DIS Dads The DIS Dad's Club V - Man's Room

[dvczerfs]

thanks everyone!!!
don, did you open the relief valve when you were draining the water heater? commando, ill be in the mk on the 9th, ill stop over. i have no need for a hair cut, but ill stop in and say hi.
welcome home fed.!!!!

 

[that's nice]

Just got off the phone with WDW, talk about a Magical day, booked Harmony Barber Shop for my DS & I on Dec 9, what luck we got the 12:00 spot (Dapper Dan's come in and sing at noon) I've never had a haircut with live entertainment

Nice!!!!!

I added your contact info on the calendar... were you able to access it?

 

[dvczerfs]

Dave - that totally sucks! Praying that the thing you found is harmless and can be taken care of with drops or something just as simple.

Nate - Those miniatures look awesome! Would love to have a Magic Kingdom room in the house

Ended up having to replace the lower heating element in my electric hot water heater last night. We suddenly starting getting less hot water the night before and I thought maybe we just used a bunch of hot water that day. Nope. I must admit, though, that I didn't know it was that easy to replace an element. Hardest part is waiting for the tank to drain! AND it cost less than $20 to pull off (would have been $11... but I didn't have a 1 1/2 inch socket to unscrew the element). Back in business now

Back to your normal programming.....

pownage

don,you should always replace both elements at the same time.

 

[Disney Commando]

Nice!!!!!

I added your contact info on the calendar... were you able to access it?

Thanks, I didn't try it yet, I'll try tonight when I get home from work

 

[Emma's Dad]

Yeah I was tickled to just have to pay about $20 each time. Ours was 8 years old. I wasn't so tickled when it came time to cough up for a new unit, plus the install charges, etc. And ours is on the upper floor, so they tacked on an extra $100 for that little "joy". When I was shopping for a new one, I kept reading the average life span nowadays is 6-8 years... man I wish they made things to last longer. And I'm NOT trying to be a downer for you Don... just sharing what we went through this past summer.

Why did they have to charge extra for being upstairs? I mean there should have already been a pan under it, right? My last house had it upstairs. This one is in my garage and was very easy to hook up and drain. If this one croaks, I am replacing it myself

thanks everyone!!!
don, did you open the relief valve when you were draining the water heater? commando, ill be in the mk on the 9th, ill stop over. i have no need for a hair cut, but ill stop in and say hi.
welcome home fed.!!!!

I did not have the relief valve open, but I did open two faucets on the first floor. I forgot to tell DW about the faucets when I made my first trip to Home Depot and she calls me and asks me what the heck that strange noise was. She thought one of our cats was getting sick! I also kept the same faucets open as I filled it to make sure all the air was out. I ended up having to fill and drain it a few times. After the first refill I had orange water coming out of the hot taps. After the second one it was good to go.

 

[Emma's Dad]

don,you should always replace both elements at the same time.

Now that advice sounds like a plumber ready to make some extra $ Just kidding, Dave. It's good advice... and I thought about it after I was done

 

[dvczerfs]

Why did they have to charge extra for being upstairs? I mean there should have already been a pan under it, right? My last house had it upstairs. This one is in my garage and was very easy to hook up and drain. If this one croaks, I am replacing it myself



I did not have the relief valve open, but I did open two faucets on the first floor. I forgot to tell DW about the faucets when I made my first trip to Home Depot and she calls me and asks me what the heck that strange noise was. She thought one of our cats was getting sick! I also kept the same faucets open as I filled it to make sure all the air was out. I ended up having to fill and drain it a few times. After the first refill I had orange water coming out of the hot taps. After the second one it was good to go.

orange water is rust. if you open your relief valve on the water heater it will drain faster, if you open it while filling, it will allow most of the air out before it gets into your system. i would turn off the power and drain the water heater completely a few times, than fill it back up. i would do that every so often.

 

[dvczerfs]

Now that advice sounds like a plumber ready to make some extra $ Just kidding, Dave. It's good advice... and I thought about it after I was done

no, a real plumber only puts one element in and charges you for both!

 

[Emma's Dad]

no, a real plumber only puts one element in and charges you for both!

Good one!

pownage... twice in one day...score!

 

[stopher1]

Why did they have to charge extra for being upstairs? I mean there should have already been a pan under it, right? My last house had it upstairs.

DW and I wondered the exact same thing. And the only answer we could come up with - was that they can. It was a rip off if you ask me, but we got the new one installed and life was good again, so there you go.

 

[dvczerfs]

Why did they have to charge extra for being upstairs? I mean there should have already been a pan under it, right? My last house had it upstairs. This one is in my garage and was very easy to hook up and drain. If this one croaks, I am replacing it myself



I did not have the relief valve open, but I did open two faucets on the first floor. I forgot to tell DW about the faucets when I made my first trip to Home Depot and she calls me and asks me what the heck that strange noise was. She thought one of our cats was getting sick! I also kept the same faucets open as I filled it to make sure all the air was out. I ended up having to fill and drain it a few times. After the first refill I had orange water coming out of the hot taps. After the second one it was good to go.

geez don, now you want them to lug it up to the second floor and remove the old one from the second floor for free!!! i guess you want them not to destroy your carpet and woodwork while there at it. theres a reason why there plumbers and not interior decorators. REPLACING IT YOURSELF!!! now heres we i make money!! computer guys installing water heaters. arcing water heater elements in a garage next to a tank full of gas.

 

[Emma's Dad]

geez don, now you want them to lug it up to the second floor and remove the old one from the second floor for free!!! i guess you want them not to destroy your carpet and woodwork while there at it. theres a reason why there plumbers and not interior decorators. REPLACING IT YOURSELF!!! now heres we i make money!! computer guys installing water heaters. arcing water heater elements in a garage next to a tank full of gas.

Peanut butter YES I want them to do it for free! That's how much I pay myself Oh... and I normally make it a point to open the gas tank caps just before I ignite the propane torch Makes things more interesting!

 

[prattpak]

I DONT PEANUT BUTTER BELIEVE THIS!!!! after everything my wife has gone through this year, losing her vision in her left eye. finding a tumor, radiation treatment,running to philly. this morning, i notice i have a white lump on the white part of my left eye! my eye dr. isnt in today, im going tuesday at 3:15. i did something i said i would never do again, look up medical things on the internet. it has felt like theres something in my eye every so often. a few weeks ago, i woke up and it felt like i had sand in my eyes.(our house is very dry) and im always sneezing this time of year so i didnt think anything about it. till today. hopefully and im praying it is, i think i have a pinguecula or a pterygium. my eye will get red on the botton half and it feels like i have something in my eye every so often. the feeling goes away for a few days and than it comes back. i dont drink but i may start!!! ill let you know how i make out tuesday afternnon.

My Momma always said, "You pee in the street, you get a sty in your eye". Have you peed in the street lately?

 

[afwdwfan]

Peanut butter YES I want them to do it for free! That's how much I pay myself Oh... and I normally make it a point to open the gas tank caps just before I ignite the propane torch Makes things more interesting!

Eyebrows are highly overrated.

 

[Rental01]

Mild CRUD/*PHEW*/CRUD!...

Driving back from the hospital last night while in a hurry to pick up my daughter from work so we could get to the Young Marines meeting I had a flat (driver's side front) on the highway in our roadtrip van (named "Oliver" - Top Gear fans will rejoice). Anyway, I slap on the dinky donut and get going and the ride gets REALLY squirrely. Figuring it's just an unhappy van dealing with the dinky donut as a drive wheel I swing by the house, swap our gear into the Sentra and get going.

So, that's the CRUD, the *PHEW* comes from a fear I had about the tires on this trip anyway. I'm glad that I blew the tire now and not in the middle of SC or Georgia somewhere. So, what's the other CRUD? I went to move the dinky donut to the rear of the van so it would drive better and I found the issue. My dinky donut was flat. I guess 10 years of it being lovingly carried around in the Oliver's bosom wasn't enough for it to hold it together in its hour of need. Slacker! Now I have to wait until Saturday when I can pull out the jack stands, take both the fronts off (including the dinky donut of DOOM) and drag them to discount tire. CRUD! At least my daughter's babysitting client is willing to come and pick her up instead of leaving her at home.

In other news, my family and I are desparately trying to get sick now so we can get it out of our systems before our trip. There's a MAN LAW at stake! 10-days out is the "sickness" limit. T-Minus 16 Days and counting!

 

[Wherem I Now]

**Yawn** **Stretch** **Scratch**...

Hello boys, I'm baaaaaaaaaaack........

I'm still tired....

It sounds like your siestas are getting chorter and chorter...

Just got off the phone with WDW, talk about a Magical day, booked Harmony Barber Shop for my DS & I on Dec 9, what luck we got the 12:00 spot (Dapper Dan's come in and sing at noon) I've never had a haircut with live entertainment

Just learned two things: The Dapper Dan's come in and sing at noon, and you can make reservations at the barber shop. I thought that it was walk in and wait only which is the reason that I have never tried it. I'm thinking that I may need a haircut the next time we go.

 

[dvczerfs]

Peanut butter YES I want them to do it for free! That's how much I pay myself Oh... and I normally make it a point to open the gas tank caps just before I ignite the propane torch Makes things more interesting!

My Momma always said, "You pee in the street, you get a sty in your eye". Have you peed in the street lately?

this thing is strange. the white spot stays there but the feeling like something is in my eye only happens every few days for about 24 hours.

Eyebrows are highly overrated.

i was just on a boiler job last year. they couldnt get the boiler to fire.sorry, it was nat. gas. the tech had the pilot assembly in backwards. eveytime it went to start, the gas valve would open, start dumping gas but it wouldnt ignite until it rolled out under the burners and pooooff. we use alot of #2 fuel oil in our area. one of my guys went into a homeowners house who couldnt get the boiler fired. long story short, the homeowner cleaned the filter, a $1.10 filter, with GAS!!! the gas fumes hit the chamber and he lost the hair on his arm and half his face.im suprised it didnt blow the house of its foundation and kill eveyone. i see alot in one year what people try to do, sometimes there not that lucky.

 

[dvczerfs]

Mild CRUD/*PHEW*/CRUD!...

Driving back from the hospital last night while in a hurry to pick up my daughter from work so we could get to the Young Marines meeting I had a flat (driver's side front) on the highway in our roadtrip van (named "Oliver" - Top Gear fans will rejoice). Anyway, I slap on the dinky donut and get going and the ride gets REALLY squirrely. Figuring it's just an unhappy van dealing with the dinky donut as a drive wheel I swing by the house, swap our gear into the Sentra and get going.

So, that's the CRUD, the *PHEW* comes from a fear I had about the tires on this trip anyway. I'm glad that I blew the tire now and not in the middle of SC or Georgia somewhere. So, what's the other CRUD? I went to move the dinky donut to the rear of the van so it would drive better and I found the issue. My dinky donut was flat. I guess 10 years of it being lovingly carried around in the Oliver's bosom wasn't enough for it to hold it together in its hour of need. Slacker! Now I have to wait until Saturday when I can pull out the jack stands, take both the fronts off (including the dinky donut of DOOM) and drag them to discount tire. CRUD! At least my daughter's babysitting client is willing to come and pick her up instead of leaving her at home.

In other news, my family and I are desparately trying to get sick now so we can get it out of our systems before our trip. There's a MAN LAW at stake! 10-days out is the "sickness" limit. T-Minus 16 Days and counting!

olivers bosom. i hate them things. my dd bought a new car in april, its a chevy, here,you have to watch, they dont put spare tires in some new cars! they give you a can of fix-a-flat! i couldnt believe it. check it out the next time you read a new cars sticker.

 

[dvczerfs]

Peanut butter YES I want them to do it for free! That's how much I pay myself Oh... and I normally make it a point to open the gas tank caps just before I ignite the propane torch Makes things more interesting!

HVAC TIP OF THE DAY!!
in most states, if you have a gas water heater in a garage, the bottom of the heater has to be 36 inch off the floor. if you fill your gas tank in the summer, stick your car in the garage,the gas fumes will expand and roll out and lay on the floor. water heater starts and bang.

 

[Rental01]

olivers bosom. i hate them things. my dd bought a new car in april, its a chevy, here,you have to watch, they dont put spare tires in some new cars! they give you a can of fix-a-flat! i couldnt believe it. check it out the next time you read a new cars sticker.

It's really cool! There's this compartment inside the van between the front and 1st row of rear seats that holds the tire. Something else that's cool - it holds a bin that you can use for storage. I had no idea that bin was there.