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 Skil's New 3510 4-3/8-in. Hand-Held Wet Tile Saw has 10-ft. water hose (longer connection helps complete the project), depth and bevel adjustment (allows most cut types to be made), durable steel foot plate and external motor brushes (easy maintenance). |
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| Rat Bites Man During
Toilet Swap |
True story. Friends of ours recently rehabbed a house and installed a toilet. They had no problems removing the old toilet and none while installing the new, but in between they had a big surprise.
After removing the old toilet, one of the guys stuffed wadded-up paper towels down the waste hole to prevent sewer gas from entering the first floor bathroom. He took a lunch break and returned to find the paper towels had slid down the hole. Not wearing gloves, he reached for the towels — and quickly yanked his hand out after feeling a sharp pain in his index finger.
He pulled out the paper towels and was eye-to-eye with a rat. Both retreated, the rat down the hole and the guy to an emergency room where he spent six hours undergoing rabies treatment.
Bottom line: Wear gloves and watch out for rats.
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How to install a toilet (without the rats, however). |
From the Toolbox Archives: Save Bucks in Bathroom!
You can make hundreds of dollars for a couple hours of work this weekend! No joke. If your toilet was installed before 1996, then it probably uses at least 3.5 gallons of water per flush. Replacing that old toilet with a new dual-flush or low-flow model that uses 1.6 gallons or less could save you hundreds of dollars in the first year — meaning that by next year, you'll likely recoup the cost of the toilet.
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