Apparently our shower pan is leaking because water came through the ceiling in the garage last night. According to the plumber we can fix it but the whole shower was installed incorrectly so we probably need to redo the whole thing.
I’m pretty sure this was a DIY job.
Apparently our shower pan is leaking because water came through the ceiling in the garage last night. According to the plumber we can fix it but the whole shower was installed incorrectly so we probably need to redo the whole thing.
I’m pretty sure this was a DIY job.
So just learned that I was accomplishing nothing for years by plugging a surge protector into an ungrounded outlet with a 2 prong to 3 prong adaptor. Whoops.
So just learned that I was accomplishing nothing for years by plugging a surge protector into an ungrounded outlet with a 2 prong to 3 prong adaptor. Whoops.
Sounds good.
As a precaution, and part of clearing up the system, depending on what you have, you might want to dump the first batch of ice made.
Speaking of refrigerators, my inlaws got a new "smart fridge" a few weeks ago from Lowes, it basically has an ipad on it. Lowes delivers it and plugs it in, the freezer is set to 0 and fridge is set to 34. They load it up with the food from the old fridge and go about their day. Two days later they go to get something from the freezer and it isn't frozen. Had to dump the whole freezer's worth of food. Apparently, even though the freezer temp read 0 on the display screen, nobody ran the fridge through "activation mode" to actually fully turn it on, so it was in some middle ground cooling mode for 2 days and not really doing anything. Lowes of course denies any liability for not setting it up right. Some basic things really have no need for significant computer integration. Like the stupid autostop things in cars now. Why the hell do I need to turn my car off for 20 seconds at a stoplight before it coming back on? So I can save an aggregate of $6 a year on gas for the pleasure of dropping $800 on a new starter after 5 years because it wears out exponentially faster than it normally would?
Got heated floors in the master bathroom of our new house, but we're finding huge temperature differences on them. When the thermostat is set to 82, most of the main part of the bathroom floor measures around 82, with some hot spots around 86/87 in front of the tub. There's apparently an unheated strip across the doorway into the toilet room, and the floor of the toilet room measures at 100 (!!!). Anyone have any thoughts at all? The builder says they use the mats that can be adapted to fit the shape of the room, not manually placed wiring, so I'm kind of at a lose to explain the disparity.
We're going to look into the location of the actual thermometer for the thermostat, but I'm not sure how that would explain anything since the way I understand it is the entire system should just be one circuit of wiring that heats up, so individual areas shouldn't be getting so much hotter than others.
Got heated floors in the master bathroom of our new house, but we're finding huge temperature differences on them. When the thermostat is set to 82, most of the main part of the bathroom floor measures around 82, with some hot spots around 86/87 in front of the tub. There's apparently an unheated strip across the doorway into the toilet room, and the floor of the toilet room measures at 100 (!!!). Anyone have any thoughts at all? The builder says they use the mats that can be adapted to fit the shape of the room, not manually placed wiring, so I'm kind of at a lose to explain the disparity.
We're going to look into the location of the actual thermometer for the thermostat, but I'm not sure how that would explain anything since the way I understand it is the entire system should just be one circuit of wiring that heats up, so individual areas shouldn't be getting so much hotter than others.
We have heated floors and at first I thought the thermostat controlled the heat of the floor so I set it high, then, fortunately, the installer came by again for some minor issue and saw the thermostat really high and explained that the thermostat didn't control the heat of the floor, but the heat of the room. The floor heated and was supposed to raise the heat in the bathroom by a few degrees (while having a warm to the touch floor), so we went from having the thermostat in the 80s to the mid 70s.
He said having too hot will eventually discolor the tile.
So, the toilet flooded (dumb dumb fiance flushed paper towels after cleaning up dog vomit) in one of the upstairs bathrooms, and we had a decent amount of water leak through the ceiling, particularly a light fixture. This was a while ago. Very similar thing also happened when using the garden tub in the other bathroom, but it didn't even overflow.
I'm assuming the original contractors skimped out on waterproofing obviously, but anyone have any better ideas as to the problems/how to best address?
We finally got people scheduled to come fix our shower pan. They’re having a plumber come to move the drain. They also let me know the glass currently installed isn’t the right size and so now we have to replace that which doubled the price of the job.
I believe these are known as the joys of home ownership.
Current state of our house:
-15yd drop box in the driveway, full of construction debris and massive amounts of yard stuff (husband pruned the yard yesterday, which was a 15hr job - tons of holly, rhododendron, and ivy). It's supposed to be picked up today.
-One bedroom about ready to paint, but only on three walls; the fourth still has to be sanded/finished by the drywaller
-One bedroom with exposed framing, waiting on the arrival of a window which needs to be installed. Once installed, we can get the framing inspectors back out to green light covering things up with drywall and actually painted/finished.
-Once they're painted, it's just a matter of beds assembled and decoration stuff.
-The hallway and den area are ready for some Killz and paint.
-What will be the baby's room currently has the two kids whose rooms are under construction sleeping in it, so we can't make too much progress in there although we will be painting in there next week (my mom's coming out to help). Not a huge deal as baby will start in our room, but it would be nice to feel a little more settled/finished with anything.
-Our master bathroom needs to be finished with mud, then painted, then vanity installed. At least the toilet is functional.
Other than elbow grease, any tips for removing grout haze so I can caulk the corners and along the tub?
I'm 29 weeks pregnant. Send help. Or painters.
Not the right thread but we started baby in the nursery from night one and it worked great.