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Caveman Jim
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Location: In my Cave near the Cloquallum Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013 Posts: 7820
Real Name: Jim Sr.
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Old Growth wrote: Also a good time to move that lower one to a more friendly height.
I would gain access to the area behind before ever putting a twist on anything. It could twist off whos knows where at further up the line or even break a tee off feeding something further up the line.
Murphy's law has taken ANY optimism out of my life. Preach it brother! My dads was named “Murphy”
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Old Growth
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Location: Nisqually Valley Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016 Posts: 4842
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Caveman Jim wrote: If you cannot do it yourself then I would suggest you employ a license and bonded plumber to take care of your problem not your uncle Joe’s nephew apprentice who is just doing a side job. All a lic/bond is good for is liability. I’ve seen just as many hacks with a lic than decent DIY or side job folks. Proper paperwork does not make you a quality tradesman.
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Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:08 pm |
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NWGunner
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Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu May 2, 2013 Posts: 12475
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Old Growth wrote: Caveman Jim wrote: If you cannot do it yourself then I would suggest you employ a license and bonded plumber to take care of your problem not your uncle Joe’s nephew apprentice who is just doing a side job. All a lic/bond is good for is liability.That’s kinda important…
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Caveman Jim
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Location: In my Cave near the Cloquallum Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013 Posts: 7820
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Old Growth wrote: Caveman Jim wrote: If you cannot do it yourself then I would suggest you employ a license and bonded plumber to take care of your problem not your uncle Joe’s nephew apprentice who is just doing a side job. All a lic/bond is good for is liability.I’ve seen just as many hacks with a lic than decent DIY or side job folks. Proper paperwork does not make you a quality tradesman. That was the intent of my comment. Yeah I’ve seen more union fuck ups than Carter’s got liver pills.
_________________"You are either with us...as Americans. Or, You are against us. There is no IN BETWEEN." ??? "We cannot negotiate with those who say, 'What's mine is mine, and what's yours is negotiable.'" JFK "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” -Ben Franklin MadPick wrote: I don't think you beat your children enough.
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new daddy
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Location: Normandy Park Joined: Sun Mar 11, 2012 Posts: 1416
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If you don't want to tackle it, find a handyman. Best to find an old guy who works word of mouth - check NextDoor and ask around. The guy I use, charges about $65 an hour and parts are cost plus 10%. For a job like this, he's charge by the hour - but he'd bill you for the time it takes him to run for parts. On big jobs, he gives me a list and lets me go get everything.
My worst fear is he's old and going to retire in the next year or so - he only works about 4-5 hours a day now.
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Old Growth
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Location: Nisqually Valley Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016 Posts: 4842
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NWGunner wrote: Old Growth wrote: Caveman Jim wrote: If you cannot do it yourself then I would suggest you employ a license and bonded plumber to take care of your problem not your uncle Joe’s nephew apprentice who is just doing a side job. All a lic/bond is good for is liability.That’s kinda important… its not always relevant.
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Old Growth
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Location: Nisqually Valley Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016 Posts: 4842
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new daddy wrote: If you don't want to tackle it, find a handyman. Best to find an old guy who works word of mouth - check NextDoor and ask around. The guy I use, charges about $65 an hour and parts are cost plus 10%. For a job like this, he's charge by the hour - but he'd bill you for the time it takes him to run for parts. On big jobs, he gives me a list and lets me go get everything.
My worst fear is he's old and going to retire in the next year or so - he only works about 4-5 hours a day now. This ^^^^ 100 percent.
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Arisaka
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Location: Tacoma Joined: Sat May 4, 2013 Posts: 6226
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Pretty sure a lot of us here could have replaced both spigots in the time it’s taken to discuss how to do it.
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Wed Jan 03, 2024 5:23 pm |
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NWGunner
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Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu May 2, 2013 Posts: 12475
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Old Growth wrote: NWGunner wrote: Old Growth wrote: Caveman Jim wrote: If you cannot do it yourself then I would suggest you employ a license and bonded plumber to take care of your problem not your uncle Joe’s nephew apprentice who is just doing a side job. All a lic/bond is good for is liability.That’s kinda important… its not always relevant. True
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User 1234
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Location: Pierce County Joined: Sun Oct 14, 2018 Posts: 1127
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Thank you all. This weekend I’ll take a look inside the crawl space and see what I need to do the urgent one.
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Wed Jan 03, 2024 5:53 pm |
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Caveman Jim
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Arisaka wrote: Pretty sure a lot of us here could have replaced both spigots in the time it’s taken to discuss how to do it. Hell yeah, even with borrowing all the tools from your neighbor and BSin with him/her for an hour or two before you actually get to it.
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dreadi
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Location: Tacoma, Washington Joined: Fri Nov 21, 2014 Posts: 8388
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shaggy
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Location: Snohomish Co Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2018 Posts: 1817
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The other question here... Is it just because it is leaking? Can you pop it apart and replace the seals?
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cmica
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shaggy wrote: The other question here... Is it just because it is leaking? Can you pop it apart and replace the seals? This..... I was just gonna mention this. a washer is all you'll need
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Bob Lee Swagger
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The first pic is not "frost free" (but looks like it might have a vacuum breaker, maybe) and can't tell what brand it is but the second one with the green handle is Arrowhead brand. Repair kits for the arrowheads are available locally and swapouts are easily accomplished. The first pic of the angled spigot was likely an add on after final inspection was completed as no inspector would sign that off unless there's a dedicated shut off for it inside the heated space somewhere. The first pic spigot is likely an "fip" connection or female iron pipe and has a male adapter poking just past the wall it screws onto. You might get lucky and be able to spin the angled one off and a new one on but if it's type m (thin wall) copper and unsupported in the wall the joint could fail whilst repairing and warrant a wall opening. The arrowhead is an easy fix. I'm a PL01 drowning in commercial work who misses the simple residential days of years past but is happy to empower others and help save them money. Feel free to pm if needed. You can do this.
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