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PoindexterOglethorpe

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11. Please forgive my profound ignorance,
Thu May 2, 2019, 03:53 AM
May 2019

but I have never even heard of that. Are they somewhat new? Maybe I've never lived in a place with such a thing. This home is the most recently built of all the ones I've lived in, and it was built in 1994.

And yes, I know that things can happen in a condo or apartment as well. It is somewhat astonishing to have replaced almost everything in the past few months. I've also done landscaping in the front and back, including building a pergola in the front. It's possible I will live here another 20 years, and I want it to be a comfortable home that entire time.

And if I pass on tomorrow and my son gets to sell it, well it will sell quickly because of all the improvements. I've already told him that if that kind of thing happens he'll want to put it on the market for about five percent less than the going price of this place would be. He doesn't have to care about what it originally cost. I've been here ten years, there's a decent amount of equity, and what he'd realize when it's sold and the loan paid off is simply money in his pocket.

Heck, if I decide next month or next year to sell this place and move elsewhere, I'd realize a decent profit.,

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Try removing and cleaning the hot water faucet valve at the faucet handle. LuvLoogie Apr 2019 #1
Had a similar problem, but with our kitchen sink DonaldsRump Apr 2019 #2
Turn your hot water off under the sink first. LiberalArkie Apr 2019 #3
I believe the advice given is fairly good Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #4
A couple things to check FBaggins Apr 2019 #5
Personally I would call a plumber. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #6
This is basic homeowner 101 stuff. Hassin Bin Sober May 2019 #8
What is a GFCI reset? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #9
The ground fault receptacle in your bath or kitchen Hassin Bin Sober May 2019 #10
Please forgive my profound ignorance, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #11
It looks like this Hassin Bin Sober May 2019 #12
Thank you for both the explanation and the pictures! PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #13
There is a good chance one bathroom outlet protects the other bathroom outlet. Hassin Bin Sober May 2019 #14
Thank you again! PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #15
You are welcome! Hassin Bin Sober May 2019 #16
I don't suppose you live in my city and can come over to show me these things? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #17
I'm in Chicago. Hassin Bin Sober May 2019 #18
Sigh. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #19
Professional contractor, I've been doing plumbing for decades, one easy troubleshooting trick is... CaptainTruth Apr 2019 #7
We had a similar problem Marthe48 May 2019 #20
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