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mold said:
my issue is everything I use to clean them gets snagged on the horrendous texture

every time I think about it too hard I just want to knock the whole fucking house down and live in a tent
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You can also get the soft brush attachments for your drill, could work to speed up the process!

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Sperg_rancher said:
The side with the rubber goes down dumbass.
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I posted this in another thread but this is probably the thread with the most knowledgeable people in it.

Sorry things are a bit dirty but I can't explain it with words. The cistern was put together poorly, there is no valve to shut the water off, which should always be a requirement.

It even shows a valve to turn off the water in the manual -
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But look, no way to turn off the water. Also, i don't know if the waster cylinder is the middle can be removed on it's own to check for seal damages.

I have a second toilet that i don't use so I was hoping to switch the middle plungers around and then turn the water off to the second toilet. But if I can't turn the water off individually then what can I do?
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And at the hot water cylinder there are four valves to turn, I'm not sure which does what, even if one of them turns off the toilet then it is going to stop the water to both of them which won't help. And which stops water to the whole house I don't know.
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so i'm a bit fucked and I don't know what to do, does anyone have any advice?
 
Forsaken Wanderer said:
But look, no way to turn off the water. Also, i don't know if the waster cylinder is the middle can be removed on it's own to check for seal damages.

I have a second toilet that i don't use so I was hoping to switch the middle plungers around and then turn the water off to the second toilet. But if I can't turn the water off individually then what can I do?
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Ah, I thought you meant the utensil to unclog toilets. mb.
I agree with Dawdler. Youll wnana shut the water off to the house, and add a valve if possible. If it isn't a problem, no need to add one though.
 
Dawdler said:
Buy new plungers & stuff. Removing them is likely to break them.
You probably have shutoff at the mains water meter. Inhouse valves are located near the pipes. May be just a removable tile where there are hidden. For the rubber thing to seal surfaces need to be clean.
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Sperg_rancher said:
Ah, I thought you meant the utensil to unclog toilets. mb.
I agree with Dawdler. Youll wnana shut the water off to the house, and add a valve if possible. If it isn't a problem, no need to add one though.
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Thanks both of you. I'll look for the right valve to turn off the water in the morning. I think it's the blue valve. Then I'll have a look at the state of the washer.

If god is looking down apon me then it will just need a clean, otherwise it's going to be quite difficult to fix I'd say.
 
Turn off all water heaters before you close water or they will burn up.
Purge them after - open water till no air comes out.
 
Ibanez RG 350EX said:
Why? They're just springs - it's not rocket science to put some kind of lube on them and if they were fatigued, they'd be far more likely to break when you're opening or closing the door.
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If you overdo it and grease it too much near the ends and depending on age / installation / model it can theoretically unwind itself.
 
YautjaWeeb said:
Clean your gutters every fall you niggers if a jam up causes a leak it's going to be at the most inopportune time possible and do way more damage than you thought possible.
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You should be cleaning your gutters way more often that. They clog up really quickly if you have alot of trees around your house just from normal healthy leaves being knocked down during rain storms.
 
Has anybody ever installed any kind of removable or collapse-able staircase railing? My mom and dad are getting older and I'd like to put a handrailing up for them, but the stairs to their basement are pretty small and non-standard, so I'm trying to think of a good way to install a railing that could be removed in case larger objects need to be moved up/downstairs occasionally.

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I was thinking about something similar in principle to these things, except obviously made of steel and fastened to the wall stud, so you could slide the railing and brackets up and out, leaving only the mounting plates on the wall. I don't know if such a product even exists.
 
Ibanez RG 350EX said:
Has anybody ever installed any kind of removable or collapse-able staircase railing? My mom and dad are getting older and I'd like to put a handrailing up for them, but the stairs to their basement are pretty small and non-standard, so I'm trying to think of a good way to install a railing that could be removed in case larger objects need to be moved up/downstairs occasionally.

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I was thinking about something similar in principle to these things, except obviously made of steel and fastened to the wall stud, so you could slide the railing and brackets up and out, leaving only the mounting plates on the wall. I don't know if such a product even exists.
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It's just easier to screw a bunch of sturdy wood blocks of some kind into the wall studs with heavy screws and then screw, unscrew and re-screw the railing to those and chew them up over and over again rather than the studs.

Removable railings are usually against most modern building codes if it ever became a thing.
 
Blue Flying Leaf said:
You probably have shutoff at the mains water meter. Inhouse valves are located near the pipes. May be just a removable tile where there are hidden. For the rubber thing to seal surfaces need to be clean.
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Sperg_rancher said:
Youll wnana shut the water off to the house,
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There's a shut-off valve on the wall under the toilet tank, turn off the water to the tank, flush, disconnect the water line at the tank (have a cup or small bucket to drain the water in the line)
You can rebuild the whole toilet without pulling the bowl. If you have to pull the bowl lean it forward and place it in the tub, then lean it back to drain water out of the trap.
Slap47 said:
You should be cleaning your gutters way more often that. They clog up really quickly if you have alot of trees around your house just from normal healthy leaves being knocked down during rain storms.
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Best $20 I ever spent, you clean a two story house from the ground with the right attachment. Then you put a ladder up to flush the downspouts.
 
How difficult is it to fit one of those collapsible stairs/ladders to a loft space? My parents have just a simple access hatch that they have to bring a ladder up to. But they're getting old and I want them to have easier access. I have a decent command of power tools, could I do it. Or should I just get some contractors in?
 
Leylon Sneed said:
Best $20 I ever spent, you clean a two story house from the ground with the right attachment.
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You can also take this and charge others for gutter cleaning that don't want to pay for gutter guards.
CitySalami said:
How difficult is it to fit one of those collapsible stairs/ladders to a loft space?
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Could you explain a bit more? Do you mean like pull-down latter that leads to an attic?
 
biznbuy said:
Why don't you all just buy gutter guards?
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Gutter guards sound great, and aren't usually that expensive.

Until they get clogged with random shit, and suddenly your gutters don't do their job and you have water fucking everywhere you don't want it. Then you have the fun task of cleaning the guards, which is way fucking harder than just grabbing a hose and spraying out your gutters once or twice a month.

Take the 15 minutes to clean your gutters, don't waste your money. Unless your gutters are something crazy like 60 feet off the ground so it's not an option for people without the proper ladders or a man lift.
 
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