Recent content by studfndr

Well I think in order for metal to snap off with real gentle touch, it would have to be awfully corroded, ya? Like I didn't use tools or put any oomph into it at all. But had that happened, I would have first figured out how to collect the water and I already had everything to do that...

Madrab!!! It worked! oh my gosh thaaaank you. I did not actually even need to address the 90 layers of paint, though maybe I will do so now that I see how it works. Calling my landlord and having him pay a guy to come out to fix a problem with such an easy solution might even have been more...

Yes it's communal. I don't have any power to manipulate anything. It definitely didn't freeze. I don't live in a place that's cold enough to freeze. What's "drain down"? Yes, this is my concern. Though I'm generally good to just start tinkering to fix things (I just fixed an ancient...

wow that is so wasteful! I hope nowadays things are designed so they can be fixed. what do you think? thanks!

A picture is worth a thousand words: Here is my thousand words: I have lived in a multi unit rental building for a number of years I was painting one of the rooms slowly over the course of the past couple months. I painted the radiator a month or so ago (for anyone worried about the plain...