New refrigerators offer icemakers. Connecting an ice maker to your refrigerator is best done with ball valves and standard tee fittings.
New refrigerators offer icemakers. Connecting an ice maker to your refrigerator is best done with ball valves and standard tee fittings.
Ceramic tile salvage can be done with a great deal of patience. Grout removal should be done gently to avoid damaging ceramic tile. The next step will be prying the tile loose from its base. Then clean it up and your ceramic tile reinstallation should go very well.
A toilet that leaks often centers on the toilet flange. If your toilet moves, you can repair the toilet flange and stop toilet leaks.
Outdoor faucet leaks are best repaired with ball valves. This outdoor faucet repair also allows more water flow for the garden hose.
Install ceramic tile successfully when the tile is laid on a level surface. Floor leveling compounds will help with this. Use drywall finishing tools to get a glass like surface.
Low water pressure problems can be checked easily. Water shut off valves need to be checked indoors and out. Your local water works people can do a bypass check.
Cast iron drain pipes are superb. They are quiet. Plumbing does not have to be noisy like plastic pipe systems.
Remove grout mess with a few sticks of oak, a nylon pad and a grout sponge. The tile grout can be smoothed out and the grout lines will look like new.
Hate your toilet color? Need to match toilets to new paint? Try painting your toilet for that needed color change.
A shower or tub is best installed with the help of a pro, even if the plumbing is in place. Install a bathtub or shower to code.
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