Shortly after we bought our second house, what I affectionately call the Money Pit,  we developed a problem with the main drain in the basement.  I left my husband to contend with it while I baked cookies one floor above.  He was down there a long time and things were getting pretty quiet and just like leaving kids [...]

Does your toilet rock out every night? The perils of a rocking toilet can be many.  Besides it feeling like an amusement park ride, and feeling uncomfortable,  it can ruin your floor, cost you money and is just something which can’t be ignored.  A  toilet rocks  either because the wax ring cracked,  the floor is uneven or [...]

Hello all you “do- it – yourselfers”, I would like to explain to all of you how I Amanda treated the water in my above ground pool. I am sure all of you would agree that swimming in an above ground pool is a very relaxing way to spend your summer. However, it takes a [...]

Hello all you “do- it – yourselfers”, I would like to explain to all of you how I (Amanda) weighted down my swimming pool steps. Owning a swimming pool can be a lot of fun but can also be a lot of hard work to maintain. I am sure that if you own a pool [...]

Repairing a Mansfield flush valve is a simple task that many people have a lot of difficulty with because the Mansfield flush valve design is so different from what they are used to seeing in a toilet. Identifying the problem isn’t hard the worn out seal on the Mansfield toilet has the same symptoms as [...]

My husband is the plumber, but I am the one who found a leaky pipe. A few months ago, I started to notice that the ceiling above the washing machine appeared a little wet as did the black pipe coming down from it. It wasn’t as yet causing any problems so I ignored the leak. [...]

This is how I made a quilt in my dryer, but I don’t recommend you try this at home. I am grateful for the appliances I have that make my job easier. I would rather have dental work done than go to a laundromat. There was a movie years ago called “Baby Boom”. Diane Keaton [...]

One day while walking down to the basement to do my laundry I heard this really strange noise. I really didn’t know what it was so it had stopped me on the steps to listen.  It really sounded like marbles rolling around.  I thought I was losing  mine while listening to it.  It was kind of loud, and [...]

What does a piece of glass, a roofing nail, a dime, a bread tie, and a bone all have in common?  Give up? These are, according to the world of a plumber, things he found that were jammed in a garbage disposal by a homeowner who then said, ” I wonder how that got down in there?”  As a [...]

There is a plumbing item that sits hidden away in some basements such as mine, which costs you nothing.  In fact, the only plumbing item if you ever update it, would cost you money!  To those who say, “it can’t be”  I say…  ” Oh, it is true!”  Scan the basement of an older home and I bet you will find what [...]