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We often work on tubs, here we are disconnecting the drain from the tub. Homeowner was a little confused so we went at it slow. I was telling him that the tile should come out and a new tub should be installed. The drain was a bit wonky, and really this is the hard way to do it. My apprentice...

Shimming a bowl is pretty common. Shimming the back of the bowl typically works best. Your flange looks to be plastic, and should be secured to the floor. If you set the bowl down over it, check to see if it needs shimming. Here the bowl is shimmed and the cut off. Rubber shims are...

I would suggest Going to a children's park And practice going down the slides there. Those are about 10' high and that will help you get used to some height. Next, try staring into a coffee cup And imagine a world far, far away. A world with tall cliffs and raging rivers far below. Feel the...

You can pinch the ends of the clip inward as you push them through. Really. Just do it.

I think you either need a good pump, or a way to siphon the water out of the ditch. Are you good at swimming? Sadly, most PVC glues don't like being used below water. They are kind of picky that way.

Thermostatic? That means you need to adjust the handle on them. Find out the brand, pull out the instructions and go mad dog on them. You should be able to lick this one in the bud.

So I take it you "have" pulled the handles and check the hot temperature limits? Because, being the careful man I am, that's the first thing I would have done. Seriously, the first thing. Not the second, why are you even thinking it would be the second thing, no way man, the first! Okay, do...

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. I do see you doing that. Be excellent in all your plumbing.

Okay, I gotta ask because I've never seen an UP valve before, or maybe I have and didn't know it was UP because water from the shower head should only be there when you want it to. So the trick is to install the valve, the UP valve with the word UP on the lower side. I'm thinking about...

I don't think a blow torch is going to help. :)

Gigantopithecus The first Gigantopithecus remains described by an anthropologist were found in 1935 by Ralph von Koenigswald in an apothecary shop. Since then, relatively few fossils of Gigantopithecus have been recovered. Sittings of Bigfoot are rare, and so are imploded water heaters. That...

Yes. It will "BEE" aright.

I think you're going to have to break down and buy some new parts there pardner. Don't worry. It will keep the economy going if you splurge on some new fittings. If you have a plastic pipe coming out of the wall, that's where you would glue a trap adapter. Buy some glue, it will buy someone...

Chocolate in the diet is no good. My wife likes chocolate.

You had to pour water in the bowl, because the rim hole had plugged. Yes.........a bucket is handy to flush a toilet. Always keep a bucket next to the stool they say. :)

None of the YouTube video's that I have seen were done by competent plumbers. Most I've seen are by homeowners playing doctor with tools that they found in the garage. There is nothing in them that I would want my kids to see. I don't want em picking up bad habits. Tubing bursts when you are at...

That's groovy news. Make sure you pull off within 42" for the vent from the trap and you're golden.

Oh my God! A new toilet needs a new supply line. Quick question if you can answer this. How much will it cost to replace the lower portion of the drywall in your home, the padding under the carpets, the floors under your kitchen cabinets and resetting them, and then painting? Is it going to...

I should talk to my cousin about it. I'm not sure we're related, but I'm guess so. I could do health care. I have it with work though, so it's been good. I just need to keep working to make sure I maintain it. Some of my buddies have gone through their Cobra though. They're young yet, but still.

I like the double cyclone by Toto for the lime. Just two large outlets on the rinse. Not a lot of those little pin holes that you normally see.