Resume is in the headline.
Even more important = 3 major health issues due to 'being an entreprenuer'. Ive made every mistake in the book and Ive paid for it. Made a million in some years and lost a million some years as well.
Switched from corporate to entrepreneur and havent looked back though. Have trained/transitioned roughly 15 from staff to management.
I notice on this sub there is usually more psychological questions rather than technical. If anybody is struggling, ask me anything!
“Just buy one of every size. You can always return them. “
You know, the one by Lee King
Shattered the toilet tank, but the bowl is intact. Doing research, I found Crane Plumbing merged into American Standard.
How do I proceed to find a replacement tank? I measured the holes and found it to be roughly 5.5'' from the center of each hole. Also, it's a beige/linen sort of color, so I'm not sure if that will narrow possibilities.
I'll post pictures if needed, thank you.
Also, the number found under the tank lid is as follows "3742 54 CR/PL 9"
Hello everyone,
I just bought my first house and I am currently fixing things up to slowly bring everything up to working order. The house was built in 1941 and it still has the original sink in the bathroom. I was doing research to find out exactly what type of sink it is. I've narrowed it down to being a Crane Plumbing Neuday Sink, and it appears to be pre-WW2 based on the fixtures (I'm not sure of this, maybe someone who has better googling skills than me can find out more). I would like to restore this sink so I can keep my house as original as possible.
So my question is, does anyone that has experience restoring cast iron sinks in this kind of condition have any tips? I've seen a couple YouTube videos but none that go in depth enough for me to risk ruining my sink.
Thanks in advance for any help :)
OP here. Wow, thanks for all the info everyone! I never dreamed so many people would have an interest in this topic. When I originally posted this, the specific circumstance I had in mind was hair in the shower drain. At home, I have a trap to catch it. When I travel, I try to catch it in my hands and not let it go down the drain, but I’m sure I miss some, so that got me to wondering, which was what led to my question. That question and much more was answered here, so thank you all!
Here are some highlights:
- Hotels are engineered with better pipes.
- Hotels schedule routine/preventative maintenance.
- Hotels have plumbers on call.
- Hotels still have plumbing problems. We need to be good citizens and be cognizant of what we put it the drain. This benefits not only hotel owners but also staff and other guests.
- Thank you for linking that story u/grouchos_tache! My family and I appreciated the laugh while we were stuck waiting for our train to return home from our trip! I’m sure the other passengers wondered why we all had the giggles!
With arcane now out, we can finally get into depth of how plumbing works in Runeterra (mild spoilers)
Piltover:
So, in Caitlyn's bathroom, we can see a functioning shower and toilet, with steam that implies pressurized hot water is being spouted from her showerhead. Furthermore, we can see someone in arcane take a hot bath in a bathtub. Therefore, we know that there is at least some form of plumbing in piltover (and maybe even some exquisite plumbing at that).
Zaun:
However, if we move to zaun we can see the arcane gang slide down a pipe. Though this pipe ends up leading to a garbage pile, we can conclude that there is some form of plumbing inside of zaun. We do not actually see a bathroom inside of zaun. HOWEVER, we know there is a pressurized system inside of zaun when we see Vander press a pump to foam out some beer for one of his customers in a mug. Furthermore, we can see Singed clean a scalpel inside his basement. As such, at best we can conclude pressurized water systems exist, and normal plumbing such as sinks are only available to the wealthy or the higher class. We do not know if Zaun has freely accessible hot water for the commoners.
Noxus:
In the awakened music video, we can see draven hosting a gladitorial fight inside one of his coliseums. The biggest takeaway are two factors: 1. Riven is slimy and sweaty. 2. This is a sand-covered coliseum. While riven may not be allowed to shower or wash up as she is held captive, this is understandable. However, seeing as this is a sand-coated floor, we can assume noxus to be very primal in forms of technological advancements. Furthermore, we do not ever see pressurized water (or even pipes!) inside noxus. In fact, in Darius' comic we can see him and his ex-wife bathing in a lake. This further pushes the agenda that noxus is stinky and does not wash, having noxians resort to bathing in lakes for cleanliness. The only saving grace for noxus is the fact that noxus sells wine: a process that typically requires tons of pipes and faucets. If noxus has these things for drinking, then they may have these things for water as well.
Demacia:
In Demacia, we don't have much to go off of. The most we have is LoR's demacian promotional video (in which LoR is sadly not cannon), the warrior's cinematic featuring lux/garen/sylas (which, mind you, is in freljord), and lux's 48 hour video (which may not be cannon) in which she tries to hide her powers. In all these cases we do not see any water wh
... keep reading on reddit ➡Did you know not to flush anything but toilet paper? This includes flushable wipes, which aren't flushable, and all sorts of other things I'm not going to list because people might be eating breakfast.
Brought to you by my sad, no good, very unpleasant Friday.
Tell us something you learned this year that you think people should know. Or something you've known for a while you think not enough people know
Long story short, our wallets got completely mauled trying to deal with a plumbing emergency at 4pm on a Friday night.
We absolutely knew we were being bamboozled, like there was NO question about that (not the tech's fault, he agreed and mentioned how the owner is richy-rich and doesn't GAF).
But he was here ready to work and we had already paid the "emergency fee" (which locks you firmly into a dollar and time commitment while my place is turning into a boat house and it's about to freeze outside).
Took him 20 minutes to fix the problem and I am just livid and kicking myself for letting it all happen. Final cost including emergency fee was a hair under $800.
In my mind (aka how I am trying to forgive myself):
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Severe damage (we are fairly certain) was avoided and the problem was fixed
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We are fortunate enough to have been able to afford the emergency at the time (it'll be a TIGHT month or two but it didn't put us in the red)
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This is the first time since buying this house last year we have felt truly bent over the stump with predatory pricing on services
In hindsight I wish we had just turned the water off and capped the line until we got hold of a better business to use, but live and learn, right? Being panicked absolutely influences your decision-making. We're not super confident with plumbing or electric, so we leave that stuff to the pros because it can be dangerous and/or escalate quickly.
Going forward I'm going to try to pad my list with few more emergency service folks that aren't going to exploit a bad situation for money gain, but outside of an emergency how do you even do that? No one can guarantee availability + pricing for an unknown time and problem. I guess it's just one of the possibilities when you are now your own landlord.
Anyway, thanks for listening. Story time!
*Edit: Not sure how to interpret my comment downvotes, lol, maybe I should reflect on my own thinking around this situation. I appreciate everyone's feedback! I am still making a lot of mistake and meeting a lot of mental challenges as a first-time homeowner, so your words and experience are very valuable to me while I continue to grow.
*Edit 2: Thank you so much for your kind words and gentle corrections of my perspective on everything. I appreciate it a lot. And thank you to that kind redditor who privately gave me a good LPT. I'm going to step back and let this marinate a bit while I appreciate everything the situation wasn't.
I'm trying to find an answer to this fairly basic question, but can't seem to find it anywhere. For work in the trades that requires an occupational license, is it required that the company be owned by a licensed contractor or only that when license-required work is performed that a licensed contractor is on-site and running the job?
If a company is engaged in commercial electric work, is it owned by a licensed electrician in all cases, or are there investor-owned electric companies who ensure they have a licensed foreman running jobs?
