If a faucet still drips after you've replaced a washer, there may be something wrong with the faucet valve seat. A defective washer may have allowed the metal stem to grind against the seat and leave it uneven, or chemicals in the water may have built up a residue that now prevents the...
You can buy a faucet puller, or improvise with a screwdriver as shown in the video below. Find faucet pullers on Amazon. 3 After removing the handle, remove the trim and the sleeve that fits over the faucet stem. You’ll need a plumber’s deep socket, as shown in the video, to ...
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If you can believe it (I can’t), I once said (on this very blog!) and I quote: “Some raw food types grate them into obscurity or juice them in order to eat them, but I don’t recommend it. ” Ah, the ignorance of youth! Or at least the fears of a beet newbie. You know...
When I water my holiday cacti, I like to do so thoroughly in the sink. I use the handheld head on the faucet to spray down the whole plant, too. This helps to clean it off while also giving it a bit of extra moisture. I have my plants in an indoor potting soil mixture with some...
In 1939, after being told she couldn’t perform an Easter concert for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), African American opera star Marian Anderson held a performance at the Lincoln Memorial that prompted organizations to change their segregationist policies. In this image by an unkn...
The law also created exemptions for those products not used in potable services like manufacturing and irrigation, as well as toilets, bidets, urinals, fill valves, flush-o-meter valves, tub fillers, shower valves, service saddles, or water distribution main gate valves that are 2 inches in ...
The law also created exemptions for those products not used in potable services like manufacturing and irrigation, as well as toilets, bidets, urinals, fill valves, flush-o-meter valves, tub fillers, shower valves, service saddles, or water distribution main gate valves that are 2 inches in ...
the zones were created to service the largest cities in the country, so it was not a "universal" system. It did achieve it's purpose and was met with little resistance in those cities. The Postal Zone system lasted for 20 years until need, again, became the agent of change....
2 Turn off the power to the dishwasher. When the dishwasher is cool (in other words, not right after a wash cycle), look for the float inside the dishwasher. The float is usually a small plastic dome or cylinder mounted inside at the tub’s base, near the front. When you move most...