I just installed a toilet - handyman corner
 

contrary to the 1st one i did a couple of month ago that just about drove me to a homicidal range ...


this one went in in about 30 minutes.

sweeeeeet



so i know you girls are into pretty skinny fem-boys with long silken hair with pre-ripped hip hugging designer jeans....


but what about an overweight middle aged balding guy who's handy around the house ?

the line forms to the right


:D

CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING SHORT FAT AND BALDING ...
oh and I forgot the handyman bit. :D

That's 1 thing that is just AWESOME about the internet. If I need to do a repair and have no idea how to do it, a simple google search will provide a wealth of how-to info on any subject. I've fixed my refrigerator, a toilet tank and replaced a car hood on my own without any previous knowledge as to how I was going to do it before I looked it up online. Next on my 'honey do' list is fixing the garbage disposal but I've been dragging my feet on that one.

i have to admit - the toilet was so damn easy i barely looked at the instructions - let alone the internet ..

most household jobs arent too difficult - unless the previous owners fucked it up before you leaving you nice little expensive suprises like land mines.

very true....I fixed a dryer and a washer using google. Saved a bunch of $$$$$

installing a toilet isnt too hard, changing the pipes under the toilet was a pain.

Just replacing something is easy enough, but I use google a lot to troubleshoot my problems. Once I figure out what the problems, I figure out how to repair it.

For instance, my freezer kept icing up and dripping in to my fridge. I learned over the net that my drainage line was probably clogged, then learned that to fix it I needed to thaw out the whole unit and run a coat hanger down the tube to clear the blockage. Worked like a charm.


The toilet would sorta flush but the water wouldn't empty all the way out, just swirl around a bit. I figured out I needed a new pump in the tank, what kind would be most effective and how to install it. (It probably would have been easier to replace the whole toilet though. It was a pain in the ass.)

The internet has turned me into a regular Mr. Fix it.

bless uncle google


I depend on uncle google for many of my fuck ups.

I tried to change the head on my shower..it seemed simple enough

i never realised that every shower head have different attatchments.

I used to work as a toilet builder. Would sit in an empty apartment all day building toilets, and the installers were the ones who had to get their hands dirty by removing to the old ranky ones and installing the new ones.

I miss that job. I had my CD player there, jamming to Black Sabbath.

Have you developed the infamous "plumbers crack" yet? ;)

Who said he's short? Have you seen any of his pictures?

If there was a toilet there before and you already had an existing flange all you should have needed to do was throw a wax ring down and bolt the thing in. At least this time it went smoothly. :)

I LOVES me a handy man - buttcrack and all.

About 4 or 5 years ago I renovated my bathroom.

Most of it was done in a week. The "finishing touches" took me the rest of the year :D

exactly - but the last time i broke the cardinal law of plumbing and started the job at night .. only to find the existing flange was completely fucked by the previous install .... and it was sunken well below the level of the floor.

trying to make it work with what i had at the time was a futile nightmare.
plus - the water shut off valve wouldnt completely close..

(had to turn the house water completely off and get a flange extension the next day)

Yeah I hate that, I'm kind of a hardware/fix it guy myself and plumbing is the worst simply because if you don't have everything you need the job has to wait. A simply five dollar extension ring gave you a night without water... that sucks.

ok .. just did the last one... also without incident.

now who's Joe the Plumber ?

thats right .. i'm your plumbers helper, baby

I tried to fix my water heater once haha but didn't go so well. I don't know anything about plumbing. I like learning how to work on cars though. My dad knows a lot and I think it's wonderful to know how to replace parts on your car. If I didn't want to go into the medical field I think I would've taken some auto mechanics courses. I love cars though.

It's insane to think about how much we depend on our cars, yet so many people know next to nothing about them, how they run or how to fix them. Insane I tell you!

Paying labor for oil changes or simple replacement parts like wiper blades or headlights... Nuts! (I will admit I pay for oil changes in the winter though but that's because I live in Minnesota and it's fuckin' cold, not because I don't know how to change my oil.)

I pay for oil changes, it's so much faster than doing it myself because I can get it done while I'm out and about, and with the price of a quart of oil it seems well worth it.

A bit of handyman work I want to do is drill a hole through the window frame that I can put some tubeing through to make a chimney out of to exhale my smoke out of dureing the winter.. It's to cold to have the window open sometimes, somehow I don't think I'm going to get the go ahead from the landlord though..

yeah I've only been to a shop once to get a new exhaust... other than that I buy all of the parts and help my dad install them. It's amazing how well my car is holding up too especially during these winters. I drive a 1982 chevy chevette. But I've had this car for a few years and have had very little problems.