qclabrat
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What about baths? It's really more about sprucing it up a bit and readying to sell in a few years. Need ideas on what to do with a bidet and would to expand the shower
The DIY thread - DIYourself
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He'll do it while doing the kitchen. He doesn't do baths without a kitchen project.
qclabrat
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We have a master bath stuck in the early 90s, full wall vanity mirror, 72" Formica top, Jacuzzi tub and a likely never used bidet. I'd like to do the work myself and the changes are to help with resale not necessarily personal taste/preferences, which is why I'm inquiring here to gain general opinions and not biased on what we want.
I don't think there's question on removing the bidet, replacing mirror and vanity. Two items I've been discussing with MrsQ is the tub and shower. I'd like to remove the Jacuzzi tub for a smaller soaker tub and expand the shower to a doorless design. The changes are not dependent on each so I can still expand the shower without removing the Jacuzzi tub. So my question is how much of a seller are soaker tubs. Would have that vs a Jacuzzi tub make it a significant difference for homebuyers?
I don't think there's question on removing the bidet, replacing mirror and vanity. Two items I've been discussing with MrsQ is the tub and shower. I'd like to remove the Jacuzzi tub for a smaller soaker tub and expand the shower to a doorless design. The changes are not dependent on each so I can still expand the shower without removing the Jacuzzi tub. So my question is how much of a seller are soaker tubs. Would have that vs a Jacuzzi tub make it a significant difference for homebuyers?
While not my cup of tea, having some sort of tub is an attraction - even if they don't know that they'll use it twice, and never again.
The bidet seat on a regular WC is gaining. Make sure there is an outlet near the WC if redoing.
Do we have real estate pros on here?
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
lol I switched it to “DI Yourself” because it never comes up when I search. For whatever reason it doesn’t pick up substrings unless they are broken by a space. Meaning, searching titles for “yourself” will return “DI Yourself” but not “DIYourself”
2-funny - When did you do this? I typed in yourself and check titles, I get nothing returned.
I'm going to see if it is regenerating the search keys. then will try again.
put in Yourself as a general search term, and too many get returned - so it quits.
Will revisit in a couple days.
The search problem was the reason I expanded yourself back when it was just The DIY Thread!!!!
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
Within the last week or 2. Actually “self” is what I typically wind up searching but for the same reason it also does not turn up this thread. I keep it to title only.
Karate Monkey
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Only a matter of time before that doesn't work anymore, either. Boolean phrases haven't worked for...at least 10 years?
Advanced search is a joke. You used to be able to parse all of it in the search bar in one go.
Karate Monkey
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Got tired of split ends:
This really shouldn't be a problem with stoves.
This really shouldn't be a problem with stoves.
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
What was the fix? I have one that’s completely broken, don’t really want to pony up for a replacement because it’s way more $$ than it should be.
Karate Monkey
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I ferruled the stem where the half-moon piece of spring steel sits. You would need something like 99% of the original material to do just that.
I considered using epoxy, but since they are weakening/cracking from (presumably) heat, I used brass to hold everything together.
When I measured them for their fitting, I noted that the stems were pretty egg-shaped (like, .5mm deviation major/minor). The brass snugged them up significantly for their fit on the range. Before, they pretty much slid right off.
You would need a lathe to make these, or you'd have to get stupid lucky to find tube stock that was the right ID for a press-fit.
@qclabrat these are from a kitchenaid, which was one of the few in stock/available when we needed a stove during covid. The plates around the knobs are stuck on instead of screwed, and they started falling off after about 1.5 years, but mother-in-law is a sledgehammer type cleaner rather than flyswatter. I also regularly used the oven at 500-550 for 2 years, which probably didn't help. The knobs made it 5-ish years before they started getting wiggly, and the first one failed entirely a couple of weeks ago.
Karate Monkey
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Ordered new quill and pulley bearings for the drill press I bought. While that was going on, I cleaned all the business parts, and made a proper set of depth-stop nuts, since the orginals were long [presumably] lost. The press was obviously repainted--well, surprisingly--at some point, since it's 1) the wrong color, and 2) the ultrasonic cleaner literally flaked the paint off the return spring cover/depth stop holder. They got a coat of acid-etch and black enamel. Later on, the whole press might get re-done, but I don't really feel like hanging a 50 pound casting to spray paint it.
I also filled in the newbie marks on the work table, just to get the surface flat(ish) again.
