washer in the middle stem.

If it's not a moen, you could try what he suggested.
If you have any trouble removing the middle piece, call a plumber before you break something, that will make it much more expensive to fix, and you'll have to call him anyway.

Have you ever considered becoming a pipefitter.

How often are clogs due to cum?

>>358972
THIS

>>358972
Haha, I'm not OP but I'm a plumber, has never hapened to me and I think it'd be impossible.

>>358476
I work at a hardware store and we have this stuff called Liquid Fire. Apparently it is the absolute boss when it comes to eating up stuff like hair specifically and does a bang-up job with other stuff. Never used it myself but I've never herd a bad thing about it except that it's terrabad to spill on yourself

I suppose on a related note, what is your relationship with the shops you get your supplies from? Do you stick to small operations that know what they're doing or do you prefer big box type operations and go the self-service route?

How long would it take you to put in a dishwasher in a house that has never had a dishwasher, and how filthy is your job on a scale of 1-10, 10 being covered in human fecal matter filling the various crevasse of your body and 1 being so clean you have literally zero immune system.

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>>358886
Yes I am a mod

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well sorry about the delayed responses. had some plans come up.

and this is the second time i will be typing this. stupid back button.

>>358776
yea, see >>358945 he read my mind word for word.

>>358924
be prepared to deal with people. some of them can be rather eccentric. and you would be suprised at the living conditions of some people.

if you already have city water, they frown upon well drilling. and its pretty expensive no matter who frowns upon it. also, wells will vary GREATLY from one area to they next. at my house, there is clean drinking water 15 feet under your, well, feet. but iff you drill over 35-40 feet, you hit rusty water. but jut a few miles east, i have seen wells over 100 feet deep that cant get a decent supply. so know your area.

>>358971
ill consider anything if the price is right, but im very happy with repair work.
out of curiosity, what made you ask?

>>358972
i would really hope %0

>>359085
i avoid any chemicals in drains like the plague. they will eat away your pipes. and we hate cleaning drains after people have used these chemicals, because they are so potent, they will rust our drain cleaner after we clean a drain with that stuff in it.

the ONLY exception is copper sulfate. and copper sulfate will only work to kill tree roots. it clogs the roots from getting water, and they die. but it wont kill your tree. best if used before bedtime, when it can sit in the sewer overnight.

>>359099

depends on a lot of things. outside walls can cause trouble. how far away from a water source/drain source. and the cabinetry. probably a ballpark 2-3 hours for me. but remember, i have a van full of parts that you dont, and its next to impossible to get everything on the first trip to lowe's

scale of 1-10? depends on the job. one day im trudging through sewer water or getting cigarette ashes in water from a trap dumped on me or digging a well up in freezing rain. some days im in a *spotless* mansion/house changing a water pipe.

again, the living conditions of some people would suprise you. we work for several hoarders. the tv show was suprisingly accurate. ive been in houses that didnt even have a pathway to walk. entire rooms, full of what i would refer to as trash, and the mentally stability of the people that live there relies on knowing that that trash is there, and not thrown away. i have a family member has some mental problems, and three large houses+a storage unit *full* of random shit she will never use. it really is tragic.

>>359137
forgot to mention that the installation pictured here has 2 problems

one is the problem that the picture is trying to illustrate, that the dishwasher is draining to the wrong side of the trap.

but a dishwasher drain line should also run all the way to touch the bottom of the countertop, and then down to the sink drain. this prevents water from flowing backwards through the dishwasher drain, in the event of a clogged drain.

Not a plumber but: Lye will definitely eat away at hair clogs, it's what I use on my shower drain. Dunno about the other drain chemicals you can get—lye is the boss though, and cheap. But like OP says if lye doesn't finish the job you now have two problems, a clogged drain filled with flesh-eating caustic soup. Lesson is, use the cleaner while the drain's still "slow", not "clogged", so that if it doesn't work you can slowly rinse it out and try something else (mechanical).

From the chemistry of it lye ought to work well on fat clogs (kitchen sink), but I've always had most success with hot-water-and-a-snake on those. In theory lye shouldn't harm iron or PVC pipes but who knows what's down there.

Question for OP: what's the most face-palm home plumbing installation you've discovered on the job?

>>358972
Cum is fairly water-soluable so i'm guessing never. I think you may have read the dumb urban-legend that I have read, about a sign at a college dorm shower.

It's a troll that only 15yo /b/tards fall for, please don't bring your gullibullness around here again.

Hi plumber.

Is it permissible to wear a Cold War or similar chemical gas-mask for odors?

>>359181
the most FP home plumbing installation...

i have some pictures somewhere but i cant seem to find them. i have seen drain pipes that are hung only at either end, and they stop up. actually, our local bmv has apartments above it, and the drains for those apartment were put in pretty bad. the drain actuall turns and goes straight up for about a foot.

>>359225
not really. with the exception for the time we had a customer ask us to spay bleach around to kill any mold and we sprayed it before we started working... in a crawlspace.

Do you know anything about removing chlorine taste from water? The tap water in my town is not clear and chlorinated to the maximum amount allowed. I got a charcoal/micro filter for the whole-house filter but that did exactly nothing.

So then I saw a Zuvo system that uses UV light and ozonation in addition to a filter to clean up the water. Do you think this is worth the $150 plus $25 per filter?

>>358380
Why don't plumbers wear mask and filters?

>>359442
chlorine is removed by contact with air.

uv light will only kill bacteria, and with that much chlorine, you don't need that. make sure the aerators on your facets are mixing plenty of air in the water. you can let drinking water sit in the sun or use a brita filter or filter pitcher. reverse osmosis filters will give you the best results but they can be pricey to buy/ maintain, and they wont do your whole house. r/o can produce only several gallons of absolutely pure water per day. it may be worthwhile to petition your local government to lower the chlorine levels if it is unnecessary.

>>359448
we wear those paper face masks if it get to dusty. but beyond that, its unnecessary.

>>359450
Thanks, I don't know what my town was thinking, most places in this area have good water. We have a substandard well system with no proper treatment plant, and they use 4.6 ppm chlorine. If you fill a bathtub, it's noticably green after 3 inches.

>>359458
holy crap. can i get a picture of that?

>>359467
No, it might not be green enough to tell from a picture with lighting and the tub color. But if you pour one glass onf tap water and another of bottled water, you can just look and tell them apart.

>>359452

i work in construction, and the plumbers will be in confined spaces gluing pvc without wearing respirators. i know they suck, but that primer and glue that they use smells like brain damage in a can.

OP wat do you think of the techniques that tell you to pour boiling water in the drain?

>>359471
yea i would complain to the local municipality. test the water and bring results. your tax dollars should yield better results than that.

>>359475
i dunno about brain damage, but it works great to clear sinuses!

>>359478
if you do it regularly i dont see any harm. and its almost free so why not. we run hot water when we clean drains to help aid the process so i imagine it would help

>>359475
Telco worker here. Use PVC cement on conduit joints some times. PVC cement in a 2' deep hole -> no ventilation, then you stick your head in there so you can see what you're doing. Good times.

>>359622
crawlspaces and 3 inch pvc with lots of fittings. good times.

How come I have to replace water heaters so often? I heard there is a zinc anode that can be replaced, but not sure of how to do that.

I have several rental units and am forever replacing water heaters.

>>359622
>>359626
>not wearing your own DIY ventilated mask with fresh air piped in constantly

After the first headache from fumes I was like "NOPE".

>>359869
What is it that goes bad on them?

>>359869
yes there is an anode rod that is attached to a plug in the top of the water heater. it really shouldnt need replaced though.i suggest Rheem water heaters. especially if they are gas. dont buy water heaters at lowes. those whirlpool heaters are terrible

Would you recommend it as a work? I'm working tech support for a bank, earning relatively well, about 150-180% of the average pay in Hungary at the age of 27. However, I'd much like to get into more handy crafts, which give me way more satisfation, such as repairing electronics, something I already do for friends and family. Now I do wonder how much you work a week and how much you earn relative to others in your social strata and age. Pay is crucial, as I am the only earning person in our family of two currently. Also, the knowledge that your craft will be needed at all times at a steady rate, instead of spikes in the income.

Also, we had a blocking 3 weeks ago that I fixed using something similar instead of calling a plumber to do the dirty work. Gotta work out something for the doorknobs next week.

Would you recommend it as a work? I'm working tech support for a bank, earning relatively well, about 150-180% of the average pay in Hungary, all at the age of 27. However, I'd much like to get into more handy crafts, which give me way more satisfation, such as repairing electronics, something I already do for friends and family. Now I do wonder how much you work a week and how much you earn relative to others in your social strata and age. Pay is crucial, as I am the only earning person in our family of two currently. Also, the knowledge that your craft will be needed at all times at a steady rate, instead of spikes in the income.

Also, we had a blocking 3 weeks ago that I fixed using something similar instead of calling a plumber to do the dirty work. I was most proud. Gotta work out something for the doorknobs next week.

>>359896
i would definetly recommend it, and if you have a little know-how on running a business, definetly go the self employed route as an LLC. you may want to start out working for a big company, to get training and liscensing and all that, though. self employment is the highest paying route for plumbing. its also the most work, and it depends greatly on your area and how hard you want to work.

100k per year isn't out of the question if you work hard enough and have a customer base. im actually only 20 and i make roughly 20k per year, but i get some very nice perks since its a family owned business. mom and dad will go on vacation for a week and leave me that weeks pay for looking after the house.

why don't you install more urinals in homes?

it would solve the great toilet seat debate

>>359903
>if married
>install second full bathroom
>designate bathroom 1 as "hers" and bathroom 2 as "his"
>enjoy 90% more bliss

>>359903
>>359933
i believe code the ohio plumbing code states that there must be an adjacent lavatory and a bunch of other craziness that keeps people from using them in residential areas.

i agree they would be extremely nice, though.

>>359933
THIS. A MILLION TIMES THIS.

Wife and I just moved into a 2 bathroom Condo in November. She has the main bathroom with the tub, I have the one with the crazy air-flushing toilet and a shower stall.

I cannot explain the bliss.

trying tripcode here. yes?

My toilet clogged on fuck all. I've tried plunging and using the auger, it didn't work. The auger went in all the way but isn't running into anything. Flushing only brings whatever was in the toilet up into the shower.

Is there anything else I can do short of uprooting the toilet or calling a plumber?

>>359933
Alternate design:
>terlet and shower in one room
>double wide vanity and sink next door
Works for us and that way you only have to buy one of each of the porcelain fixtures.

>>359968
Update: found that the object floating in my shower was a PVC knockout test cap. You know, whatever that is. I'll be honest, I don't know shit about plumbing. I saw there was a plumber taking questions and hoped for the best.

>>358380
accidentally garbage disposaled a shot glass. fuck me, right? turned it off and pulled shot glass pieces out. at first, the garbage disposal only made a humming sound. now it doesn't do anything. protips? tried unplugging and plugging back in. tried pressing the red button on the bottom (couldn't resist pressing the red button) but nothing is fixing it.

>>360008
>the garbage disposal only made a humming sound

Something was jamming the motor so it wouldn't turn.

>now it doesn't do anything

You let is sit too long and hum and it may have either tripped a thermal switch on the motor or burned out. Check under the sink on the motor assembly for a reset button to press. Make sure you find whatever it is that is wedging the motor and keeping it from moving BEFORE turning it back on. Otherwise, replace the motor.

take you a plunger upside down and stick the wooden handle into the disposal, turn it counter clockwise without putting pressure downwards, your trying to spin the blade, not break the disposal off of the sink, youll feel it break free, turn it on, it will run, if anything put like ice in it so it will wask the broken glass down also

>>360014

well i pulled out the glass pieces but maybe some got jammed somewhere i couldn't see. looked again and don't see anything else in there. think theres a hidden crevice it could have gotten into? only reset buttpon i saw was the red one, but it didn't seem to do anything when i pressed it in. think i may have burned out the motor :/

or use the alan wrench that is normally sent with the disposal , insert down by the red button, tease it both ways but it will break free, then ice or lots of water and let it run

>>360020
Thanks! That did the trick.

right on.................. in the summer if you have an issue with gnats, ice and lemon juice............... by no means am i a master plumber but have taken care of college dorms for 20+ years.................. I HAVE SEEN IT ALL

>>359968
>>359997
you have a main line stopped up. could be the sewer. does anything else have trouble?

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>>360031
im impressed! all pretty good advice right there. had a lady drain here fish tank and try to run the gravel through her disposal once.

>>360031
story time? dumbest thing you have ever seen?

>>360044
Nothing else has trouble, just in that particular bathroom. But there's now water damage on the ceiling directly below that bathroom, so I can do the math on that one. Calling a plumber tomorrow, my pride isn't worth my ceiling. Thanks though.

when extacy hit big in our town, seems like everyone used beer bottles as candle holders in our town in bathrooms............. you have no clue how hard it is to get glass out of a bathtub drain a asian use to live in....................... that and the guys that were on their 7th year of a 4 year course that had a half pipe to skateboard on in their apartment.....................

>>360049
if the ceiling is still up chances are its a slow leak like silicone or tiles............... you may pay a service call for nothing

>>360045
best thing.......... LOTS OF TITS. girls these days are very comfortable after a few meetings

>>360022
If it is burned out then there is a hopeful chance that there's a start/run capacitor inside OR on the outside the motor assembly. You may be able to simply open the motor up and replace the capacitor. During that time you may be able to find something else that may have been jamming it. If the motor is a sealed unit and contains mineral oil, you may need to toss that out and put in new before closing it up. dump the mineral oil into a container so you can measure it and know the amount needed to replace it. If the capacitor burned up inside the motor in the oil the oil will smell SICKENING. Don't breath the oil fumes and to it this in a ventilated area or outside as it can really be nasty and make you physically ill from a few breaths. Alternatively, you may have a motor repair shop in your area you can take it to if the price is cheaper than buying a new one.

>>360026
Oh, I missed, this post before typing out >>360078

lol

i really push the idea of ice in the disposal all the time because it will clean the blades............ the lemon juice will disinfect it if it smells bad.................. but everyone should fill it with ice every other month or more

>>360079
no harm with helping? i might have the hirrbirry fix, as a plumber i would always have my channel locks to fix something like that, but i said a plunger because most households have one............. your tips about the motor is spot on, so much cheaper......... but these days with the standard flange (almost) a trip to the depot and a hundred bucks will save the trouble............merry christmas guys!

>>358380
>>358380
>>358380

Do you fuck any hot housewives,
as they depict this in porn ?

>>360109
short answer: no
long answer: i was hitting on a good lookin lady the other day. but she was 27 and im 20. which may be pushing the limits but i wouldve dated her in a heartbeat.

im a pretty moral guy. even if i had the chance i would turn it down. but ive never had the chance

>>360116
20 op? did you even start your apprenticeship?

>>360138
lol. im working on becoming a legal plumber. for such a small company (me and my dad) its a big deal for us to try to jump through all the hoops the government wants us to.

>>360116
>but she was 27 and im 20... i wouldve dated her in a heartbeat.

Dude. I'm 21 and I know a 28 year old who should I have the good fortune to receive a booty call from I would be out of bed and into my sharp casual dress clothes and on a motorbike within two minutes.
There is no shame in the vice that is the older woman, provided she is hot.

>inb4 sexism; that goes the other way for girls and older guys, too. I won't judge.

>>360151
I know the legal stuff is such a mess these days. Consider using another lic id # and you can do the same. Not saying I do, without a master endorsement you have a long road ahead.....

>>360157
before anyone trashes this post, just understand roto fuck'u'er has one lic id

>>360155
i agree whole heartily, i just think that the maturity gap would be difficult. granted, i have %0 interest in sex. %100 interest in a relationship. but this shit belongs in /adv/

>>360157
i cant understand a bit of the legal stuff. do this do that give all your money to person x. i just wanna fix plumbing.

>>360160
i have a feeling that palms have been greased.

>>360160
what i jerk to has no relation to any 27 year old you passed on. wait was that grease remark about roto or your bean hole? In all honesty plumbing is a hard honest life, you will always deal with the worlds shit, literally, yet one day i hope my son understands it can make a house a home not the money behind it

>>360170
for your saftey look into getting your hep shots now, tell the doctor you deal with students from all around the world. I mean really why not............ protect yourself... we get shots that others dont as kids

>>360170
final tip of the night.................... never lick your lips or chew your nails.............. period..EVER

>>360176
too late for me, or my brother. also dont touch your face, and more important DONT TOUCH YOUR BALLS

We've got a 'little' problem with a blocked pipe.

It's the pipe on that drains the dishwasher and the washing mashine and it's connected with the kitchen sink. Lately water starts rising in the sink when using the dishwasher.

We've used some products initially (can't remember the names) opened up the pipes under the sink to clean them, used a plunger and started using boiling water and baking soda with vinegar.

It all offers temporary relief and when using baking soda with vinigar you can hear the sink going 'glug glug glug' for a while. But after laundry day the trouble starts again. I think the problem is underground but we don't know how to get there.

Is there something else we can do? Or is it time to call the plumber / landlord? We've only been renting this house since september 2011, so i'm not sure if it's our fault or something the previous tenant could have done. How fast do clots form?

>>361853
call your landlord.
if hes a good landlord, he will be glad you called him instead of fixing it yourself. my family rents houses and its a huge pain when a tenant takes a small problem and makes it worse.