Home Ownership

[bzarcher]

The moment when you realize "I could totally fix this myself, if the $critical small part hadn't rusted out and shattered."

In a not unrelated story, I took the jammed drain plug out of my bathroom sink today after the Angelbeat seminar. Further repairs on hold until I see if I can replace said part without buying a whole new faucet.

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[las.livejournal.com]

We recently lost $critical small part on our dryer and our back french doors, both. Annoyingly hard to find, both.

[flaggerx.livejournal.com]

HOw is the dryer?

[las.livejournal.com]

The part is on order and should be here Tuesday.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Did the Sears parts store have any suggestions?

[las.livejournal.com]

Yes, eventually. Part's on order.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

That's good news, anyhow!

[spiralpegasus.livejournal.com]

So far so good, but I remain suspicious of the hot water heater. Plus there's the occasional gas smell coming from the kitchen that nobody can seem to trace.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Gas company check it out, too? That is a little concerning.

Good luck on the water heater!

[spiralpegasus.livejournal.com]

The only gas line in the kitchen is to the stove, and me 'n Dad checked it out. Pilot lights are lit and there's no leak in the gas line itself. Might be one in the stove, it's more than a little old so I may have to put that on the same shopping list as the dishwasher.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh. Fair enough.

Yeah, the stove that came with our house had just enough "little problems" that we decided it was worth just buying a new one.

[flaggerx.livejournal.com]

Does it need replacement or can it be cleaned? Or is part of the lever mechanism missing?

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

The piece coming into the main drain pipe from the lever, which the drain plug itself hooks into, has snapped. Once I removed the entire drain and cleaned all the parts (hoping I could clean and reassemble it), you can see where it snapped off the lever, and the rusty remnant that was still hanging off the drain plug.

[flaggerx.livejournal.com]

Well, they're pretty easy to change with a decent sized set of channel locks.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Oh? I didn't think they'd sell that without the rest of the faucet.