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It was probably 12 but I was expecting about 17K and the 20K didn't include some of the materials. We were all in at 13K for parts and labor.


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It was probably 12 but I was expecting about 17K and the 20K didn't include some of the materials. We were all in at 13K for parts and labor.


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I am intrigued. I have a 6 or 7 year old 40 gallon traditional water heater. I was planning on getting a new one with a power vent so I can get rid of the chimney which isn't even venting it properly or so I hear now that the furnace is vented out the side of the house.

I have city water and will have a softener again once I install the water heater and rework some of the pipes. There are 5 of us and the current one kind of sucks ass for keeping up with even 2 showers in a row. Any brand recommendations? What is the maintenance on one of these things? Clean some filters or de scaling?

I've mainly installed Navien. I can tell you that their tech support and customer service is far and away the best of any manufacturer I've ever contacted. I won't bore you with stories but trust me they stand behind their product like no other company I've ever seen.

Maintenance... there's typically a water inlet screen to clean once a year. And descaling should be done once a year, that requires a submersible pump that runs cleaning agent and water thru the heat exchanger. You mix up the cleaner with 4 gallons of water into a 5 gallon bucket, the pump goes into that and the water pumps into the cold inlet side and out the hot back into the bucket. Let it circulate for 45 minutes. Then flush with fresh cold water. There should be bypass valves on the thing so you isolate the street inlet and the house hot outlet and you can just circulate thru the machine. You can probably buy the kit for the average price of a contractor to come out and do it twice so if you're in any way handy I'd say buy the pump kit. You'll clean the flame sensor and spark electrode while the system is flushing. It's an hour of maintenance once a year. There's also a fresh (combustion) air intake screen you should check and clean every couple years.


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I'm just finishing the latest episode of 90 day fiance and I can't believe a bathroom remodel could lead to hot sex, and then years of nagging by the wife about how the bathroom is outdated.

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Urlacher's missing neck wrote:
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I am intrigued. I have a 6 or 7 year old 40 gallon traditional water heater. I was planning on getting a new one with a power vent so I can get rid of the chimney which isn't even venting it properly or so I hear now that the furnace is vented out the side of the house.

I have city water and will have a softener again once I install the water heater and rework some of the pipes. There are 5 of us and the current one kind of sucks ass for keeping up with even 2 showers in a row. Any brand recommendations? What is the maintenance on one of these things? Clean some filters or de scaling?

I've mainly installed Navien. I can tell you that their tech support and customer service is far and away the best of any manufacturer I've ever contacted. I won't bore you with stories but trust me they stand behind their product like no other company I've ever seen.

Maintenance... there's typically a water inlet screen to clean once a year. And descaling should be done once a year, that requires a submersible pump that runs cleaning agent and water thru the heat exchanger. You mix up the cleaner with 4 gallons of water into a 5 gallon bucket, the pump goes into that and the water pumps into the cold inlet side and out the hot back into the bucket. Let it circulate for 45 minutes. Then flush with fresh cold water. There should be bypass valves on the thing so you isolate the street inlet and the house hot outlet and you can just circulate thru the machine. You can probably buy the kit for the average price of a contractor to come out and do it twice so if you're in any way handy I'd say buy the pump kit. You'll clean the flame sensor and spark electrode while the system is flushing. It's an hour of maintenance once a year. There's also a fresh (combustion) air intake screen you should check and clean every couple years.


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Got an issue with the ceiling fan in our living room. None of the lights will work. The fan works fine. I replaced all the bulbs and the lights still will not work. I read something about a wattage regulator that could be causing this. Does this mean I need to get lower watt bulbs and they will work? Does the regulator need to be replaced? Do I just need to get a new fan all together?

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Wattage regulator? You mean a ballast? If its CFL bulbs, just get a new fan. Replacing the ballast could be costly and inconvenient.

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Not sure. Here is what I found..

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The Wattage regulator has nothing to do with speed of fan or brightness of bulbs or for a remote. It is a safety feature that prevents the fan from overheating. If you install bulbs that exceed the specified wattage, the wattage regulator either shuts off the bulbs or limits the wattage they receive to prevent overheating.

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Got an issue with the ceiling fan in our living room. None of the lights will work. The fan works fine. I replaced all the bulbs and the lights still will not work. I read something about a wattage regulator that could be causing this. Does this mean I need to get lower watt bulbs and they will work? Does the regulator need to be replaced? Do I just need to get a new fan all together?

I had the same issue a couple months ago, investigated it and decided it’d be easier to just get a new fan.

I don’t remember why. Godspeed.

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Darkside wrote:
Urlacher's missing neck wrote:
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Urlacher's missing neck wrote:
I am intrigued. I have a 6 or 7 year old 40 gallon traditional water heater. I was planning on getting a new one with a power vent so I can get rid of the chimney which isn't even venting it properly or so I hear now that the furnace is vented out the side of the house.

I have city water and will have a softener again once I install the water heater and rework some of the pipes. There are 5 of us and the current one kind of sucks ass for keeping up with even 2 showers in a row. Any brand recommendations? What is the maintenance on one of these things? Clean some filters or de scaling?

I've mainly installed Navien. I can tell you that their tech support and customer service is far and away the best of any manufacturer I've ever contacted. I won't bore you with stories but trust me they stand behind their product like no other company I've ever seen.

Maintenance... there's typically a water inlet screen to clean once a year. And descaling should be done once a year, that requires a submersible pump that runs cleaning agent and water thru the heat exchanger. You mix up the cleaner with 4 gallons of water into a 5 gallon bucket, the pump goes into that and the water pumps into the cold inlet side and out the hot back into the bucket. Let it circulate for 45 minutes. Then flush with fresh cold water. There should be bypass valves on the thing so you isolate the street inlet and the house hot outlet and you can just circulate thru the machine. You can probably buy the kit for the average price of a contractor to come out and do it twice so if you're in any way handy I'd say buy the pump kit. You'll clean the flame sensor and spark electrode while the system is flushing. It's an hour of maintenance once a year. There's also a fresh (combustion) air intake screen you should check and clean every couple years.


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Question: My 75-gal Bradford White water heater has performed perfectly for 15+ years, and I know it's probably on borrowed time. Would you recommend:

1. Replacing with the same model...after all, if I get another 15 years out of the new one, I'll probably be out of the house by then.
2. Replace with a Navien tankless
3. Replace with a Rinnai tankless

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RFDC wrote:
Got an issue with the ceiling fan in our living room. None of the lights will work. The fan works fine. I replaced all the bulbs and the lights still will not work. I read something about a wattage regulator that could be causing this. Does this mean I need to get lower watt bulbs and they will work? Does the regulator need to be replaced? Do I just need to get a new fan all together?


Did the previous bulbs all quit working at once, or did you replace bulbs and they did not work after that? I would look for a wire not made up if the former is true. Fans vibrate and wire nuts loosen in the box/fan base.

If the latter is the case, obviously it is a problem with the new bulb you chose.

Is there a remote control involved? I installed a new fan with a remote in our master bedroom, we already had separate switched for fan power and lights. Now there is a sequence that needs to be followed to make the lights work by the wall switch.


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Is there a remote control involved? I installed a new fan with a remote in our master bedroom, we already had separate switched for fan power and lights. Now there is a sequence that needs to be followed to make the lights work by the wall switch.

I had the same issue but just the opposite where the lights on my ceiling fan would not turn off. At first I thought it was the batteries in the remote, but then I learned that these fan/remote units sometimes will randomly unpair themselves. The way to fix it was killing the power to the fan at the electrical box, turning the power back on while at the same time holding the pair button on the remote control.

Why do these remote control ceiling fans not have some kind of backup on/off switch on them? Those little remotes are tiny and easy to lose.

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Is there a remote control involved? I installed a new fan with a remote in our master bedroom, we already had separate switched for fan power and lights. Now there is a sequence that needs to be followed to make the lights work by the wall switch.

I had the same issue but just the opposite where the lights on my ceiling fan would not turn off. At first I thought it was the batteries in the remote, but then I learned that these fan/remote units sometimes will randomly unpair themselves. The way to fix it was killing the power to the fan at the electrical box, turning the power back on while at the same time holding the pair button on the remote control.

Why do these remote control ceiling fans not have some kind of backup on/off switch on them? Those little remotes are tiny and easy to lose.

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Darkside wrote:
Urlacher's missing neck wrote:
Darkside wrote:
Urlacher's missing neck wrote:
I am intrigued. I have a 6 or 7 year old 40 gallon traditional water heater. I was planning on getting a new one with a power vent so I can get rid of the chimney which isn't even venting it properly or so I hear now that the furnace is vented out the side of the house.

I have city water and will have a softener again once I install the water heater and rework some of the pipes. There are 5 of us and the current one kind of sucks ass for keeping up with even 2 showers in a row. Any brand recommendations? What is the maintenance on one of these things? Clean some filters or de scaling?

I've mainly installed Navien. I can tell you that their tech support and customer service is far and away the best of any manufacturer I've ever contacted. I won't bore you with stories but trust me they stand behind their product like no other company I've ever seen.

Maintenance... there's typically a water inlet screen to clean once a year. And descaling should be done once a year, that requires a submersible pump that runs cleaning agent and water thru the heat exchanger. You mix up the cleaner with 4 gallons of water into a 5 gallon bucket, the pump goes into that and the water pumps into the cold inlet side and out the hot back into the bucket. Let it circulate for 45 minutes. Then flush with fresh cold water. There should be bypass valves on the thing so you isolate the street inlet and the house hot outlet and you can just circulate thru the machine. You can probably buy the kit for the average price of a contractor to come out and do it twice so if you're in any way handy I'd say buy the pump kit. You'll clean the flame sensor and spark electrode while the system is flushing. It's an hour of maintenance once a year. There's also a fresh (combustion) air intake screen you should check and clean every couple years.


I hung my NPE 240 A2 on the wall today.

Congrats! How's it going?


Question: My 75-gal Bradford White water heater has performed perfectly for 15+ years, and I know it's probably on borrowed time. Would you recommend:

1. Replacing with the same model...after all, if I get another 15 years out of the new one, I'll probably be out of the house by then.
2. Replace with a Navien tankless
3. Replace with a Rinnai tankless

Don't do tankless if there's a multiple demand for hot water. The water pressure will drop big time.


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Is there a remote control involved? I installed a new fan with a remote in our master bedroom, we already had separate switched for fan power and lights. Now there is a sequence that needs to be followed to make the lights work by the wall switch.

I had the same issue but just the opposite where the lights on my ceiling fan would not turn off. At first I thought it was the batteries in the remote, but then I learned that these fan/remote units sometimes will randomly unpair themselves. The way to fix it was killing the power to the fan at the electrical box, turning the power back on while at the same time holding the pair button on the remote control.

Why do these remote control ceiling fans not have some kind of backup on/off switch on them? Those little remotes are tiny and easy to lose.

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K Effective wrote:
RFDC wrote:
Got an issue with the ceiling fan in our living room. None of the lights will work. The fan works fine. I replaced all the bulbs and the lights still will not work. I read something about a wattage regulator that could be causing this. Does this mean I need to get lower watt bulbs and they will work? Does the regulator need to be replaced? Do I just need to get a new fan all together?


Did the previous bulbs all quit working at once, or did you replace bulbs and they did not work after that? I would look for a wire not made up if the former is true. Fans vibrate and wire nuts loosen in the box/fan base.

If the latter is the case, obviously it is a problem with the new bulb you chose.

Is there a remote control involved? I installed a new fan with a remote in our master bedroom, we already had separate switched for fan power and lights. Now there is a sequence that needs to be followed to make the lights work by the wall switch.

All bulbs quit working at once.

No remote.

I think I am going to just replace the entire fan/light.

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The way to fix it was killing the power to the fan at the electrical box, turning the power back on while at the same time holding the pair button on the remote control.
Look at that. Turn it off then turn it on again worked again!

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RFDC wrote:
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RFDC wrote:
Got an issue with the ceiling fan in our living room. None of the lights will work. The fan works fine. I replaced all the bulbs and the lights still will not work. I read something about a wattage regulator that could be causing this. Does this mean I need to get lower watt bulbs and they will work? Does the regulator need to be replaced? Do I just need to get a new fan all together?


Did the previous bulbs all quit working at once, or did you replace bulbs and they did not work after that? I would look for a wire not made up if the former is true. Fans vibrate and wire nuts loosen in the box/fan base.

If the latter is the case, obviously it is a problem with the new bulb you chose.

Is there a remote control involved? I installed a new fan with a remote in our master bedroom, we already had separate switched for fan power and lights. Now there is a sequence that needs to be followed to make the lights work by the wall switch.

All bulbs quit working at once.

No remote.

I think I am going to just replace the entire fan/light.

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RFDC wrote:
K Effective wrote:
RFDC wrote:
Got an issue with the ceiling fan in our living room. None of the lights will work. The fan works fine. I replaced all the bulbs and the lights still will not work. I read something about a wattage regulator that could be causing this. Does this mean I need to get lower watt bulbs and they will work? Does the regulator need to be replaced? Do I just need to get a new fan all together?


Did the previous bulbs all quit working at once, or did you replace bulbs and they did not work after that? I would look for a wire not made up if the former is true. Fans vibrate and wire nuts loosen in the box/fan base.

If the latter is the case, obviously it is a problem with the new bulb you chose.

Is there a remote control involved? I installed a new fan with a remote in our master bedroom, we already had separate switched for fan power and lights. Now there is a sequence that needs to be followed to make the lights work by the wall switch.

All bulbs quit working at once.

No remote.

I think I am going to just replace the entire fan/light.


Did you buy LED bulbs? Not all will work with old fixtures.

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if you were going to re-do an entire bathroom basically- like new floor, new vanity/faucet/sink, toilet, etc what should you start with first ? the floor ? it's pretty small, i think all i'd need is like 10 tiles :lol:

i'm pretty confident i could do the vanity and all that but i've never done a floor before


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if you were going to re-do an entire bathroom basically- like new floor, new vanity/faucet/sink, toilet, etc what should you start with first ? the floor ? it's pretty small, i think all i'd need is like 10 tiles :lol:

i'm pretty confident i could do the vanity and all that but i've never done a floor before

Floor then trim then fixtures then paint.

Tiling is pretty easy if you’re doing something large. Just make sure your subfloor is solid and if you’re using concrete board, that all the screws are countersunk.

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if you were going to re-do an entire bathroom basically- like new floor, new vanity/faucet/sink, toilet, etc what should you start with first ? the floor ? it's pretty small, i think all i'd need is like 10 tiles :lol:

i'm pretty confident i could do the vanity and all that but i've never done a floor before

Floor then trim then fixtures then paint.

Tiling is pretty easy if you’re doing something large. Just make sure your subfloor is solid and if you’re using concrete board, that all the screws are countersunk.


I've put down numerous tile floors and only 1 has had cracked tiles and grout lines. That one my father in law installed the cement board. Don't forget to put a light coat of thin set underneath the cement board. The pros I see doing it all use roofing nail guns to put down the cement board. I've always used screws and it takes an eternity but its never failed either.

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As far as the ceiling fan goes 1 of 3 things happened. The pull chain switch failed, the blue wire came off the switch leg or some internal component went to shit. I've replaced hundreds upon hundreds of fans for people but I can not recall ever trying to troubleshoot the unit. Everyone just gets a new one. They go out of style quickly, the blades bow....so everyone is usually looking for an excuse to get a new one anyways. If you have (and if you don't have they are cheap and very useful for basic troubleshooting) a non contact electrical tester you can put that in the socket and it will tell you if there is power there. You can open the light kit and check there as well or drop the canopy and test up there too.

As far as those fans with shitty CFL bulbs or even dim candelabras I found an easy upgrade provided you have a solid bowl style globe on the fan. I cut the black and white leads and removed the socket. I then took a 6 inch LED can light trim and removed the LED the housing and put it in the light kit.

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This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Bagels wrote:
if you were going to re-do an entire bathroom basically- like new floor, new vanity/faucet/sink, toilet, etc what should you start with first ? the floor ? it's pretty small, i think all i'd need is like 10 tiles :lol:

i'm pretty confident i could do the vanity and all that but i've never done a floor before

Floor then trim then fixtures then paint.

Tiling is pretty easy if you’re doing something large. Just make sure your subfloor is solid and if you’re using concrete board, that all the screws are countersunk.

If you’re removing all of the fixtures, it’s easier to paint while the walls are fully exposed so that you can use a roller for most of it and also get behind the toilet and vanity. That also eliminates concerns with paint drips on a new floor or countertop. You may need to touch-up if you damage the finish while reinstalling but it shouldn’t be much.

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Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:
This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Bagels wrote:
if you were going to re-do an entire bathroom basically- like new floor, new vanity/faucet/sink, toilet, etc what should you start with first ? the floor ? it's pretty small, i think all i'd need is like 10 tiles :lol:

i'm pretty confident i could do the vanity and all that but i've never done a floor before

Floor then trim then fixtures then paint.

Tiling is pretty easy if you’re doing something large. Just make sure your subfloor is solid and if you’re using concrete board, that all the screws are countersunk.

If you’re removing all of the fixtures, it’s easier to paint while the walls are fully exposed so that you can use a roller for most of it and also get behind the toilet and vanity. That also eliminates concerns with paint drips on a new floor or countertop. You may need to touch-up if you damage the finish while reinstalling but it shouldn’t be much.


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if you were going to re-do an entire bathroom basically- like new floor, new vanity/faucet/sink, toilet, etc what should you start with first ? the floor ? it's pretty small, i think all i'd need is like 10 tiles :lol:

i'm pretty confident i could do the vanity and all that but i've never done a floor before

Floor then trim then fixtures then paint.

Tiling is pretty easy if you’re doing something large. Just make sure your subfloor is solid and if you’re using concrete board, that all the screws are countersunk.

If you’re removing all of the fixtures, it’s easier to paint while the walls are fully exposed so that you can use a roller for most of it and also get behind the toilet and vanity. That also eliminates concerns with paint drips on a new floor or countertop. You may need to touch-up if you damage the finish while reinstalling but it shouldn’t be much.

can you just come and do this shit for me ? i'll smoke you up


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Bagels wrote:
if you were going to re-do an entire bathroom basically- like new floor, new vanity/faucet/sink, toilet, etc what should you start with first ? the floor ? it's pretty small, i think all i'd need is like 10 tiles :lol:

i'm pretty confident i could do the vanity and all that but i've never done a floor before

Floor then trim then fixtures then paint.

Tiling is pretty easy if you’re doing something large. Just make sure your subfloor is solid and if you’re using concrete board, that all the screws are countersunk.

If you’re removing all of the fixtures, it’s easier to paint while the walls are fully exposed so that you can use a roller for most of it and also get behind the toilet and vanity. That also eliminates concerns with paint drips on a new floor or countertop. You may need to touch-up if you damage the finish while reinstalling but it shouldn’t be much.

can you just come and do this shit for me ? i'll smoke you up

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Bagels wrote:
if you were going to re-do an entire bathroom basically- like new floor, new vanity/faucet/sink, toilet, etc what should you start with first ? the floor ? it's pretty small, i think all i'd need is like 10 tiles :lol:

i'm pretty confident i could do the vanity and all that but i've never done a floor before


and when you do the tile, go buy a harbor freight 50-60 dollar tile table saw. worth every dime. the only issue is your wife will think you need to tile everything now.

I bought one 10 years ago. i've doen 4 tile jobs with it including 3 kitchens and its been borrowed and used probably a dozen times. i've replaced the blade once.


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