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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 05:33 pmSC will be voting on an amendment to the state constitution which would define marriage as being only between a man and a woman, and would prevent the establishment or recognition of any other kind of domestic union. It's been somewhat heartening to me that so far I've seen several yard signs and a few bumper stickers against the amendment, and only one for it. But this is South Carolina, so that probably doesn't mean much in terms of the eventual outcome of the vote.
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I wish we didn't have any plumbing problems in our house. I noticed recently that when our hot water heater was replaced earlier this year, not only was the old water heater left standing in the basement, but it is still full of water! So it's too heavy for me to move, and I'm not sure how to go about getting the water out without it all ending up on the basement floor.
The one shut-off valve under our bathroom sink is leaking slightly, so we keep a bucket underneath it. I already tried replacing the washer to fix it, but without success. And apparently it is an older style shut-off valve, so Lowe's didn't have the right piece to replace the entire thing.
We don't have a main shut-off valve for the water to the house, other than the city's one which is in a hole in the yard. So to turn it the water off, we usually first have to dig out a bunch of dirt from the hole where the turn-off mechanism is, to even reach the mechanism, and then use a special metal tool to turn it just the right amount in order for the water to be shut off.
Our toilet has been leaking water into the tank; it's a slight leak, but if we didn't turn the water to the toilet off inbetween flushes, it would lose about a tankful every hour. I've tried replacing the flapper several times, but it still leaks. Perhaps the entire flush valve needs to be replaced, but to do that one would need to remove the toilet tank, and that seems too complicated for me to try. At least considering that that is the only toilet we have in this house, and if I ran into difficulties with the replacement, we would no longer have a working toilet.
Part of the problem is that I have no experience in hiring plumbers. Forestfen usually asks one of her friends to help us out when we need house repairs. The one who has plumbing experience unfortunately has been rather busy. I could call a plumber myself, but I don't want to end up paying hundreds of dollars to get things replaced, and then discover later that the leaks were still occurring.
I want to get the house repainted too. And we have some water damage from a roof leak. I'm not sure how to go about getting those things fixed either.
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I wish we didn't have any plumbing problems in our house. I noticed recently that when our hot water heater was replaced earlier this year, not only was the old water heater left standing in the basement, but it is still full of water! So it's too heavy for me to move, and I'm not sure how to go about getting the water out without it all ending up on the basement floor.
The one shut-off valve under our bathroom sink is leaking slightly, so we keep a bucket underneath it. I already tried replacing the washer to fix it, but without success. And apparently it is an older style shut-off valve, so Lowe's didn't have the right piece to replace the entire thing.
We don't have a main shut-off valve for the water to the house, other than the city's one which is in a hole in the yard. So to turn it the water off, we usually first have to dig out a bunch of dirt from the hole where the turn-off mechanism is, to even reach the mechanism, and then use a special metal tool to turn it just the right amount in order for the water to be shut off.
Our toilet has been leaking water into the tank; it's a slight leak, but if we didn't turn the water to the toilet off inbetween flushes, it would lose about a tankful every hour. I've tried replacing the flapper several times, but it still leaks. Perhaps the entire flush valve needs to be replaced, but to do that one would need to remove the toilet tank, and that seems too complicated for me to try. At least considering that that is the only toilet we have in this house, and if I ran into difficulties with the replacement, we would no longer have a working toilet.
Part of the problem is that I have no experience in hiring plumbers. Forestfen usually asks one of her friends to help us out when we need house repairs. The one who has plumbing experience unfortunately has been rather busy. I could call a plumber myself, but I don't want to end up paying hundreds of dollars to get things replaced, and then discover later that the leaks were still occurring.
I want to get the house repainted too. And we have some water damage from a roof leak. I'm not sure how to go about getting those things fixed either.