Feb 05, 1025 | M:
How much to replace bathtub fixtures?
How much would a plumber cost to simply replace bathtub fixtures. They'd need to break into the wall since I'm replacing from 2 handle to 1 handle.
Two quotes I received so far were...
A: That is a ton of money. Look on craigslist for someone more reasonable under skilled trades. Also consider that to go from 2 handle to one handle, you will have two extra holes in the wall and one...
Dec 11, 2006 | Jeff W:
How do I keep sediment from clogging my plumbing fixtures?
I have fairly new copper plumbing and a two year old tankless water heater and I am having a problem with a sediment containing black, white and grey particals cloging my shower head and my bath...
A: Is the sediment on both hot and cold water lines? Or only on the hot water line? You said that you've had to clean out the hot valve on the bath tub. Maybe you should run a test to see if there...
Modern Arcadia Plumbing Programs And Their Origins
Many of us living in England right now consider for granted the gain of present day plumbing technologies, from a flushing toilet to a operating tap of thoroughly clean and drinkable water. These days no person has to ponder the alterations plumbing has gone thru or the historical past of the technological innovation. Even so the historical past of plumbing and its certain technologies is prolonged and exciting.
It was mostly throughout the centuries when Greeks and the Romans ruled the known globe that plumbing techniques built their way into urban configurations. The Greeks and Romans utilised plumbing to consider clean drinking water to the metropolitan areas and houses and dirty drinking water absent from public bathing homes which was carried out mostly through a network of aqueducts for the duration of the Romans’ rule. In reality, the Roman way of aqueducts and lead piping was regarded adequate till the nineteenth century when underground piping techniques took the place of the aqueduct program.
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Why Buying a KItchen or Bath Remodel from a Big Box Store May Not be a Good Idea
Have you ever went into a Lowes, Home Depot or Costco and asked to see the owner? Of course not; that’s ridiculous. It does however shed some light on why purchasing services from the big box stores frequently ends in disaster.
Let me say at the outset that I have nothing against the box stores. In fact I spend several thousand dollars there every year. If I need an item they carry I pick it up, take it home, plug it in and use it. If it doesn’t work properly I return it for a replacement or my money back. No problem.
Have you ever tried to return a kitchen or bath remodel? Of course not; that’s ridiculous too. That’s another reason why the big box model doesn’t work well for complicated design/build projects.
Make no mistake the box stores want very much to provide top quality services as well as off the shelf products. It’s not for lack of desire that they fall short.
Why would a homeowner consider buying a kitchen or bath from a store like Home Depot or Lowes?
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