When the Water Heater Leaked: Three Quotes and a $1,780 Friday
Our 2009 water heater started leaking on a Wednesday. Three quotes, why we hired it out, and whether the warranty we skipped would have helped.
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Rerouting a Bathroom Fan That Vented Into the Attic
The energy assessor found our bath fan blowing damp air into the knee-wall attic. Rerouting it to a soffit vent took one evening and $64.
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Three Tries to Fix a Toilet That Ran All Night
A flapper, a chain and finally a new fill valve. What fixed our running toilet the week before the wedding, and the $19 I should have spent first.
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Patching Plaster Cracks Without Making Them Worse
Our 1952 plaster has a crack over nearly every door. Plaster washers, mesh tape and setting compound fixed most of them. One I made worse first.
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Replacing the Last Galvanized Pipe to the Kitchen With PEX
Weak pressure at the kitchen sink traced back to a 1952 galvanized run. Gary and I swapped it for PEX over the Fourth of July weekend for $262.
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Swapping a Split Hose Bib for a Frost-Free Sillcock
A January freeze split our front spigot. Swapping in a 12-inch frost-free sillcock took $62 and one cramped afternoon in the basement.
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