I tried to console my friend's girlfriend on the phone when she called because her kitten was dying. I could hear the poor thing crying out in the background. Poor girl was sobbing and trying to comfort the kitten. Not sure what was wrong with it. It was really too young to be away from it's mother and it was too skinny to begin with so it was probably sick when they found it and brought it inside (it was right before the rains from Harvey were hitting so they didn't want the poor thing to die in the storm). I've been through a lot of pet deaths and it sucks every time, but she'd never watched a kitten die before so it was very upsetting to her. I promised to go visit her tomorrow and give her a big hug.
Her boyfriend came over with a friend to look at my barn and see what needs to be done to try to salvage anything from it. His friend decided it was too much of a task to take on though-- was worried that something would collapse on him-- and I completely understand that. But the friend is going to be taking care of a bunch of weeds in the yard.
The toilet kept running the night before so I just shut off the water until I was ready to work on it. Took apart the float assembly and cleaned it out and replaced the flapper. Since our water has a lot of sediment, the inside of the toilet tank had this black/brown crud built up that got all over my hands. My mother wanted me to come look at something on her tablet while I was working so I went to look and she said something about wanting me to feel something. I said "OK" and then she saw my hands and said "Nevermind!" I reached toward her like I was going to touch her face and said "Are you sure?" She had a good laugh about it. Then I went back to putting the new flapper in. Had to remember the connection was on the 17th link of the chain. Hardest part was getting the parts of the flapper that grip on to open up enough to clamp on. They didn't want to cooperate with me. I only banged my knuckles on the inside of the tank once though. I might eventually need to replace the flush float assembly thing though. The water level in the bowl keeps getting lower. Not sure what adjustments to make to get it higher though. I've got a G-Max flushing system or something that comes with the Toto Drake. Can't remember the brand.
Mr.David, that was very sweet of your niece to help. I was very lucky that my area wasn't affected much. I feel so sad for the people who lost their homes, pets, and loved ones.
phishfood, that sounds miserable. Down here if it gets above 85 I start to boil (but mostly it's because of the humidity).
I have a plumbing question involving PEX: I was reading that the traditional way of connecting PVC/CPVC to PEX was to use a PVC/CPVC male threaded end to connect to the metal female threaded coupling. But there is a "new" sharkbite fitting that just pushes on. Which method do you think is better?
Or should I post a thread or search to see if that has been answered?
Her boyfriend came over with a friend to look at my barn and see what needs to be done to try to salvage anything from it. His friend decided it was too much of a task to take on though-- was worried that something would collapse on him-- and I completely understand that. But the friend is going to be taking care of a bunch of weeds in the yard.
The toilet kept running the night before so I just shut off the water until I was ready to work on it. Took apart the float assembly and cleaned it out and replaced the flapper. Since our water has a lot of sediment, the inside of the toilet tank had this black/brown crud built up that got all over my hands. My mother wanted me to come look at something on her tablet while I was working so I went to look and she said something about wanting me to feel something. I said "OK" and then she saw my hands and said "Nevermind!" I reached toward her like I was going to touch her face and said "Are you sure?" She had a good laugh about it. Then I went back to putting the new flapper in. Had to remember the connection was on the 17th link of the chain. Hardest part was getting the parts of the flapper that grip on to open up enough to clamp on. They didn't want to cooperate with me. I only banged my knuckles on the inside of the tank once though. I might eventually need to replace the flush float assembly thing though. The water level in the bowl keeps getting lower. Not sure what adjustments to make to get it higher though. I've got a G-Max flushing system or something that comes with the Toto Drake. Can't remember the brand.
Mr.David, that was very sweet of your niece to help. I was very lucky that my area wasn't affected much. I feel so sad for the people who lost their homes, pets, and loved ones.
phishfood, that sounds miserable. Down here if it gets above 85 I start to boil (but mostly it's because of the humidity).
I have a plumbing question involving PEX: I was reading that the traditional way of connecting PVC/CPVC to PEX was to use a PVC/CPVC male threaded end to connect to the metal female threaded coupling. But there is a "new" sharkbite fitting that just pushes on. Which method do you think is better?
Or should I post a thread or search to see if that has been answered?