Cheaper fixtures will often use cheaper materials like zinc or plastic parts instead of brass or stainless steel. Ceramic discs in the cartridge instead of rubber.
The cheaper ones tend to not last as long. But as with most things, consider usage.
I would be more inclined to go cheaper (though not cheap) in a bathroom, but more durable, and thus more expensive, in the kitchen. For one, the more costly ones are usually better looking, so your sink can be a focal point in the kitchen. And second, at least in my house, the kitchen faucet gets way more use than any of the bathroom sinks. They get used less often and for a shorter duration than the kitchen hardware.
Just now, at lunch. Sitting next to a ~5yo boy, his mother, and grandfather - all of them white.
I wasn’t eavesdropping, the grandfather raises his voice, something about somebody ‘trying to fck him,’ and now he’s ‘pissed off,’ and if this guy wants to test him, grandpa says that he ‘can be the biggest f-ing n***r on the planet.’ And again, this guy is white. Just absolute white trash.
the one solace i have in the inconsiderate dipshits in the apartment on the floor below me doing construction is that they are directly below my next door neighbor who did the 7 month long gut renovation, and are now moved in. i REALLY hope they are super annoyed by it. totally deserving.
I told my super about the shitty reviews on home depot. he suggested this place. if i was THAT wealthy to blow 10k on a vanity, i wouldn’t be living in a studio apartment. omg
My local home security alarm company got sold to a big national one. Somehow as part of the conversion, they screwed up both the automatic credit card billing and online access. The password reset tool would not work despite them having my correct email address. I started getting emails that my account was overdue, but they would not let me pay my bill online.
The only recourse apparently was to speak to a human. Had to wait on hold for about 20 minutes before I got human #1. They were of course happy to take my payment, and re-enabled automatic bill payment. They were quick to say “thanks. I guess that’s it unless there’s something else you need”. I quickly replied no, and repeated what I told them at the onset of the call: that they had disabled my online access, and I need this fixed to avoid future inconvenience. “No, I can’t help with that. You have to wait in a separate queue for technical support. I’ll transfer you…” Thirty minutes later, still on hold listening to repeated messages that I can do everything online [that I can’t get into]. I decided to bitch about it on Twitter. Somehow the admin of the Twitter account found a way to do the reset in about 10 minutes while I was still stuck on hold.
This company sucks. Need to find another provider and move my business.
Geez, we paid $1500Cdn for our bathroom vanity, and it was on the upper end of quality. Maybe I’d consider 2 if we needed it completely custom built. ANything more is absurd. THere’s not that much work or material in a vanity to justify more than that. holy cow.
Really? I’m boycotting all Uber services because of the shitty Uber eats customer service I received. We repeatedly had something f’d up over multiple orders. Typically it was significant delays in delivery resulting cold food because the restaurant makes it, then it sits for 30-45 minutes before someone finally gets it. The last time this happened customer service argued with me, claiming the food was delivered within the estimated time (it was more than 30 minutes longer than the 45 minute estimate when I placed the order) and at the same time telling me it was potentially caused by traffic (on a Sunday night from a restaurant at most 10 minutes from my house when there is traffic).
The timer before that they took so long the restaurant closed before anyone came up pick up the order (I ordered at least 1.5 hours before the restaurant closed).
When I watch home improvement TV shows that happen to be from Canadia, it is always amazing to me 1) How high house prices cost in the land o’ hockey pucks and 2) How relatively little remodeling and general home improvements cost.
Um, I clean my kitchen sink nearly every single day. I have never once cleaned the inside of the toilet tank.
In old toilets when the rubber starts to go you get decayed rubber in the water. Plus years (decades?) worth of sediment.
That reminds me, I haven’t run the faucet on the hot water heater lately. Ever do that? The water comes out brown for a minute. That’s sediment that’s collecting in the bottom of your tank. Running the tap into a bucket until the water runs clear will extend the life of your hot water heater, or so I’m told.