athena53
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We never use the jetted tub, it's just wasted space for us.
Yeah, I found that, too. It was popular in new builds when this house (1995 and my previous one (1985) were built but I never use it and have found that bugs and scum accumulate in the pipes if I don't run it regularly , which I now do when I clean that bathroom.
I originally started doing DIY about 40 years ago after I paid a plumber $85 to fix a leak. It took him 45 minutes. At the time that was close to one day of wages for me.
Plumbing and electrical work intimidate me- because of possible extra expenses if I mess up plumbing work and the possible dangers of electricity. When we wanted to replace the cheap linoleum in one bathroom and the yucky carpet in another with tile in the old house, we thought we had a deal with Home Depot and then they said we'd have to test for asbestos in the linoleum due to the age of the house (at our expense, they couldn't suggest testing labs) and if there were any it would have to be remediated. I did a lot of research- unlikely that it contained asbestos and it was practically fused to the flooring so ripping it up would have let it into the air. Just covering it was perfectly legal. So, I did and saved us about $1,000. When the back porch in this house was enclosed I also tiled the floor. It was 150 square feet and I'll never do that again. It's presentable but anyone who does tiling would see that it screams DIY.
I know my limits.
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