The Home Ownership Thread

[double00]

Fire and flood zones can be delineated.
In a totally unregulated market they would just tell large areas to **** off.

our house is enrolled in the nat'l flood insurance program . I've been reading a bunch of stories this past week that have me researching how to mitigate needing to hold the insurance :

Conflicting federal policies may cost residents more on flood insurance, and leave them at risk

An Associated Press review has found that thousands of people may be paying more for flood insurance or remain unaware of the dangers of dam failures because of conflicting federal policies.

apnews.com

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/26/how-national-flood-insurance-program-deadline-may-affect-home-buyers.html

 

[venividivicibj]

@otc did you recently buy a power tool system? What did you get?

 

[Fueco]

I managed to kill the circuit breaker for the garage this evening (mental note, don’t plug the portable power station in on the same circuit as a freezer and refrigerator!).

Fortunately, this happened 20 minutes before Home Depot closed, so I was able to go get a replacement. I was out the door just at closing time.

So, a point for DIYers…

 

[gettoasty]

wrong thread

 

[otc]

@otc did you recently buy a power tool system? What did you get?

Milwaukee 18V fuel (brushless).

Got the combo kit with the big 1/2” drill with hammer mode and the impact driver. Also got the Fuel hackzall.

Both were bought using the Home Depot battery hack that’s common on slickdeals where you buy a tool that comes with a “free” battery (or vice versa) and then return the battery. The way they account for it on the receipt means you actually get money back even though the battery was “free”.

Will probably pick up an oscillating multi tool at some point and maybe a circular saw.

They are super nice. I could have gotten more Ryobi tools for less money and they would have worked just fine…but I’m glad I went with the nice stuff. With the hack sale it wasn’t that much more money than the closest Ryobi kit I could find on sale (which came with another tool, but was some crappy filler that I wouldn’t ever actually use).

Almost got some brushless dewalt…I’m sure they would have been fine too. Or I could have bought a mega pack of older brushed tools for similar money…which again would have worked fine, but I don’t actually need all those tools.

 

[UnFacconable]

A'ight, I need help. I've got this sink hand sprayer that broke a few months ago (in a way that a sprayer should never break - the internal brass tube somehow exploded). Not confidence inspiring. Got a warranty replacement (which took forever) which included the hose but since I didn't have a hose problem I took the sprayer off the new hose and attached it to the old hose.

Turns out that the sprayer hose sprung a leak right away too. FML.

Fortunately I have the new hose so I can transfer it all over, but there really isn't a lot of room to operate between the sink and the cabinet wall. I thought about pulling the whole faucet fixture out but that seems to be a no go as well.

Pictures attached. Is there something easy I'm missing? I figured I would go down to the hardware store to get a flex wrench to see if that will help but I'm still not sure it will work. I need to get silicon tape anyway to get the job done but really wondering what I'm going to do.

 

[beargonefishing]

A'ight, I need help. I've got this sink hand sprayer that broke a few months ago (in a way that a sprayer should never break - the internal brass tube somehow exploded). Not confidence inspiring. Got a warranty replacement (which took forever) which included the hose but since I didn't have a hose problem I took the sprayer off the new hose and attached it to the old hose.

Turns out that the sprayer hose sprung a leak right away too. FML.

Fortunately I have the new hose so I can transfer it all over, but there really isn't a lot of room to operate between the sink and the cabinet wall. I thought about pulling the whole faucet fixture out but that seems to be a no go as well.

Pictures attached. Is there something easy I'm missing? I figured I would go down to the hardware store to get a flex wrench to see if that will help but I'm still not sure it will work. I need to get silicon tape anyway to get the job done but really wondering what I'm going to do.

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Looks like a ball bearing issue. What are the tolerances set at? You might need to engineer a bypass valve to counteract lateral forces applied vertically.

 

[Numbernine]

A'ight, I need help. I've got this sink hand sprayer that broke a few months ago (in a way that a sprayer should never break - the internal brass tube somehow exploded). Not confidence inspiring. Got a warranty replacement (which took forever) which included the hose but since I didn't have a hose problem I took the sprayer off the new hose and attached it to the old hose.

Turns out that the sprayer hose sprung a leak right away too. FML.

Fortunately I have the new hose so I can transfer it all over, but there really isn't a lot of room to operate between the sink and the cabinet wall. I thought about pulling the whole faucet fixture out but that seems to be a no go as well.

Pictures attached. Is there something easy I'm missing? I figured I would go down to the hardware store to get a flex wrench to see if that will help but I'm still not sure it will work. I need to get silicon tape anyway to get the job done but really wondering what I'm going to do.

Shouldn't need teflon tape there should be a gasket inside the nut but if you're a belt and suspenders guy go for it oops nvm that looks like male pipe thread. I like a light coat of paste, 3 wraps of tape and another thin coat of paste.

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[UnFacconable]

Shouldn't need teflon tape there should be a gasket inside the nut but if you're a belt and suspenders guy go for it oops nvm that looks like male pipe thread. I like a light coat of paste, 3 wraps of tape and another thin coat of paste.

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www.amazon.com

Thanks - got one of those but haven't been able to get the forker to free up. I did pull the hose down through the whatever-you-call-the-counter-hole so maybe that will give me a better shot at breaking it with the basin wrench.

Just tried again and there really isn't enough room to twist the wrench because of the hot and cold water taps. Also, the spring doesn't feel remotely strong enough as the stupid nut (which is like 12 sided, although it looks round in the picture below) just spins inside the wrench.

I'm pretty close to just throwing away the house and building a new one.

 

[Numbernine]

Thanks - got one of those but haven't been able to get the forker to free up. I did pull the hose down through the whatever-you-call-the-counter-hole so maybe that will give me a better shot at breaking it with the basin wrench.

Just tried again and there really isn't enough room to twist the wrench because of the hot and cold water taps. Also, the spring doesn't feel remotely strong enough as the stupid nut (which is like 12 sided, although it looks round in the picture below) just spins inside the wrench.

I'm pretty close to just throwing away the house and building a new one.

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I would probably just pull the whole assembly and do it on the bench 🤷‍♂️ Cut your losses. You don't want to twist that copper tube.

 

[Numbernine]

Btw that that counter-hole as you called is actually called a cock hole, no really. Google it and the first few hits you get are unsurprisingly for appreciation hub.

 

[UnFacconable]

I would probably just pull the whole assembly and do it on the bench 🤷‍♂️ Cut your losses. You don't want to twist that copper tube.

You can't see it in the picture but the nut I need to remove to take the assembly is even harder to get to.

This is a very lightly-used ~1 year old fixture that cost like $1500. The replacement sprayer (which broke in a way that no plumbing product ever should) cost $350 - although I was able to get it warrantied through no small effort. It was easy enough to put the new sprayer on the old hose, but the old hose started leaking through a pinhole shortly thereafter, so it's not like it's just one quality issue.

I will never buy another Watermark product (I guess to be clear, I never directly bought a watermark product, this home came full of them). I guess I can look forward to many more headaches.

 

[Numbernine]

You can't see it in the picture but the nut I need to remove to take the assembly is even harder to get to.

This is a very lightly-used ~1 year old fixture that cost like $1500. The replacement sprayer (which broke in a way that no plumbing product ever should) cost $350 - although I was able to get it warrantied through no small effort. It was easy enough to put the new sprayer on the old hose, but the old hose started leaking through a pinhole shortly thereafter, so it's not like it's just one quality issue.

I will never buy another Watermark product (I guess to be clear, I never directly bought a watermark product, this home came full of them). I guess I can look forward to many more headaches.

Right after I cleared into the San Jose local I took a job with a small commercial plumbing contractor (2-5 men) for 4 years I got a plumbing license and learned a lot. In those days valves were 100% rebuildable with universal parts, seals, seats etc available at neighborhood hardware stores. Chicago Brass was imo the best. Now everything's throwaway. 🤷‍♂️
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[Piobaire]

I can't believe no one has tagged in @patrickBOOTH over this plumbing issue.

 

[HRoi]

Now that we’re talking about cock holes, pB will be around shortly