Mighty Toilet Warriors

[drbassman]

Ask and ye shall recieve..................
How off-duty drag queens spend their day away from work 

My hands are soft from the water, no bass playing for at least 45 mins.

Awwwww...how scary can it get?  Don't go in there!   

[drbassman]

We should see pics of Al's project too........

[Dave W]

I like Carlo's pic. Nice open feel to that bathroom. 

[Pilgrim]

Lots of respect for Carlo's project from here!  More than I would tackle by choice.

Good news - the insurance adjuster looked for ways to help rather than to hurt, so we're insured on almost everything.  There was some mold in the kitchen wall, and some flooring was rotted.  The adjuster said that he would cover everything that he has seen in similar short-term problems (which is the area of coverage), essentially side-stepping the question of whether that damage was actually caused by a longer-term problem.  The rotted flooring is definitely long-term, so he's not covering that.  But his approach means we have coverage on mold removal, sheetrock repair, carpet replacement and about 95% of the project.  

That was very helpful of him...a more strict interpretation could have resulted in us covering $2000-$3000 more in expenses.

Here's the current state of the kitchen wall, showing the hole where the rotted flooring above the basement will be replaced.  The leaking drain pipe is in the center of the photo, with the penny just out of the frame at the top:



The area is where the range was - so access was simple; just slide the range out of the way.  It was damn nice not to have to tear out part of the counter and cabinets.

We had a tile backspash installed, and to get at the mold they had to remove it, so they cut along the grout lines and took it out as a unit.  We have extra tile and grout to re-install it.

[dadagoboi]

I like Carlo's pic. Nice open feel to that bathroom. 

Yep, the ultimate "Open Plan". Those 2 walls are the only ones left.  Plumbing on one, the other is structural.  I have 7 interior doors left over from what was a 3 br 2 ba mobile home.  It's now my redneck loft.

[TBird1958]

I don't have any pics of it (tho I could get one *if* you guys really want) but I went ahead and replaced the flush mechanism in the upstairs master bath later in the day yesterday.........It got one of those fancy double action flushers like the one Al posted earlier in the thread - Very uptown!
BTW Carlo, the house looks nice.

[Highlander]

Just fitted one of those in ours a month back...

[Pilgrim]

The trick for me with the double flusher was getting the bottom unit to seal, but when I took the top piece out and took my time moving it around, I found the position that sealed well.  I like the result.

[TBird1958]

My fancy double flushin' crapper!

I bet neither Ritchie Blackmore nor Uwe has one 

[Pilgrim]

My fancy double flushin' crapper!

I bet neither Ritchie Blackmore nor Uwe has one 

Don't start testing them, then shipping them on to Uwe......

[TBird1958]

American toilets are the envy of the entire world  (and especially Europe!) Al 

[Pilgrim]

The world shall tremble at our mighty terlet technology!!

[drbassman]

I like the giant, one flush does it all, American model.  Whoooooooosh! 

[Highlander]

Best I could do - "I'm Flush Flash" from the man that provided us with "Flush" the Fashion...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHJNaw5533k

[Dave W]