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Originally posted by muppet_girl:
OK, this is sort of house related. I just bought light (pine) wood furniture for my bedroom, which is making me rethink the spring green color I was going to paint the walls. Also makes me think that most light/bright colors are out as well. Since I'm at least anecdotally color-blind, does anyone have suggestions or comments on what color to use on my walls behind the pine furniture? (Note: wine red is out since that's my living room.)

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ETA: I'm looking for something soothing but fun. No pastels.

ETAA: Oops. It's almost my Digsiversary and I'm still clicking the wrong icons.

How do I paint my baseboard when I have carpet? It's a relatively low pile, but still.. it's kinda in the way.

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Originally posted by quarkiegirl:
where the thread with the funky paint matching thing? i think it's by behr?

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We need to reseat our toilet in our guest bath because it is leaking from underneath. We need to replace the wax seal under the toilet. We have read instructions and think we can handle it ourselves, but I need tips, people!

Like, for example, on one set of directions we read, it said to remove the tank and then remove the bowl. Other instructions say to remove the toilet as a whole unit together. Which is better? Or does it matter? Any other things we should be aware of or careful about when doing this repair?

Any other tips or advice would be extremely helpful and very much appreciated! We want to try and do this tomorrow.

We ended up removing them as separate pieces. We decided to do that because of the small size of the bathroom and because of the fact that we had to turn the bowl over on its side to remove all of the old wax from underneath. There would not have been room to lay the whole toilet on its side.

We replaced everything that we removed, such as the gasket between the bowl and the tank, all the bolts and washers involved and obviously the wax ring and we re-caulked under the toilet. It is working great now, with no leaks! Yay for home improvement!

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Originally posted by Nessa:
Has anyone ever used stick on tiles? I saw some cool ones in the dollar store that seem to be of good quality. I hate the linoleum in my kitchen and entryway and want to replace it with something more fun. Any ideas?

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Originally posted by MissMel:
I put them in the entryway of my apartment. It was fairly easy, you just have to make sure that the floor underneath is really clean and free of dust. They've been down for a couple years now, and I haven't had any problems with them coming up.

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Do I paint the little surface at the top the color of the baseboard or the color of the wall? Imagine, if you will, my walls...

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Right now it's painted the color of the wall. Advice?

ETA: We're repainting both baseboards and walls, so existing paint is not really a factor.

That said, when I do this in our next place, I'm going to try experimenting with larger sheets of flashing, or try costing out acutal quilted stainless. I'm thinking of figuring out a way to emboss the diamond pattern on the flashing somehow. I don't know. It was easy cutting out the pieces, and it sure was cheap, but it was murder getting the pins in the wall.

I don't know what to do besides call a plumber. The chain's not connected to the thingy, but even if I reach into the tank to pull up the chain, it does nothing. There's no water in the tank and I don't know how to make it fill up.

I'm assuming you're getting water from everywhere else - like the sink - so it's not just a "water's turned off" kind of problem?

If not, uh, that's the extent of my expertise too. I would try to see where the water's supposed to come in, and if there's anything obviously blocking it. Then maybe try filling up the tank with the hypothetical bucket that I'm assuming you have - maybe something needs to be 'primed' and once there's water in the tank it'll go about it's regular business?

Should I try pouring into the tank as well? There's no water coming into the tank whatsoever. The sink works, so it's not a water issue...

There is nothing like starting off the day with toilet training.

Edited to say DUH - I just reread your post. Off to pour water into the tank.

Edited again to say that YES! Filling the tank with water got the bowl to flush. So now...the water is not getting into the tank.

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Originally posted by Nieci:
So now...the water is not getting into the tank.

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That being the case, unless you can see some kind of obvious blockage - or a handle that might somehow have gotten turned? that turned off the water? - I would call a plumber. I hear horror stories about how people try to fix their own plumbing, thereby making it worse and having to pay even more.

ETA: Here is a link to how toilets work. I don't know if this will help you solve your problem, but from what you were saying and the diagram, it seems like the problem is with your refill valve, and you may need a plumber after all.

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I'm looking at the diagram now...by refill valve do you mean flush valve? I just looked at ours and it's kind of limply lying there. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be doing that or not...and if not, could that be what the problem is?

The humidity in our house is ridiculously low. I've been boiling water, but the kitchen is at the far end of the house and somewhat sheltered, so it's great in the kitchen but the rest of the house is getting no benefit.