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I know there is a long list on CT but don't think I remember either of these and since it was just a matter of time before one got added here I guess I'll go ahead and start it.
My buddy mentioned both of these over the last week or so.
1. Ever been head first down in a hole while trying to sweat a repair to a water service only to have your torch keep going out? Next time, if you have a small mini vac, reverse the flow so that it blows, tie a rag off around the end so it doesn't blow dirt in your face, and get the hose low enough so that it provides a source of air near the bottom of the hole.
2. I installed a ho provided roman tub faucet the other day that the ho pruchased via e-bay. Neither of the two stems were marked hot as one of them should have been so I had to guess since I do not know how to tell them apart without the tag (perhaps I should have and now I do but I didn't when I needed to). Of course I guessed wrong.
Anyway, if neither of the stems are marked (and my friend said even if they are marked because he's found them incorrectly marked after the fact before) simply blow through the stem observing the handle direction of turn from open to close which will tell you which side it should go on.
:blink: Dohhh! So simple, why didn't I ever think of that!
My buddy mentioned both of these over the last week or so.
1. Ever been head first down in a hole while trying to sweat a repair to a water service only to have your torch keep going out? Next time, if you have a small mini vac, reverse the flow so that it blows, tie a rag off around the end so it doesn't blow dirt in your face, and get the hose low enough so that it provides a source of air near the bottom of the hole.
2. I installed a ho provided roman tub faucet the other day that the ho pruchased via e-bay. Neither of the two stems were marked hot as one of them should have been so I had to guess since I do not know how to tell them apart without the tag (perhaps I should have and now I do but I didn't when I needed to). Of course I guessed wrong.
Anyway, if neither of the stems are marked (and my friend said even if they are marked because he's found them incorrectly marked after the fact before) simply blow through the stem observing the handle direction of turn from open to close which will tell you which side it should go on.
:blink: Dohhh! So simple, why didn't I ever think of that!