the couple that looked at it Monday are wanting to come back by tonight. We'll see what happens
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the couple that looked at it Monday are wanting to come back by tonight. We'll see what happens
hope they make you a good offer
worried about the shower in the master bath. The diverter is still not working. have to take the whole shower unit out and replaces the swith and the housing, then put the unit back in. Trying to get an estimate now over the phone. Nothing exact, just a ball park figure. Any ideas?
Good luck DD. when I was building houses, if someone came back twice, they were most likely going to buy. If they came back a third time to look, the house is sold!!!
I hope so Chris. I am abit worried about that shower in the master bath though. Waiting on a plumber to call me back so I can get a rough idea on what it costs so I have room to wiggle. If they say $1000, I'll tell them I'll either fix it and leave the house price the same OR I can take $2500 off the house and not fix it. up to them
I replaced the insides on my diverter the other day.....all went in fr ok m the outside....just removed the control knob....and unscrewed the large nut....pulled it all out in one piece.....put the new one in and put it back together. 15 minute job. Mine was a Delta
Can't do that with mine. the internal part of it are corroded so bad that you have to get behind the tub to get to it. BOTH my Bathrooms abut each other and there's no way to get the old one out and replace it without taking the entire unit out, fixing it and putting the shower unit back in place
Go through the wall from the back side . Much easier than taking all that out . Just saying .
Can't man. The other tub bathroom is right behind this one. The tubs have a common wall. I THOUGHT I was gonna do that until I got to looking for a wall to cut on. LOL I got a quote of $100 an hour and I can't see this taking more than a day to fix so IF they just have to have a shower (tub works fine) I'll give them the option of me fixing it and keeping the house at the same price or me knocking off a couple grand off the house
Come in from the wall on the back side to replace the diverter. No biggee. Now them swiths as you typed it, are expensive as hell. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DonDon
Sorry, dint see post about shower on wall on backside. I have never seen showers back to back on same wall as long as I have been into constr.
Dd, is this a fibre glass tub, or shower unit. If it is then its gonna be extensive work, take longer than a day if you have drywall around a fiber glass unit. Post me a pic of the unit man
DD, do you think it's possible iron build up?? Don't know how old your home is, but a lot of times in older homes ive worked on in the past, fixtures that aren't used often iron will collect and you can't even turn a knob.
If this happens to be your case, start by flushing it with vinegar, second option is acid (muratic). It'll change the form of the iron from solid (disolve) long enough to flush out the fixtures, valves, etc.
it's a pain, but when your working on antiques that are priceless to the owner.. That's what you gotta do. In your case, it would be easier to flush it out, if its a build up, than tear into a "back to back" shower project to replace.
Took the diverter out and they don't even make that diverter any more. I went to several plumbing stores, ace hardware, lowes, speciality stores and it's an odd one. It's a fiberglass shower unit and I did have a guy look at it while he was there doing something else and he said it had corroded really bad on the inside so the unit would have to come out and have replace the parts behind the unit or something like that. I capped it off, took off the shower head, capped it and installed chrome caps on the fiberglass unit to make it look purdy. Just a tub but doesn't leak and won't leak. It may or may not be a problem for whoever is buying the house. not sure. HOPE NOT though but if they need to take a shower, they can use the other bathroom. Me, I take a bath, grew up that way and always have taken baths
Mechanical objects with moving parts require proper maintenance.
Kinda hard to maintain when they're in the wall.