DIYbanter - View Single Post - Help, bought a house but I'm hopeless... leaky faucets, broken gas stoves, and a tree to fall

(HopelessStudent) wrote in message . com...
Hello google group. I just bought my first home and I have a few
problems to finish up but I haven't got much of a clue what to do.
Here are the main problems:
1) the claw-tub faucet doesn't turn off despite the nozzle's being
turned as far as possible (with a wrench) it still drips. The other
noticeable problem is that when it is on, more water sprays out where
the shower attachment meets the faucet then comes up to the shower
head.
2) i've got to take down a tree but all of the information online is
about falling a tree. I can't do this because the tree is far too
big, too many nearby houses and telephone wires. I want to climb up
there and chainsaw it down piece by piece with a few helpers lowering
the pieces down by ropes. good plan?
3) one of the gas stoves is broken, I'm planning on calling a
professional about this though. It isn't the pilot light and the gas
connection is still working.

Thanks much in advance to everyone that replies... this is very
humbling not having a clue what to do living out on my own for the
first time.

Adam

1. Turn off the water supply. Start taking the leaky faucet apart.
Most likely there is a worn rubber washer inside that you can easily
replace. Go to the hardware store with your old parts and get a new
washer. If you have a shower attachment on that faucet that could be
atached in various ways. If it screws on then tighten it or put some
teflon tape on the threads.

2. Think again about the tree work. I believe tree trimming/cutting is
the highest workman's comp trade in my state. I have done this work
and it is very dangerous and 50X more dangerous for an amateur. Saws
can maim you, falling can kill you, and unexpected limb movement can
do either. Damage to the nearby homes is very possible. Approach this
work carefully and in small chunks. Liability on breaking that
telephone line includes all the lost revenue over the line by the way.
"A man has to know his limitations."