DOOOOO IT!

 

that is awesome

 

Well, I said goodbye to an old friend yesterday, but I'm very glad that I did. My buddy was trying to talk me into changing out the gaskets that hold the tank onto the toilet, and this may have solved my leaking problem, but I just didn't trust it, and for the price it wasn't worth it to me to be constantly worrying about leakage. So I said goodbye to the old girl
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Went to Lowe's down the street and after some comparison, I settled on the American Standard Champion 4. The one I was replacing was an AS as well, so I went with what I knew. I looked at the Koelers and other brands, but I was impressed with the Champion 4. They even had an add saying that you could flush 16 golf balls, who does that?
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When I was wheeling the toilet to the checkout, I had 2 different Lowe's employees comment on what I was buying, both said it was a great choice, and the first guy saying "I won't install anything else in my home" so it was great to have the reassurance that I made a good choice

I also plan to replace the linoleum soon, so I got a rubber/silicone wax ring for easy removal. (I already have one in my powder room for when that room gets flooring) and here's the new throne in all it's glory. No hockey theming, but it does the trick
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Yay new crapper! :gheywave:

 

Fun update I know

This afternoon I'm meeting with a landscaper buddy to evaluate my f'd up yard and see where we go from here, and what it's gonna cost me

Hopefully have an update on that soon...

 

awesome, man!

now trim that bolt head and put the white cover on, ya ghetto bird

and definitely, you're too young to be worrying about leakage.

 

^It's on brah, had to snap a quick pic of it installed

 

Get those hockey sticks in! NAO!

 

WHEW...
are you laying your floor over the linolecum?

Looks great...so odd but I love sh*tting on my newest toilet the best. It's a few mm higher up so my legs are cozy and I love soiling something new.

 

Woot. Now you just need a spider to hide in the toilet and terrify the shit outta you when you go to the bathroom! No pun intended.

 

Nah, it's just stick em tiles, so I plan to rip them up. I'm planning to do the luxury vinyl tile like I did in the kitchen

This one is taller, and having my long ass legs it definitely is nice having a higher seat. Gonna ruin me for all other crappers I think

 

On a slightly OT that Ack will appreciate, we all know what we call Eklund in the hockey thread...


Well, we nao have a new Eklund. And considering we've segued into toilets (with hockey sticks) in here...it's hilariously appropriate. And the timing? Priceless.

 

OMG, I'm dying here.


Yes, yes I know...I need help. And I apologize for the semi- OT, Ack.

 

 

Nice toilet...my parents got one of those, and then promptly switched all of the other toilets in the house with them LOL. Dad even swapped all of the lids for soft-close ones (although I personally dislike those lids).

 

Nice crapper

 

I like soft close!

 

 

 

Yeah, it's awesome. Within hours of installing it, I was already planning to move it to my powder room and get the elongated bowl style to put in it's place when I do the flooring

 

The only real plus to having a half-assed yard and no fence, is that I am able to back my truck all the way up to my back door like when I brought home the new toilet
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Gotta find silver linings when you can

 

I'm sensing a double gate and a paver area backing up to the house in the new design plans...

 

<p>Nice shitter... Serious it does take time to find that right toilet. I asked the guys at Lowes if they could pull some off the shelf because I needed to test it out to make sure I liked it... They thought I was joking until the saw me over by the showers looking and sitting on the toilets.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I love no slam toilet seats but there so damn expensive.&nbsp;</p>

 

I have nothing but power flush toilets. Haven't needed to use a plunger since installing them over a decade ago. Plugged toilets were a regular occurrence before then.

 

My buddy actually suggested the double gate when I mentioned it to him as well

Yeah, I really wish I could have sat on some. I've since gotten used to it and it doesn't bother me, but I still think I might swap it for an elongated down the road

Same here, when I had to use the backup low-flow pos I couldn't believe how quick it plugged up. Definitely gonna replace that pos

 

great minds!

 

Got a number of projects knocked out this weekend, I started around 11 AM on Sunday and didn't stop until 3 AM on Monday. These are the bigger projects that I got accomplished. First was the ceiling fan in the dining room which I had torn mostly down during painting back in the spring, here's a before pic from before I burned the last fan blade
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I had the new fan sitting in a box for months and finally got around to installing it. First I removed the old one and removed the old wiring, and installed the new mounting bracket. You can see where we painted around the old bracket.
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So I broke out my spare can of ceiling paint and we touched it up
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I wanted to paint closer but my buddy didn't want to mess up my roller, but it cleaned up the ceiling quite a bit. The holes will be dealt with at a later time, they screwed the bracket right into the plaster.
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Got the wiring all done and mounted up the motor, you can still see where we needed to paint closer, we couldn't believe how small the new trim piece was!
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And here's the finished product.
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I also finally replaced my front porch light, this before picture is after we already removed the bolts from the wall, it was hung properly before
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It's an LED lamp, with a twilight sensor, so it comes on at dusk and stays on till dawn, thing is bright as day on the porch.
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Here's an installed pic, I like the look of it, although I can't believe how big it is next to the old one.
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And the third big project that I got done was replacing the shitty collapsing shelf in my laundry room. This thing was mounted to the mortar with nails, yes nails and those plastic drywall screw spacers When I bought the house I noticed that the bracket on the right was completely loose and not holding, the one on the left was pretty bad as well. (not shown in pic) It was mainly supported by the shitty piece of bent sheet metal in the middle which was also removed. The whole shelf is just a thing piece of plywood with that ugly trim nailed to it.
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Back when I lived with my ex, we inherited a water bed frame that I had modified to work with my king size mattress, all I had to do was build a riser for the head board. Well 5 years since I kicked her out and she took the bed frame, I still had the wood riser screwed together holding my beer cases. I had planned to either make a wine rack or a shelf out of them, so it was perfect. My buddy brought over his masonry bits and screws, and we hammer drilled the better looking board to the wall with 6 tapcons. Then I mounted the other board (same length) with heavy duty shelf brackets and lots of wood screws, and voila
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We also raised the shelf up a block and left room in case I want to add another one below it. This thing is sturdy as hell, we literally were hanging our full weight off of the board on the wall, definitely a lot better than the collapsing piece of shit that was there before.
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The small boards underneath the shelf were the risers in between the boards and were too short to extend the shelf with. I plan to eventually buy some more pine boards and extend the shelf in both directions.

 

Great work, Chris!
Love the exterior light!

I've never hung a fan by putting the fan up first and then the blades, always do them on the ground and work around them. your way is probably easier. LOL...
some white alex caulk (sp?) would fill those holes and probably not even need paint to make them disappear next to the fan.

Shelf looks great too!

 

That's a sweet fan.. what model is it?

That shitter looks like it was built for a 4 year old.. why no elongated one brah? Lowe's AquaSource chair height elongated is $99 all day. Good flush.. although if your short.. shitting takes work. Better grab a stool to put your feet on.. to stew your stool if you will.

I just installed one upstairs. In the half bath I installed a Cadet 3 Powerwash 2-piece elongated.. fucking thing flushes a brick. I have some heavy hitters come over occasionally and they be clogging a ninja's toilet up. I said eff this.. no issue since. Some bad reviews on it, but mostly from dinguses. The thing is a champ, especially if you can shit a buick.

 

Great work, Herr Ack!

 

This one, price has dropped twice since I bought it, it was on sale last week when I was buying the crapper
Shop Harbor Breeze Bay Bridge 52-in Brushed Nickel Downrod or Flush Mount Ceiling Fan with Light Kit at Lowes.com

I replaced a round bowl with a round bowl, I mentioned that I should have gotten the elongated because it was on sale but didn't think I'd like it. As soon as I sat on it I said I should have gotten the elongated, and probably will in the near future.

Kewl story brah

 

I know you shit Buicks

 

Thanks for the link.. we've been mulling over replacing the fan in the living room. Current fan is fine, but the bulbs point downwards and would really prefer an upward design like yours.

 

I really liked the look with it curling up, that's what sold me

 

Had to move the dining room table back out to the middle of the room so I stopped hitting my head on the damn ceiling fan

 

i love lamp

 

 

More pics of that light I really like it as well. I hate my outside lights. For one they don't match and two they might be the smallest outdoor lights you can buy. They look lost. That looks like it has some size to it.

 

The outside porch light? That thing is freaking HUGE! My buddy and I weren't sure it was going to fit above the door frame

I can post more pics