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Happy Columbus Day!

I'm going to use something like that in my remodel. The left side knob is a thermostat and the right-hand knob is the volume control. Once you set the temperature, you only ever need to use the one right hand knob and it will maintain that temp regardless of water pressure or incoming water...

If it's leaking out the showerhead or tub spout, put a new cartridge in it. Pretty simple most of the time. If it's leaking in the wall from plumbing line connections, you're in trouble.

Yeah, replacing a good shower valve just because you want stops can get ridiculously expensive. Most of the time, those cartridges just slip in and out. You had an unusual case. I'm going to start a bath remodel at my house in a few weeks and since I have access under the shower location via a...

Many modern shower valves, including the one Sylas has (I think it’s a Moen Positemp) come in a version with shut offs built into them for a few dollars more than the plain version. So if you’re building or replacing they’re a good choice.

Been there Original covered bridge dates back to 1365; water tower in back is even older. Almost completely destroyed in 1993, probably by a discarded cigarette, but restored to as close to original as they could.

That movie was about Dian Fossey, not Jane Goddall.

Took a trip down to Promontory Point, Utah to see the Golden Spike National Historic Monument and watch them run the trains. Government shutdown 2 days later. Timing is everything.

I think that holds for the majority of pet owners. My wife, my daughter and my pets. The rest of the world can disappear. I’m sorry for your loss.

He was also an insufferable lefty and I can’t separate the artist from his politics.

Sometimes I think I need an alarm to wake me up so I can get up off the couch and go to bed.

And yet we have folks in the “what car do you drive” thread saying $300-$500 for an oil change is OK by them.