Recent content by ptremblay

Interesting, I hadn't considered cleaning it with CLR. Here I was using a toothbrush and dish soap, I'll give it a try. A quick follow-up question: the pipe extends 1 1/4" from the wall. If I wanted to replace this 7" spout with a shorter 5" (for the simple reason that 7" spouts are...

I'm trying to determine why my bathtub spout is leaking at the base and running out of things to try. It's a fairly straightforward slip-on faucet, Riobel 871. I replaced all of the o-rings, I replaced the diverter which wasn't working properly. The only thing I can think of is that the...

I bought a Ceiling Fan Brace and Box Kit thinking it would be a cinch to install, but I've run into some issues: 1) the distance between the 2 studs is not wide enough to fit the brace (that little chip in the ceiling is me trying to force it in there). 2) I finally managed to wedge it...