bigc wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:39 pm I'm trying to replace the faucet in my main bathroom. It's all SUPER easy, except I can't reach the water supply connection just under the sink where the connection hits the faucet. I can feel it, but I can't get a wrench in there.

I'm gonna have pay a plumber a couple hundred dollars to loosen a simple hex fitting that I can't reach, aren't I?

EDIT: Just grabbed one of these https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Basin ... /304217758

motorbike guy wrote: Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:16 pm I just learned this, and it was helpful so I thought I would mention it.

Kohler has a lifetime warranty on their faucets. All you have to do is show that you bought the faucet and it is leaking and they will send you a new "cartridge" which is the internal guts of the thing. totally free.

our bathroom faucet was leaking around the handle, so 15 minutes on the phone with Kohler customer service and they sent the thing, and I installed it and it doesn't leak anymore.

other manufacturers may have a similar deals, but my wife's family includes several plumbers and they always tell us to buy kohler, so we buy kohler.

motorbike guy wrote: Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:16 pm I just learned this, and it was helpful so I thought I would mention it.

Kohler has a lifetime warranty on their faucets. All you have to do is show that you bought the faucet and it is leaking and they will send you a new "cartridge" which is the internal guts of the thing. totally free.

our bathroom faucet was leaking around the handle, so 15 minutes on the phone with Kohler customer service and they sent the thing, and I installed it and it doesn't leak anymore.

other manufacturers may have a similar deals, but my wife's family includes several plumbers and they always tell us to buy kohler, so we buy kohler.

biscuitdough wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:05 pm

motorbike guy wrote: Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:16 pm I just learned this, and it was helpful so I thought I would mention it.

Kohler has a lifetime warranty on their faucets. All you have to do is show that you bought the faucet and it is leaking and they will send you a new "cartridge" which is the internal guts of the thing. totally free.

our bathroom faucet was leaking around the handle, so 15 minutes on the phone with Kohler customer service and they sent the thing, and I installed it and it doesn't leak anymore.

other manufacturers may have a similar deals, but my wife's family includes several plumbers and they always tell us to buy kohler, so we buy kohler.

Every plumber seems to say this about Kohler, Delta of Moen. No plumber seems to have this opinion of any other brand. They seem split on which of the above three, but it’s always from that short list.

TylerDeadPine wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:37 am Was replacing two sets of bathroom fixtures that both were horrendously corroded/worn/damaged from ultra-hard southern california water when our dishwasher control board died, which was fine because replacing a dishwasher isn't hard and I hated this one that has been here since we moved into this house. I was excited, got a good deal on a Bosch - got it home and pulled out the old dishwasher.... Horrifyingly to reveal hoards of dead cockroaches. Right, right we knew the previous owners (friends of ours) had roach treatment once, and we had fumigated before we moved in, and luckily all were head, but it was still disgusting cleaning it up. The subfloor beneath the dishwasher looked good though, right up until the vacuum went right through it in the back corner near the sink. Also, sink, my heart. I started digging out rotted wood subfloor from under the cabinetry until I reached pieces that just had like a black lichen on them - oddly not looking like black mold, and nothing was wet, and like almost a mud on things - like the wood had just turned into dried, cold mud. I took apart the lazy susan on the other side of the ink and the subfloor there was good - so at least it didn't go that direction. I sprayed bleach on everything and then sealed it with tape and garbage bags so the mold wouldn't potentially kill my neutropenic, chemo-therapy taking spouse. I don't want to touch it until I get a mold guy in next week and my spouse out of the house for a few days.
A couple days after I put the garbage bags down I found the source of water - cracks in the grout of the backsplash were letting water leak down the wall from the counter when doing dishes or anything wet on that counter space leak the smallest amount back there - like maybe half a teaspoon if I was vigorously doing dishes ... which ironically I've had to do more of, because of the original dishwasher problem.

sigh.

RyanZ wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:26 am

TylerDeadPine wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:37 am Was replacing two sets of bathroom fixtures that both were horrendously corroded/worn/damaged from ultra-hard southern california water when our dishwasher control board died, which was fine because replacing a dishwasher isn't hard and I hated this one that has been here since we moved into this house. I was excited, got a good deal on a Bosch - got it home and pulled out the old dishwasher.... Horrifyingly to reveal hoards of dead cockroaches. Right, right we knew the previous owners (friends of ours) had roach treatment once, and we had fumigated before we moved in, and luckily all were head, but it was still disgusting cleaning it up. The subfloor beneath the dishwasher looked good though, right up until the vacuum went right through it in the back corner near the sink. Also, sink, my heart. I started digging out rotted wood subfloor from under the cabinetry until I reached pieces that just had like a black lichen on them - oddly not looking like black mold, and nothing was wet, and like almost a mud on things - like the wood had just turned into dried, cold mud. I took apart the lazy susan on the other side of the ink and the subfloor there was good - so at least it didn't go that direction. I sprayed bleach on everything and then sealed it with tape and garbage bags so the mold wouldn't potentially kill my neutropenic, chemo-therapy taking spouse. I don't want to touch it until I get a mold guy in next week and my spouse out of the house for a few days.
A couple days after I put the garbage bags down I found the source of water - cracks in the grout of the backsplash were letting water leak down the wall from the counter when doing dishes or anything wet on that counter space leak the smallest amount back there - like maybe half a teaspoon if I was vigorously doing dishes ... which ironically I've had to do more of, because of the original dishwasher problem.

sigh.

The longer that I own a home, the more I think my dream home should be made like an industrial building. The kitchen would have concrete floors and walls with drains everywhere. 100% spray down friendly. All pipes and conduit on the outside of walls. All bathrooms would be the same like the locker room at a gym. It boggles my mind that there are not more isolation and shut off valves throughout home in case of a burst pipe.

biscuitdough wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:16 pm

RyanZ wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:26 am

TylerDeadPine wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:37 am Was replacing two sets of bathroom fixtures that both were horrendously corroded/worn/damaged from ultra-hard southern california water when our dishwasher control board died, which was fine because replacing a dishwasher isn't hard and I hated this one that has been here since we moved into this house. I was excited, got a good deal on a Bosch - got it home and pulled out the old dishwasher.... Horrifyingly to reveal hoards of dead cockroaches. Right, right we knew the previous owners (friends of ours) had roach treatment once, and we had fumigated before we moved in, and luckily all were head, but it was still disgusting cleaning it up. The subfloor beneath the dishwasher looked good though, right up until the vacuum went right through it in the back corner near the sink. Also, sink, my heart. I started digging out rotted wood subfloor from under the cabinetry until I reached pieces that just had like a black lichen on them - oddly not looking like black mold, and nothing was wet, and like almost a mud on things - like the wood had just turned into dried, cold mud. I took apart the lazy susan on the other side of the ink and the subfloor there was good - so at least it didn't go that direction. I sprayed bleach on everything and then sealed it with tape and garbage bags so the mold wouldn't potentially kill my neutropenic, chemo-therapy taking spouse. I don't want to touch it until I get a mold guy in next week and my spouse out of the house for a few days.
A couple days after I put the garbage bags down I found the source of water - cracks in the grout of the backsplash were letting water leak down the wall from the counter when doing dishes or anything wet on that counter space leak the smallest amount back there - like maybe half a teaspoon if I was vigorously doing dishes ... which ironically I've had to do more of, because of the original dishwasher problem.

sigh.

The longer that I own a home, the more I think my dream home should be made like an industrial building. The kitchen would have concrete floors and walls with drains everywhere. 100% spray down friendly. All pipes and conduit on the outside of walls. All bathrooms would be the same like the locker room at a gym. It boggles my mind that there are not more isolation and shut off valves throughout home in case of a burst pipe.

I think this isn’t done because it’s not kid friendly.

Someone mentioned chair height toilets. I might actually stock up on the standard height ones. It seems like the industry wants to push the extra tall ones, which lead to uncomfortable shitting for me (5’11”, 32” inseam, so not incredibly short or anything).