Get an extractor set. https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-Spiral-Screw-Extractor-Set-5-Piece-A96SE51/205469301
Could you use a screw extractor? HERCULES Impact Rated Screw Extractor Set, 3 Piece - Item 57938 https://hftools.com/app57938 These are like $8 at Harbor Freight
Would you try wd40, or something like pb blaster? And bigred77 nobody gets between ned and his bubble baths
I've tried these in the past on other projects and have always fucked it up, but I'd imagine that's going to be my only hope if the oil doesn't work
I have used PB blaster mostly. Just make sure it says that its penetrating oil, generally auto parts stores are your best bet.
The screw looks stainless but is rusted to the point of breaking, so I'm not sure. It probably is 40 years old though
I had a similar screw problem and used a dremel to cut a slot on the head to use a flat head screw driver to get out. Not sure you can fit a dremel in there though
Maybe I have no idea what someone used on his house though, I don't know why a stainless screw would break so easily I've honestly never known someone who had a problem with their overflow gasket on a bathtub But it can cause a shit load of damage easily if someone keeps overflowing the tub, which seems like an easy fix, but I don't really know
You keep saying this but I've never actually filled the tub to even a foot below that level. It's a kid's bath and the gasket had deteriorated enough to where it was flaking into the water. But perhaps this means that it doesn't really matter if I macgruber something to fix it, so long as the water doesn't reach that level?
Not sure why we're still discussing this, there's one obvious solution here Sucking the overflow gasket's dick
A year ago, it was just a big grass yard with no plants and a chain link fence. I'm sure I have a few somewhere, but here's a few from the start of construction. Spoiler
This thread taught me to be deathly afraid of garage door springs. Couple weeks ago a friend briefly mentioned his door wasn't working properly. I said "whatever it is man don't fuck with it. call someone". He fucked with it. Sliced up all his fingers on his left hand. Had a chunk of metal lodged into one of his finger bones. Ended up in surgery. So yeah just a friendly reminder to not mess with your garage door.
I'll basically try to DIY anything but when a garage door installer told me not to fuck with the springs, they can take your head off, that was enough for me to write that one off.
I also will try to fix anything but was told not to try to fix my garage door under any circumstances.
I'm pretty handy (see above) and feel like I could take on this little spring project. I've taken pens apart before without any major issues
Fabienne : Whose piece of metal is this? Butch : It's a garage door spring, baby. Fabienne : Whose garage door spring is this? Butch : It's Ned's. Fabienne : Who's Ned? Butch : Ned's dead, baby. Ned's dead.
This is an awesome, yet depressing thread. I am not handy at all, meanwhile you guys are rebuilding entire F'ing barns. Just bought my first home and am terrified of fucking shit up in it. I know it'll happen but I'm still terrified.
Any ideas how to unbend a Rev a Shelf track for sliding garbage cans. Someone in my house was jamming trash into one and it bent the track to the point it’s nearly unusable. Just ordered another for $95 but something tells me I can fix it somehow. Rev-a-Shelf Double Pullout Waste Container https://www.walmart.com/ip/52447286
Sounds like a job for a bench vice. Though if its cheap aluminum it’ll probably just break and you’ll have to buy a replacement anyway
He bought a house, he didn’t say he’s a homeowner with kids yet. Just when you think you have no money have kids and find out what having no money feels like.
I do this already with a wife and 2 kids makes things more exciting. Like years ago when I decided to replace a thermostat at 9 pm, in FL summer, with a pregnant wife. Long stort short would only blow heat. Honeywell support was closed. Thank god for twitter then cause I tweeted them and someone called me like 10 minutes later and got me fixed up.
I have heard they do indeed make them. I hope this post finds you well and helps you in what I assume is a decision-making process.
Update on the tub overflow saga. The penetrating oil didn't work and the gasket appeared to be 2x the size it needed to be. We have an awesome plumber and needed a hot water heater quote. He got that sucker in place in 2 minutes with some grease and figured out how to get the cover on with the one screw still stuck in. It was like watching peter warrick in his prime return a punt
What’s the deal with Frigidaire gas stove/range? The name suggests that it’s cold, but the appliance produces heat.
Had a leak in my HVAC system. Anyone know what a pound of 410a goes for these days including install? Was just quoted $145 per LB.
And as Ned pointed out earlier, be sure you don’t pay a nickel over materials. These trade people are in stacking money with their racket.