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Here is our beloved Ranger. A favorite memory- when our sons were teen-agers, ranger would hear a car come up the driveway and go stand at the back door watching for who was coming in with his tail doing a slow wag in anticipation. OK, two more. He loved to go to his store that he could go in-...

It was a lot more than just tracked drips. That was what covered the most of the floor and stair paths I made, but the 2 in. pipe leaks that sprayed over some utility shelves and their contents is an even bigger cleanup I'm still working on. Headed back to it now to wipe down individual bottles...

I'm a little late to this party, but I can't resist jumping in! We had a male red Dobie. We brought him home at eight weeks. His ears and tail were already cropped, but I had to clean his ears and re-post them about every four days or so. They were cut to the standard height. Ranger was a very...

Sorry havasu, I don't follow you. Paper towels for?

I have a brother in the carpet cleaning/ flood remediation business who says raw sewage is extremely dangerous and uses as high as a 50/50 concentration with a respirator and the rest of the PPE needed. I wore heavy rubber gloves, knee high rubber boots, safety glasses with solid side shields...

At the CDC site there is a chart that shows for one gallon of water, add 1/3 cup of 2.75% bleach, 3 tablespoons of 5.25-6.25%, 2 tablespoons of 8.25% for use as a disinfectant. https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/Documents/8340//970-216-Disinfect-en-L.pdf

Thanks Sparky, yes I've been to the CDC site and found the same chart as you probably. The chart I saw there gives a breakdown even of the different strengths of bleach available and how much per each solution. Nothing went over the 1/3 cup. Sharing your experience with Katrina is helpful...

Our house main sewer drain clogged and I had to have it snaked out today. Before that could happen we emptied seven 5-gal. buckets of sewage water out of the 4 in. main pipes in the basement. (possibly black water) I carried them across the basement floor in that process, tracking as I went. I...

Thanks guys, I appreciate your help. I'll check out your link. I'm already avoiding any tank tablets that have any bleach. Using Scrubbing Bubbles Drop-Ins. We have our own well. I'm wondering if I need to shock it, or if airborne spores are the cause? Joe, I've had the tank lids off...

Hi, for a few months now I've been having an algae grow over everything in the back toilet tanks of both our upstairs and downstairs toilets. I know not to put bleach in the tanks because it will destroy the seals, so how should I correctly deal with this? Thanks for your help.

I completely agree.

I'm glad to hear you finally had a victory and a somewhat happy ending frodo! I admit I was expecting a continued nightmare story, which seems to be how these blasted things go. :hide: Good for you! :clap::clap::clap: - by the way, I got a kick out of your signature.

Very impressive indeed. This 3-D printing technology it would seem will revolutionize quite a few things in this old world of ours. Remember gluing up wood with Elmer's Glue (milk glue) ?!

Lose the wife... lose the homemade cookies?! :o Stewart's Black Cherry (Fountain Classic)

Also you don't want to allow water to drip from roof edges down onto concrete directly below! It will erode the "buttered" top surface off of your concrete. :hide: