Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Did it myself, not a tough job. |
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Just a reminder for all of us you get a distorted view depending on your profession. A plumber see a ton a leaks. A cop sees a ton of criminals. Far as washing machine hoses failing, how many people shut off the valves to the washing machine? You may have saved us a problem. We did have one fail many years ago the washing machine was in the basement which was unfinished. We not home and came home to several inches of water in the basement. I put on my waders walked through the water and turned off the power-perhaps dumb. I had a boat at the time. We did not have a floor drain. I pumped out all that water using a plastic bilge pump and the battery from my boat. Personality, I do not worry about everything that might go wrong, i deal with what does go wrong. My wife on the other hand worries about everything. I sleep well-she does not. We eat the same food. I have low cholesterol-she does not. |
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If I had to replace that valve I’d use shark bite brand, (which the plumber will probably use or similar brand?). easy to install following instructions on Utube. they can also be easily be removed with the dollar removal tool. No damage to PVC tubing. Very easy once you get the Accr valve off. This has been brought several times before and in the do it yourself section. If can’t do it yourself call plumber.
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You’re well over due for refrigerator to be pulled out, coils cleaned floor mopped and i ice maker filter replaced. This prevents refrigerator from over heating and ice to not taste like swamp water. Eventually it will not cool enough cause it overheating from all the dust/lint/hair on coils and fan. Mary take few years, but eventually it will happen. |
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Rather than scoring the CPVC, I used my dremel with a rasp bit and cut it off, grinding it on two sides and essentially just peeled it off. Bit of a mess, but the CPVC was unharmed although you can see where the flow-tite teeth were resting. I pushed a shark-bite valve over it, no leaks, all done. I have twisted them off before, but that was in places where I had extra pipe and could snip off down to clean pipe. With this fridge valve, if the part that's stubbed out of the fridge housing is no good, I'm into a wall repair. |
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I have replaced all the cheap push/pull valves in my house. They are easy to do. Just cut the hose off close to the valve, twist counter clockwise & pull at the same time. Then glue on a new one.
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About 15 years ago I had a lawnmower I bought at Lowe's. Admittedly I wanted the cheapest gas mower with a Briggs & Stratton engine I could find. I had a small yard. A few years later it was ear-splittingly loud. I found out the muffler was a "stamped" unit that could not be replaced. The idea was to throw it out after it got too loud. WTF??? As I get older I think more and more in terms of "well, if it last a few years it won't be my problem anymore"...WTF? |
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low quality building cheap components.. they don't care how long they last, just get out of warranty
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