COLD DARK ROOM

[Chefdenoel10]

There's a tool that is flat with little pins all the way across it. They come in different lengths and you press the pins against the object you are going to cut around. It makes a perfect pattern for your cut. I can't remember the name but maybe one of the guys on here knows what I'm talking about. It saved my life when I layed tiles in our kitchen and utility room. Sadly you still have to do a bit of measuring.?

Thanks soooo much Cathy!!
I will look for it at Home Depot tomorrow!
Anything to make this easier...
If I can’t use it I can keep it for another job in the near future.
That contraption sounds like it will be very helpful! ?

 

[Chefdenoel10]

Just looked it up - it's called a contour or profile duplicator gauge.

SOLD!!
Thanks Lyn!
This job is getting easier and easier...
(Fingers crossed).

 

[Maggie3fan]

Do people expect to the washer to be left when they buy a house in the US?
In the UK most people take their own with them or maybe they are given the option of buying one if the seller doesn't want to take it.

I take mine always

 

[Chefdenoel10]

Sure I can. I use them for all my sulcatas. This is Galloper who has been here a short time and figured it out immediately after setting it up. View attachment 325950And Donald who has used one since moving him outside last year.View attachment 325951View attachment 325952It's just a clay pot upside down with a sturdy rod through the hole on the pot bottom driven into the ground. Donald's is 1/2 copper pipe and Gallopers is a square metal rod from a coffee table.

In that first picture...
Is Gallopers nose bleeding??
Or something bleeding?? ?

 

[Ray--Opo]

THANK YOUUUUU!!!!
I will watch this and see if it would be easier to do (in my case) .
But I figured if I removed the toilet..
Would there be an unusual bulge underneath (when I put it back in place)?
Or would it rock back and forth?
Oh...well.... I guess we will find out Saturday....?

If it didn't rock before you should be ok. They make plastic shims to level the toilet. You put a level on the bowl of the toilet with the seat up or off. Then slide the shims between the floor and bottom of toilet. If some of the shim sticks past the bottom. Pull it back out, trim it off and slide back in. Trim it enough so the shim is inset a little. So when you caulk the base of the toilet. The caulk will cover the shim. Level the toilet side to side and front to back. If you have old caulk on the floor or toilet. Remove before using new caulk. Hope that's not to confusing. You always have YouTube to refer to.

 

[Ray--Opo]

There's a tool that is flat with little pins all the way across it. They come in different lengths and you press the pins against the object you are going to cut around. It makes a perfect pattern for your cut. I can't remember the name but maybe one of the guys on here knows what I'm talking about. It saved my life when I layed tiles in our kitchen and utility room. Sadly you still have to do a bit of measuring.?

 

[JoesMum]

In that first picture...
Is Gallopers nose bleeding??
Or something bleeding?? ?

That’s just food juice smeared over his face ?

 

[EllieMay]

In that first picture...
Is Gallopers nose bleeding??
Or something bleeding?? ?

It’s his lunch!!! And I read that it was not Peter cotton tail ?

 

[Maggie3fan]

PS - new HarborFreight oscillating tool came in handy again today. We cut a metal bolt in half so we could fasten brandy new door pulls on the door between kitchen & formal dining room. The old pull knobs were gaudy golden. The new tool, cut the bolt where we needed it. Door pulls now look stylish, match the kitchen pulls.

Harbor Freight is opening a new store right next to my Safeway store. I LOVE harbor freight.

 

[Len B]

In that first picture...
Is Gallopers nose bleeding??
Or something bleeding?? ?

She is fine, Just been eating some ripe cactus fruit. It can get pretty messy sometimes. A couple older pics

 

[Maro2Bear]

Big storm yesterday & a ton of rain in a short period of time. Washed a lot of pollen down, plants loved it.


Banana Tree Loving Heat & Humidity

 

[Ray--Opo]

PS - new HarborFreight oscillating tool came in handy again today. We cut a metal bolt in half so we could fasten brandy new door pulls on the door between kitchen & formal dining room. The old pull knobs were gaudy golden. The new tool, cut the bolt where we needed it. Door pulls now look stylish, match the kitchen pulls.

The multi tool has saved me numerous times. Mine is made by dremel. My brother has one made by Klein. It runs circles around mine. But it cost 4 times as much.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Just got a pic of a gopher tortoise. He was walking real fast. We are having a drought here. I am afraid he might have been in distress as fast as he was walking. Wanted to have Rose catch him so we could give him a good soak. By the time Rose got there he was in the woods.

 

[Yvonne G]

Sure I can. I use them for all my sulcatas. This is Galloper who has been here a short time and figured it out immediately after setting it up. View attachment 325950And Donald who has used one since moving him outside last year.View attachment 325951View attachment 325952It's just a clay pot upside down with a sturdy rod through the hole on the pot bottom driven into the ground. Donald's is 1/2 copper pipe and Gallopers is a square metal rod from a coffee table.

The next step up from 'Walker' should have been 'Trotter.'

 

[Ray--Opo]

Just got a pic of a gopher tortoise. He was walking real fast. We are having a drought here. I am afraid he might have been in distress as fast as he was walking. Wanted to have Rose catch him so we could give him a good soak. By the time Rose got there he was in the woods. View attachment 325985

Well it just started to rain!???
Hopefully the gopher tortoise is getting some water. Hopefully the afternoon showers will be more persistent now. ??????????
Actually Opo is out in the rain. Usually he comes in out of the rain. ?

 

[Cathie G]

Thank you sooooo much Ray!
I will do just as you said.
Looking to start this job this weekend! ?
It’s a small bathroom but it always turns out what you think will only take 10 mins to do ends up being a two day job!
Looks so easy but .... never is. ?

Not only that but you end up remodeling the whole thing...?

 

[Cathie G]

THANK YOUUUUU!!!!
I will watch this and see if it would be easier to do (in my case) .
But I figured if I removed the toilet..
Would there be an unusual bulge underneath (when I put it back in place)?
Or would it rock back and forth?
Oh...well.... I guess we will find out Saturday....?

I think you have to reset it with a new wax ring and that's kinda hard.

 

[Cathie G]

She is fine, Just been eating some ripe cactus fruit. It can get pretty messy sometimes. A couple older picsView attachment 325972View attachment 325973

And she looks pretty happy about it too ☺️

 

[JoesMum]

JoesDad and I had our second vaccines

Our pizza dinner was very tasty on the way home. I recommend it by way of celebration ?

 

[Cathie G]

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Mine is better for doorframes and pipes because it's really flat but I wish I had had that type for the commode. I learned on the bathroom after several waisted tiles. ?