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Hope you will too Tracy, and you as well Roscoe. Time for me to fly and get things done. Laterz.Good morning Fran and Wuzz!
I hope you both have a great day.
Happy Birthday Pokey.
Happy Birthday,Pokey
Happy Birthday Pokey!!
Waited all day for the plumber to get here, he takes one look at the tub faucet and starts telling us he'll have to tear out the wall to replace all the pipes, etc because he's never heard of American Standard brand and can't get replacement parts for it. Told us it would cost at least $1100 for the job, and he won't rebuild the wall. Yall have no idea how proud you can be of me for not going all mad cow disease on him!!! I politely escorted him to the door
Called a different plumber and he'll be out tomorrow to replace the valve stem. Home Depot, Lowes, and a hundred other places carry American Standard brand. Best lesson learned? Don't go with nation wide name brand plumbing services...support your small local businesses!
Waited all day for the plumber to get here, he takes one look at the tub faucet and starts telling us he'll have to tear out the wall to replace all the pipes, etc because he's never heard of American Standard brand and can't get replacement parts for it. Told us it would cost at least $1100 for the job, and he won't rebuild the wall. Yall have no idea how proud you can be of me for not going all mad cow disease on him!!! I politely escorted him to the door
Called a different plumber and he'll be out tomorrow to replace the valve stem. Home Depot, Lowes, and a hundred other places carry American Standard brand. Best lesson learned? Don't go with nation wide name brand plumbing services...support your small local businesses!
A plumber that's never heard of American Standard? I would have been polite too and waved as he left. What's scary is how many people would have fallen for that. Support your local Joe the plumber. I spent over 45 years in a building trade and countless people have told me how scary it is to have someone like that in their home. 99% of our business came from word of mouth by our customers.Happy Birthday Pokey!!
Waited all day for the plumber to get here, he takes one look at the tub faucet and starts telling us he'll have to tear out the wall to replace all the pipes, etc because he's never heard of American Standard brand and can't get replacement parts for it. Told us it would cost at least $1100 for the job, and he won't rebuild the wall. Yall have no idea how proud you can be of me for not going all mad cow disease on him!!! I politely escorted him to the door
Called a different plumber and he'll be out tomorrow to replace the valve stem. Home Depot, Lowes, and a hundred other places carry American Standard brand. Best lesson learned? Don't go with nation wide name brand plumbing services...support your small local businesses!
Morning folks
Wuzz, I've had the same treatment from auto mechanics many times. Fortunately I'm enough of a tomboy to know a little about cars, plumbing, electrical, etc. to recognize (usually) when someone is trying to rip me off.
I finally found a pic the exact faucet last night, and it was made during the 60's! It very well may be next to impossible to get parts for it, but I located 2 plumbing sources who carry the rebuild kits for it. If the plumber coming today can't fix it or replace it without tearing half the wall out, I can order the kit. The access door to the tub is on the kitchen wall, problem being it doesn't go tall enough to expose the valve assembly and pipe split off. Know idea who's bright idea that was
Wuzz, I've had the same treatment from auto mechanics many times. Fortunately I'm enough of a tomboy to know a little about cars, plumbing, electrical, etc. to recognize (usually) when someone is trying to rip me off.
I finally found a pic the exact faucet last night, and it was made during the 60's! It very well may be next to impossible to get parts for it, but I located 2 plumbing sources who carry the rebuild kits for it. If the plumber coming today can't fix it or replace it without tearing half the wall out, I can order the kit. The access door to the tub is on the kitchen wall, problem being it doesn't go tall enough to expose the valve assembly and pipe split off. Know idea who's bright idea that was
Bov, I would posts on that plumbing company's FB page about the American Standard comment he made to you. Any plumber that says that is NOT a plumber.
Lowe's here has a lot of parts for older stuff, Ace Hardware as well. I can still get parts for my 1977 Price Phister tub and shower valves. Everything else is easy enough to replace. Hope the guy coming today is a real plumber.Morning folks
Wuzz, I've had the same treatment from auto mechanics many times. Fortunately I'm enough of a tomboy to know a little about cars, plumbing, electrical, etc. to recognize (usually) when someone is trying to rip me off.
I finally found a pic the exact faucet last night, and it was made during the 60's! It very well may be next to impossible to get parts for it, but I located 2 plumbing sources who carry the rebuild kits for it. If the plumber coming today can't fix it or replace it without tearing half the wall out, I can order the kit. The access door to the tub is on the kitchen wall, problem being it doesn't go tall enough to expose the valve assembly and pipe split off. Know idea who's bright idea that was
I hope the guy coming today is a real plumber and gets it done. Lowe's and Ace Hardware both carry stuff for my 1977 Price Phister valves.
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