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Customer called us out to a job in Independence Kentucky in the Hartland Subdivision on Heartland Boulevard for 'leak under kitchen sink' that another plumber was paid to hook up/connect and tried to resolve the issue with no result. This kitchen sink was a single bowl, trough design made out of porcelain. Porcelain is a good product but sometimes what happens is the surface or surfaces get messed up/out of plane. We found this out on this sink when the sink strainer was tightly installed to the sink and was still leaking. Plumber's putty was used initially by the plumber but we do not recommend plumber's putty. 100% silicone is what we use as it is resilient to water completely and no chance of it ever breaking down.

The picture identifies from the underside that where the sink strainer is about to be attached to is uneven. Given the delicate nature of porcelain, there's only a very small limited amount of variance between the sink strainer and no flexibility of the porcelain at all.

The fix:

Replacing the porcelain trough sink was not feasible to correct the problem in this case. I recommended to the customer that I could remove all the plumber's putty that was used, clean up the basket strainer and reinstall the strainer utilizing a large amount of silicone caulk to make a large gasket out of the material. This method was utilized and the silicone squeezed out of both the top and bottom making up for the imperfections in the surface of the porcelain sink. Given the limited options of resolving this problem, anything else would be extensive to replace the sink and grinding a flat surface into the flanged part of the sink would of lead to the chance of damaging the smooth porcelain surface.

Customer was satisfied with the repair and we expressed the necessity to make sure that no water was poured into the drain system for at least two to three hours. Enough time to let the silicone caulk set up and be effective in this plumbing repair. The picture below shows where the daylight was peaking through where the imperfect surface of the sink's flange area was.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328000/US-tornadoes-Yet-heartbreak-Oklahoma-massive-tornado-touches-highly-populated-suburb.html 
A terrible storm rocked the midwest today in Oklahoma. Many are feared dead in the aftermath of the huge tornado that ripped the state apart. Estimations were believed to be 1 to 2 miles wide during the nearly 30 minutes this tornado was on the ground destroying homes, vehicles, schools and a wide range of other buildings.

Numerous children in an elementary school are feared dead. A lot of the homes are not built to withstand 200 mile winds, something this storm came with. Over the next few days the true horror of this disaster will come to print with people and their stories come out describing the horrific event.

There is a great deal that couldn't afford the loss of their home, which will then make times in life even more difficult. Let's hope and pray that many are rescued and recover from this tragedy.

Laundry tub faucet repair for a new customer on Edna Lane in Fort Wright Kentucky. Customer contacted us (new customer) explaining a situation where the faucet was losing hot water excessively while not in use.

Pictures were sent via phone text which showed an old laundry tub faucet. Dunbar Plumbing came supplied with replacement seat washers to take the faucet apart, replace the defective seat washer and reinstall.

Stem removal was simplistic, retightened handle and reassembled with no difficulties. Turned water back on and no leakage was present. Property owner stated that the faucet rarely gets used, and the priority was stopping the leakage as the water and gas bill was becoming excessive.

This property owner was pleased with our efforts, went on to mention that additional work was needed in the kitchen of this property, a kitchen sink faucet replacement, garbage disposal and new drain piping. We look forward to addressing these issues when the time comes.

Getting ready to clean a backyard patio that has mold growing on it. It's holding moisture this way, long after a rain comes through. It's shaded mostly so that's the reason for why it's hard to keep clean. Some cleanup in the garage is warranted as well.

Beautiful day in northern kentucky today. Sunny and warm, can't ask for much more! 

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/development/2013/05/bacon-bacon-aroma-set-end
This is a situation whereby the smell of good business is forcing its closing.

"Bacon Bacon" is the name of this business in San Francisco. Haight Ashbury Improvement Association has stated that they don't mind the business operating but the numerous code violations and repairs, along with a correction of bacon grease being directly deposited into the sewage system must be dealt with.


From an outward view of this situation,


This fellow gets more recognition by "not" playing by the rules, as this news story has done well in reaching all parts of the united states and probably further than that.

Also, it would be expected that these lodged complaints might of arised from neighbors of the business that were muslim, considering that their religion is against anything related to pork products.

   Seems that someone has it out for this business of meat candy. Maybe a call for cooperation, not opposition is the best suggestion for this company to go forward and make it right with the city. Otherwise this story leaves the world and so does the business that smelled of success, too much so that forced all the flying pigs to fly away...
 

Many emails, phone calls, loose ends. First job was to scope out work to get a material list gathered, determine if a shower pan or a tub is going in a bathroom that is in a basement getting done.
 
Next call was a lavatory sink drain that was clogged, our use of the small drain machine (Spartan 81) took care of the issue. Cable came back black and with hair on the end. Also had to rework the trap underneath as the old one continued to leak after reinstallation. Weather is very nice outside, not too hot. That warm weather is on its way.

We were called back out to this location in regards to "leak coming from second floor ceiling underneath toilet."
 
When talking to the customer we asked if the wax rings supplied by us for the reset of the toilet were used. They in fact were used, but apparently this toilet was reset two times since we cleared the obstruction. The customer bought a horned wax ring not understanding why we were against the use of such product. Horned wax rings are not recommended by Dunbar Plumbing as the application serves absolutely no function or purpose on a perfectly good leak free toilet closet flange. It is also an item that the closet flange itself can readjust the horn to bottom out to the flange or the bottom of the toilet in the process, not allowing any wax to provide the positive seal between the plumbing piping system and the toilet fixture.
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The customer made the decision to replace the toilet, have us come and install the new toilet to end the issue of leaking under the toilet. The customer chose to install an American Standard Cadet 3 toilet. This is an all-in-one toilet found at Home Depot that offers a good quality flush for under $150.00. This comes with a no tools necessary design, a slow closing toilet seat. We were also supplied with a new toilet supply line and two wax rings to make this replacement complete.
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The installation of the American Standard Cadet 3 went smoothly and before the toilet was set, we removed the old horned wax ring, used 2 wax rings before setting the toilet. One of those wax rings was used to "butter" the flange to prevent any water seepage from entering the wood structure below to prevent damage in the case of a leak or a blown wax ring from plunging.
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Once the flange was ready for the installation of the toilet bowl, we installed new brass toilet bowl bolts and proceeded to install the toilet. The American Standard Cadet 3 comes with all the necessary components to install this toilet quite easily. It's a very good operating toilet for it's cost with minimal issues regarding performance. Dunbar Plumbing installs a great deal of American Standard toilets in the past few years due to public product choice. We are comfortable with this product choice as the complaints/defects on these are minimal. Customers are satisfied with the results of flushing as well.
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We were happy to solve this customer's problem, not knowing that any problems existed as the customer stated they would reset the toilet themselves. All in all the new toilet will serve its function well and the expense to upgrade to a newer toilet was warranted. It was an older toilet that had been modified by the changing of a flush valve that most likely was to blame for our initial arrival, a clogged drain line from the toilet.