Comments for Vermont Real Estate Information Simplified http://www.startinghome.com Real Estate Simplified Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:27:55 -0500 hourly 1 Comment on Comcast v. Burlington Telecom by Pike http://www.startinghome.com/2009/12/11/comcast-v-burlington-telecom/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Pike Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:27:55 +0000 http://www.startinghome.com/?p=335#comment-774 I plan to cancel my comcast service when my trial period is over. I am not seeing the speeds that Comcast advertised. I was able to uninstall the needless Comcast software without effecting my Internet access. I would like to support my local telecommunications company anyway. It is a shame that poor Burlington Telecom management has placed it in the precarious situation it now faces. I plan to cancel my comcast service when my trial period is over. I am not seeing the speeds that Comcast advertised. I was able to uninstall the needless Comcast software without effecting my Internet access.

I would like to support my local telecommunications company anyway. It is a shame that poor Burlington Telecom management has placed it in the precarious situation it now faces.

]]> Comment on Sloan Toilet Tanks – Gerber Ultra Flush Toilets by Pike http://www.startinghome.com/2009/09/14/sloan-toilet-tanks/comment-page-1/#comment-772 Pike Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:42:15 +0000 http://www.startinghome.com/?p=286#comment-772 <strong>Update</strong> It was keeping me up at night. Wanting to fix the pressure tank--it was like an itch I needed to scratch. I decided I needed try to repair the tank prior to installing the new toilet. Replacing the leaking tank was not cost effective, but patching the leak? After draining the tank, I took a soldering iron to the plastic around the hole in hopes of melting the plastic closed. Don't try this. My second attempt worked. The leak was located on the top of the tank between two support ribs about 1/2" apart. I covered the (now larger) hole with fiberglass cloth then filled the cavity between the ribs with epoxy. I capped this with a piece of wood I shaped to match the curve of the tank, and I clamped the wood, epoxy and fiberglass down with a custom clamp welded from flat bar and screwed to the conveniently placed screw holes on the tank. Had the leak been anywhere else on the tank, this would not have worked. However, a week and many flushes later, I happily returned uninstalled toilet I had so recently purchased. Update
It was keeping me up at night. Wanting to fix the pressure tank–it was like an itch I needed to scratch. I decided I needed try to repair the tank prior to installing the new toilet. Replacing the leaking tank was not cost effective, but patching the leak?
After draining the tank, I took a soldering iron to the plastic around the hole in hopes of melting the plastic closed. Don’t try this.
My second attempt worked. The leak was located on the top of the tank between two support ribs about 1/2″ apart. I covered the (now larger) hole with fiberglass cloth then filled the cavity between the ribs with epoxy. I capped this with a piece of wood I shaped to match the curve of the tank, and I clamped the wood, epoxy and fiberglass down with a custom clamp welded from flat bar and screwed to the conveniently placed screw holes on the tank. Had the leak been anywhere else on the tank, this would not have worked. However, a week and many flushes later, I happily returned uninstalled toilet I had so recently purchased.

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