Having a Toilet Replaced

@debodun we promise we will be just as interested in your new house and new neighbors as we are in your old one. We promise you can regale us with tales of your cleaning lady. But, for the love of all thatā€™s holy, MOVE!
 
I would love to move - when I can find a house that I like. It seem everything I looked at in the house this past week has gone kaflooey from my VCR to the toilet. I was afraid to turn on my computer today.
 

debodun said:
I would love to move - when I can find a house that I like.
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If you move to a house you do not like, think of threads you can start, the posts you can post, the tales you can regale us with. It will be worth it. Move to what you like or move to what you do not like, or move to what we all like for you; the important thing here is that you MOVE, just MOVE.
 
I don't understand why you must live where you always were. Be Bold. Move to a totally new area. That's my advice. Florida, Arizona.........someplace else, someplace exciting. You're nice looking. You're friendly. You'll do great, and you will always have us.
 
Pepper said:
I don't understand why you must live where you always were. Be Bold. Move to a totally new area. That's my advice. Florida, Arizona.........someplace else, someplace exciting. You're nice looking. You're friendly. You'll do great, and you will always have us.
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Yes, you will always have us. We are hooked. Now, MOVE!
 
debodun said:
I would love to move - when I can find a house that I like. It seem everything I looked at in the house this past week has gone kaflooey from my VCR to the toilet. I was afraid to turn on my computer today.
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It sounds like your house is telling you "Get out of here! Move and leave me alone!"
 
Pepper said:
I don't understand why you must live where you always were. Be Bold. Move to a totally new area. That's my advice. Florida, Arizona.........someplace else, someplace exciting. You're nice looking. You're friendly. You'll do great, and you will always have us.
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Suggested several times by me & others. All over America there are homes that even if they needed some repair the price & taxes are a real value compared to the 200k & high taxes Deb is facing by staying local.

Deb claims she could pay 200k for a home. Why would anyone that had no ties to a particular place not look at options?

Something like this paid for in cash and still having a nest egg of about 120k would be a no brainer for me if I lived in a wreck of a home & had no ties to the community.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2268-Crabtree-Ln-Johnstown-PA-15905/204854145_zpid/?

Monthly cost
Estimated monthly cost
$436
Principal & interest
$310/mo
Mortgage insurance
$0/mo
Property taxes
$97/mo
Home insurance
$28/mo
HOA fees
N/A
Utilities
Not included
 
debodun said:
It isn't only about the cost - it more like are these contractors going to do a good job? After my mom passed, I had the front porch painted. Over that winter the paint peeled off in sheets. The contractor refused to do anything about it. I had to take him to small claims. Here we can only sue for up to $3000 and I had paid him $4500. He kept delaying each time we went saying he needed more time. Finally the justice put her foot down and said next time was his last chance. In the end I won, but between the $1500 I lost and having to travel several times to court, 60 miles round-trip, it was hardly worth it. Similar situations have really soured me on home maintenance.
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Before hiring a contractor, you should check their contractor's license to see if they have one or if it has been revoked. On the same site, you can verify their worker's comp & liability insurance, make sure the policy is in effect, the expiration date, and the amount they're insured for. Also, make sure they have you sign a lien release, otherwise, if the contractor doesn't pay their workers, they can make you pay them.
License & Ins. Check here:
https://www2.cslb.ca.gov/OnlineServices/CheckLicenseII/CheckLicense.aspx
 
win231 said:
Before hiring a contractor, you should check their contractor's license to see if they have one or if it has been revoked. On the same site, you can verify their worker's comp & liability insurance, make sure the policy is in effect, the expiration date, and the amount they're insured for. Also, make sure they have you sign a lien release, otherwise, if the contractor doesn't pay their workers, they can make you pay them.
License & Ins. Check here:
https://www2.cslb.ca.gov/OnlineServices/CheckLicenseII/CheckLicense.aspx
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The lien release, GREAT IDEAL šŸ˜
 
Butterfly said:
I'd bet the need to plunge it is more likely the plumbing pipes and/or the sewer line rather than the toilet itself.
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Yes, especially if it's an old house with old pipes.
After my complete re-pipe, the plumber showed me what was wrong with the other pipes that carry water AWAY from the house. I had to replace those, too. They were the original ones when the house was built by the previous owners in 1953. And that's my birth year, so they were really OLD pipes........
 

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