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Question:
How to bring a 'sit down' shower into the 21st century!
Hello, my name is Tracy and and I'm renting a room in a house in Ireland.
My problem is: The bathroom has what I'd call a sit-down shower, originally there was no shower, just a tub but now there is a nice
set-up of a rubber hose which has ends which connect to each of the faucets (hot and cold) and then they connect to a long rubber tube that has the showerhead on the end of it. If you lift the shower- head above your head you can see where once there was a fixture which held it at just the right height so that it would be a great, normal, stand-up shower, however, for whatever reason this is now non-existent. This fixture was stuck onto the plastic covering for a vent. So my challenge is, how to get it to be a stand up shower again, there needs to be something to hold the shower head up, and if it needs to be stuck to the wall, it's going to have to hang onto the plastic vent covering. Help!!! Any ideas??
-- tracy.gauwitz@ireland.com
(Ref:0368)
Answer:
four alternatives for you Tracy !
1 see if your Landlord will supply a new shower, usually the lease requires the landlord to maintain or repair the dwelling in a suitable manner.
2. ok he won't ?! The attachment is replaceable at your nearest hardware store at a modest price
3. cant afford that ? very well how about buying a plastic hook at the store that has double sided adhesive on the back sticks to most smooth surfaces (
don't put weight on it for 24 hrs though )
4. desperate? ok get a wire coat hanger ! hook the hook end through the vent, then stretch the rest down wards, wrap in a spiral around the shower head so it holds the hose without kinking it costs nothing !
5. oh if all else fails EMIGRATE! -- REDI weenspwalla@dingonspblue.net.au
Reply from Author : Thank you! Thank you! Will definitely try a couple of the options you've sent! I am definitely not emigrating! Life is fabulous here even with the shower in the condition it's in! Tracy -- tracy.gauwitz@ireland.com
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Question:
Steep Driveways.
I live in Wisconsin and have had a real problem in the winter with
having a steep driveway. Not only do I have to shovel but it seems the
slightest amount of snow makes the driveway almost impossible to get up.
Does anyone have any ideas or know of any products that can make it
less of a chore? Thanks greatly: Mike in Madison -- John Michael
Ryan SammyT@facstaff.wisc.edu
(Ref:0423)
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Question:
Slugs in the home.
How do I get rid of slugs out of the house? Every night they come in and leave trails on one particular part of the carpet and kitchen!!!....Any ideas!
-- Aaron kiwiinoztralia@netpro.net.au
(Ref:0424)
Answer: Eggshells, salt???
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Question:
Water Hammer.
I have bought a kit for fixing water hammer but am unsure at what point
in the system I should attach it. The salesman told me to connect it to
the highest point I could access. Where in the system is this most
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(Ref:0426)
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