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Great, thank you. I appreciate. I did some additional poking around myself and I see that this "ball" arm is somewhat common on older showers. I guess my only concern now is -- since the shower...

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My house has a circa 1970s shower head that appears to be attached to the pipe with a wider-than-normal, rotating ball and socket head.

I can't see what's there without breaking open...

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I think I was originally thinking about the furring strips in the wrong way.

There's already a 2x4 structure for the ceiling that sits below the...

Well, I also typically hate them...but what about a suspended ceiling in this circumstance? I guess they've got some nicer patterns these days.

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Thanks. I know that would be "best practices" for a new room, but there's no other way in this specific instance? That's going to probably add a full day to the project, once I deal with...

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We're halfway through a bathroom/laundry room renovation in the House That's Full of Surprises.

The latest is that we had some (suspected) asbestos ceiling tile formally abated while...

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Thanks. Is there a preferred insulation for that use? I know there's the armacell foam type and rubber insulation, but I'm a DIYer, so I'm not always clear which gets used in different...

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We've got two bathrooms stacked - one small one (5x5) on the first floor adjacent to a laundry room, and a second one on the 2nd floor with a small shower. There's space between them for...

What about if there's a green patina on the pipe already? Do I need to clean or gently sand the pipe before wrapping it to get rid of any existing oxidation?

Sorry - I've gotten a few different...

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I'm doing a bathroom renovation and found some fist-sized divots in the concrete slab once the old vinyl floor was removed and the trim off. Two of those divots are near pipes - one's a...