▲ 1 r/Plumbing
I gotta remove and replace this rusted out toilet flange, right?
Please send some confirmation before I fuck shit up by hacking away at this. Had a leak under the toilet, found a rubber ring and this pile of rust. Feel like the right move is to bust out all the rusted flange and put in a new one, open to other ideas in case I’m being stupid
u/CatStoleMyPancake — 12 days ago
▲ 6 r/gencon
Found cash on the ground
We just found some cash on the floor outside of the vendor hall (around 4pm), near the escalator and MonteCook Games room. If you lost it and can tell me how much and what bill denominations they were I’m happy to meet up and return it! Otherwise we’ll be turning it into security tonight after our games end. Feel free to message me if you think it’s yours!!
u/CatStoleMyPancake — 21 days ago
▲ 4 r/homeowners
Is my garage door cooked?
Edit: I will be calling a couple garage door companies to get opinions/quotes on fixing the hinges!! Thanks everyone for your help :)
Our garage door is 30 years old, original to the house. Just bought the house last year. One of the hinges broke (the door broke that was holding in the screw), so we started to investigate them all to see if we could give them a facelift. Turns out that most of the hinges and the surrounding door are being held together by metal support plates. The door is broken and separated behind most hinges, only being held by that metal plate.
I tried replacing an old hinge with a new universal one, but the holes don’t line up and my drill can’t get through the metal door.
Additional pics here, the metal plates on the other hinges are behind the metal frame, but you can see the attached bolts from the front https://imgur.com/a/7Sdqwya
Anyone have thoughts about what to do? Leave the broken hinges until it genuinely falls apart? Try to replace with universal ones and drill new holes into the door and somehow re-attach the metal plates? Get a new door?
Any thoughts appreciated!!
u/CatStoleMyPancake — 2 months ago
▲ 136 r/homeowners
Fireplace guy said to always leave the pilot light lit, but now it's summer and the extra heat from the fireplace is annoying. Can I turn it off??
Bought our house last summer, it has a gas fireplace in the living room. Last summer we noticed that the fireplace was giving off heat so we turned the pilot light off. We then had the fireplace serviced in the fall, and the tech said we shouldn't have turned the pilot light off because it helps to protect against rust, humidity, and pests. Which makes sense, sounds fine and dandy. Buuuut now it's summer and the little bit of extra heat coming off the fireplace kinda sucks, especially since it's right next to the couch.... We want to keep the fireplace in good condition but also don't want to voluntarily heat our home in the summer. Anyone have additional thoughts/insight into how important it is to keep the pilot light on all year?
Edit: Oh my god this got waaaayyyy more responses than I expected!! I’ve read every reply- thank you everyone so much for your insights, experiences, and thoughts about this. Apparently it’s a divisive topic lol. Seeing as our unit is > 25 years old, I want to avoid any chance of damaging it or causing problems because we don’t have the money to replace it any time soon. So I shall be keeping the pilot light lit! However, we’re going to try turning it down because it sounds like our flame is much larger than it should be. Thanks again for the discussion y’all!!!
u/CatStoleMyPancake — 2 months ago