Michael M asked:

i’m a working plumber and want to get a 24 volt cordless sds hammer drill. the lithium ion is a bit pricey so prob settle for nicad.have heard mixed reports about the dewalt and makita, the makita having bad batteries and the dewalt shaking itself apart. any of this true. any help would be great!!
cheers

SQD asked:


Under the edge of my built-in tub corner tub, the 5 piece faucet set (h,c,tap,diverter,shower) is positioned, it has a valve akin to a tub/shower valve, and so it’s cramped and the tub is glued in etc. so I can’t move it, but the shower hose nut is dripping slightly, and there’s only about 2.5″ horizontal and about 30 degrees vertical swingroom in which to work! I think my construction guy installed it without plumber’s tape–he has a “thing” about using it, he said when there’s rubber washers there’s no need but I always do, and I wish he had!!!
What do I do to fix this?? Thanks!
though I truly appreciate the basin wrench advice, I have one and this is a sinister situation where even it, will not work…because the nut is a mere 1/2″ above another nut and I can’t slip anything around it my next question is if there’s some kind of a drip pan arrangement that can feed into the drain…maybe hire another plumber

Peter G asked:

My wife and I are Katrina evacuees and currently living in Baton Rouge La. I’m a plumber and I have been doing all phases of construction & property maint. with my wife doing office work and a customer service rep. I have been self employed in construction with my wife’s help for over 20 years til Katrina wiped us out with our home & office in Lakeview. I have worked all over the N.O. area for yaers. We want to help rebuild of our native city. WE WANT TO COME HOME! We are looking for someone who has real estate resedinces or rental property who would trade a living quaters where we could live in trade for work on thier property. We can discuss the details. We really want to come home to N.O. and want to help rebuild our city. We have tools transportation computers faxprinter over 20 years of plumbing & many other phases of const. exp. in new and existing const.. If you or someone you know could use some help in this situation. Please reply. We’ll all benifitt. THANKS Peter & Donna

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4 freaking weeks. that’s how long i’ve been trying to make a set of color-coded labels.

it isn’t me. i can type. i can print. i know/have the tools and techniques available to properly format the label.

it is my boss’s filing index that he “had” to have.and the formatting that “must” be.

as we have reached an agreement (his filing index is dead to me) i can now use a revised one. i need links to construction filing indexes, master file indexes for construction projects, anything with “file” and “construction”.

please. help. me.
i L O V E the alphabetical order filing system. (almost) everyone knows it.

the current system:
Plumber gets a contract
1.25 is the Plumbers Contract file
2.25 & 3.25 is the Correspondence to/from files
etc.
To find ahave anything, you have to commit the #’s to memory, or look on th index (poorly updated).
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These files are for an owner and they are a Master File for the project. I don’t want to leave them searching for things bc of my bosses badly designed files.

mondia c asked:


“drain blaster”, etc? Also what else is out there (in Canada)other than the one ones I mentioned?