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Jun. 21st, 2010 10:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Tonight when I got home I was tired and sweaty (it was REALLY hot outside today!) and I just wanted to take a nap.
Instead I hauled my cookies to the hardware store where I got a bunch of cool stuff so now we have a splashblock (I didn't know what it was called until today!), some WD40 since ours went missing in the move, a stopper for the tub, some foaming pipe snake, an outlet tester, some "kill everything" spray so we can reclaim our overgrown brick sidewalk, some paper bags for yard waste, and some pegs for our shelves.
I installed the splashblock right away and I'm currently letting the bathtub drain sit with foamy stuff in it. Hopefully that will speed up its performance; it always worked great at our old place.
Pres Man grabbed the WD40 when he got home so he could hook up the washing machine (one of the connectors was locked with rust) but now the hose is leaking so when we broke it free it must've broken something we didn't mean to break. So tomorrow we will get new washing machine hoses and be all set there.
Also, a ladder because tomorrow We Will Clean Those Nasty Gutters.
Time to flush the tub and go to bed. Happy 21st!!
Instead I hauled my cookies to the hardware store where I got a bunch of cool stuff so now we have a splashblock (I didn't know what it was called until today!), some WD40 since ours went missing in the move, a stopper for the tub, some foaming pipe snake, an outlet tester, some "kill everything" spray so we can reclaim our overgrown brick sidewalk, some paper bags for yard waste, and some pegs for our shelves.
I installed the splashblock right away and I'm currently letting the bathtub drain sit with foamy stuff in it. Hopefully that will speed up its performance; it always worked great at our old place.
Pres Man grabbed the WD40 when he got home so he could hook up the washing machine (one of the connectors was locked with rust) but now the hose is leaking so when we broke it free it must've broken something we didn't mean to break. So tomorrow we will get new washing machine hoses and be all set there.
Also, a ladder because tomorrow We Will Clean Those Nasty Gutters.
Time to flush the tub and go to bed. Happy 21st!!
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Date: 2010-06-22 05:54 pm (UTC)It's too bad you don't live closer...you could have had ours. :-)
All of our downspouts feed into corrugated pipe, the type one would use for french drains, and run underground, many many feet away from our house. They're concrete, so throwing them away wouldn't be very nice for our trash pick-up peeps.
Hopefully that will speed up its performance; it always worked great at our old place.
We have slow performing drains, too. The foaming snake was the only one that ever did the trick. Since it only fixes the problem for a short period of time, I'm thinking we'll need to get the pros in to snake the drain.
So tomorrow we will get new washing machine hoses and be all set there.
Pick up the "metal" ones. :-)
Also, a ladder because tomorrow We Will Clean Those Nasty Gutters.
If you're not getting a tall ladder (or an extension ladder), I'd recommend a fiberglass ladder. They're heavier, but they're not conductors of electricity. Plus every aluminum ladder I've ever had perpetually gets aluminum "dust" all over my hands. Which, ultimately, then gets transferred to a wall. Grrrr!
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Date: 2010-06-22 06:50 pm (UTC)Dang, that would have been awesome! I would not worry as much about breakage or unauthorized movement with cement ones!
I'm thinking we'll need to get the pros in to snake the drain.
We will probably have to resort to this eventually also. Though we have a friend who has a snake and he has offered to let us use it. I just don't know if I'm up to that level of uckiness though.
Pick up the "metal" ones. :-)
Thanks for the tip; I'm guessing those are the strongest (least liable to break) kind?
If you're not getting a tall ladder (or an extension ladder), I'd recommend a fiberglass ladder. They're heavier, but they're not conductors of electricity.
I think we might be getting an extension ladder, but if I'm wrong I will definitely look for a fiberglass one. Thanks!
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Date: 2010-06-22 07:37 pm (UTC)Yes, they are less susceptible to breaking or splitting. I'm referring to ones like this (http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xno/R-202049926/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053).