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		<title>How To Remove A Toilet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most bathroom remodeling projects require you to remove and replace most of features in the bathroom during the renovation process. That means that if you&#8217;re putting down new floors, painting the walls or replacing fixtures you&#8217;re almost definitely going to have to remove the toilet and then reinstall the same toilet or a new toilet when you&#8217;re at the end of the project. Toilets can also be removed and replaced if they&#8217;re leaking, if they&#8217;re beyond repair or you just want to update the style. Removing a toilet from a bathroom is a fairly easy process, though there are some pitfalls to watch out for. Tools Needed Towels Large Bucket Plastic cup Wrenches Rubber Gloves Prepping the Toilet for Removal Now that you have your tools, let&#8217;s start the project. It&#8217;s not very difficult to remove a toilet from a bathroom, but you&#8217;re going to have to be patient and follow the steps in order. You can&#8217;t just yank the toilet off the floor, though. There are a number of precautions you have to take before you get started. Step 1 &#8211; Turn off the Water: This step is obvious, but you&#8217;d be shocked at how many times people forget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Replace A Shower Head</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Replacing an old shower head in the bathroom is one of the easiest, quickest and cheapest ways you can give your bathroom a whole new look and feel.  You might also want to replace your shower head if you find that it&#8217;s starting to leak or if the water spraying out of them is beginning to come out uneven or squirt in various directions. If your shower head has some white film on it or you see a little clusters of white or grey crystals building up then you&#8217;ll probably want to consider replacing (or at least cleaning) your shower head.  The build up is most likely from minerals in your water that have, over time, dried and begun to block up your shower head holes.  This is generally not a dangerous situation, but it can affect the water pressure in your shower and it doesn&#8217;t give off a great impression if you&#8217;re trying to sell your house or show it off to visitors. What You&#8217;ll Need Old Rags Teflon Tape (often included with new shower heads) Vice-grips or plumbing wrench Small Screwdriver New shower head Step 1: Buy a New Shower Head.  Fortunately, replacing a shower head is relatively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Replace A Leaky or Old Water Valve</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below almost every sink and toilet in your home there should be one or two little knobs attached to the pipes coming out of the walls. These are shut-off valves for the water supply to your bathroom and kitchen. You probably go years without thinking of them until the one day when you actually need to use them to shut off the water when you&#8217;re taking out a toilet or repairing a leaky faucet that won&#8217;t stop dripping. The problem is that these valves rust and wear out over time even though (or because) they aren&#8217;t used very often in most cases. Every couple of years you should probably test the water shut-off valves in your home just to make sure they&#8217;re working and don&#8217;t leak themselves. Before you do this you should probably be somewhat familiar with how the plumbing in your home works. You&#8217;ll want to know where the main water shut-off valve is for your entire house so that if something goes wrong you can, in an emergency, run to the main valve and turn off all your water. To test a water valve you can either turn your faucet on or flush your toilet and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case of the Mysterious Basement Leak</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basement Remodeling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was while I was in the middle of framing and insulating my basement that I first found the mysterious leak in my basement. One sunny day I was happily putting up steel framing and when I returned the next rainy day I found a pie-plate sized puddle forming right where the basement foundation and cinder block walls met. My basement has always been bone dry until I found this leak, which suddenly had me wondering if I should even bother to refinish my basement because anything I did down there might be subject to flooding or water damage. This had been a particularly wet season with a lot of melting snow followed by a lot of rain, so I wasn&#8217;t sure if it was just something I had never experienced or if this was a genuinely new problem that wasn&#8217;t there before. Before I became too worked up I decided to see if I could simply figure out what was going on. I lined up my suspects and methodically examined each one. Suspect#1 &#8211; A Leak In The Basement Foundation: I didn&#8217;t actually see any sort of a crack or split between the wall and floor but we had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Repair a Shower Valve (With Photos)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Repairing a shower valve is one of those home repairs that most homeowners find they need to do every few years, depending on a number of factors including how many people use the shower, your faucet brand and even what type of water you have in your home. Whether you have a single handle &#8220;cartridge&#8221; type of faucet or a two handle &#8220;valve and washer&#8221; type of faucet in your shower, the repair for each type is actually pretty similar. Problems Caused By A Leaky Shower Valve After removing the shower knob and protective sleeve and flange, you&#8217;re left with an ugly hole in the wall. Let&#8217;s first go over some of the symptoms your shower may have if you have a faucet or valve that needs to be repaired. The most obvious symptom and the one that most people complain about is a leaky shower or tub faucet. If you put turn the handle to the completely closed position and you still have a constant drip or flow of water for a minute or more then you most likely have a leaky shower. If you have two shower handles then you may want to take some time to test [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Remove A Stuck Shower Knob or Faucet Handle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/?p=630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple years I&#8217;ve removed and replaced every shower knob and bathroom and kitchen faucet in my 50 year old home. I&#8217;m not a plumber but I&#8217;ve watched and learned from some professional plumbers and I&#8217;ve done just enough basic plumbing work around my house that I&#8217;m beginning to get a feel for some of tricks of the trade. Here&#8217;s a shower wrench seated on a shower valve that&#8217;s sunk in the wall. If you feel uncomfortable or unsure about your plumbing skills or and you don&#8217;t want to risk damaging your shower or sink or any of your plumbing then you may want to call a professional plumber. Even the smallest leak can be incredibly damaging to a home and I guarantee that paying a plumber to do a job right the first time will always be less expensive than paying a plumber to fix something that you broke later. That being said, there are plenty of small plumbing jobs around the home that most adventurous do-it-yourselfers can do without too much difficulty. One of the most common plumbing home improvements that most people attempt at some point is replacing or repairing worn out faucet handles or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Wasting Water By Fixing These Common Bathroom Leaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to help the environment by saving water and save yourself some money then you should consider checking all your bathroom fixtures for leaks. If they do leak then you&#8217;ll want to repair those leaks as quickly as possible. This is one home improvement project that just about anyone can get a start on. Fortunately, many minor repairs around the bathroom are relatively easy to tackle if you have a little patience and a few very basic tools. The bathroom is the most likely room to find a majority of minor water leaks that are preventable. The bathroom almost always has the most water outlets and is one of the most heavily used rooms in any home. Here are some are few common leaks you may find and be able to fix in a bathroom: Sink Faucet Drips: A sink faucet that drips can be annoying, but most people don&#8217;t think much of it until they realize how much water they&#8217;re wasting each day. Try this: place a glass under the dripping faucet and see how much water you collect in an hour and then multiply that amount by 24 hours. Chances are, you&#8217;ll be shocked by how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toilet Keeps Running?  Replace the Flapper!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the water in your toilet is running intermittently or if it sounds like the water in your toilet won&#8217;t stop running, then the most obvious cause is almost always the toilet flapper. I had this happen to me recently and thought I&#8217;d explain how I fixed it. The more a toilet runs when it&#8217;s not flushing, the more you are wasting water and racking up your water bill. Replacing that cheap toilet flapper is a simple DIY plumbing project that could save hundreds of dollars in water bills over the years. My old toilet flapper. The curled and worn lip seal around the flapper edge was leaking and causing my toilet to run intermittently. The toilet flapper is that little rubber gasket at the bottom of your toilet tank that is attached to one end of the chain or lever which extends up to most toilet handles. It helps if you understand how a toilet works. Most standard American toilets are pretty straight-forward devices: they have a tank which holds water and a bowl with some odd bends in the pipes beneath it. The toilet flapper sits between the tank and the boil. A toilet works with the help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Replace a Shower Diverter Valve</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a combination bathtub and shower and over the past three months or so I noticed that whenever I turned the knob to &#8220;shower&#8221; I still had a fair amount of water coming out of the tub faucet. Basically, water was leaking from the shower valve and coming out my tub faucet. My dated and barely working shower knob. The water coming from out of the tub faucet was clearly taking away from the water pressure that was getting to the shower hose and nozzle. This means that whenever the shower was being run in my house we&#8217;d have to crank the water all the way up just to get enough water pressure out to take a decent shower. And while showering water was gushing out of the bath tub faucet below, immediately going down the drain and becoming a huge waste of water. I also found that if I had the water pressure turned on just right I&#8217;d manage to get the pipes banging and screeching in my walls. In the past I&#8217;ve been a little shy about working on plumbing. I&#8217;m the guy who ended up calling a plumber to remove a shower knob and replace a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn From My Plumbing Mistake: Don&#8217;t Pay $133.75 For A Tiny Rubber Washer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night we ran a bath for our son and when I turned off the hot water a strange thing happened: the hot water did not turn off. I twisted and pushed and turned, but no matter what I did with the 40 year old shower faucet, the hot water kept running out as though I wasn&#8217;t even there. I sighed and then ran down to the basement and turned off the hot water for the shower. Once my son was in bed I started working on the faucet. Most faucets leak because of worn out washers, so you generally just have to replace the washer to stop the leak. I had to take off the hot water knob, unscrew the valve stem and check the washer on the inside to see if it had to be replaced or not. It looked straightforward enough, so I grabbed a few tools and gave it a shot. I removed the screw in the center of the knob and tried to tug it off. It didn&#8217;t budge. I pulled some more. Nothing moved. I grabbed the knob with both hands and pulled, but this time I noticed that the pipes inside the wall [...]]]></description>
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