Sunday Randomness #263 : Glue on tile

 

I bought some razor blades and a long handled razor scrapper to tackle the glue on the pink bathroom tiles from the carpet that was on the floor before.  Lots of elbow grease later (and a lot of help from Mego!) and most of the glue is off.  We still need to work on some of the residue but it looks a lot better now.

Sunday Randomness #52 : Just clean the air ducts already! (And is it really that hard to take your own photo?)

If these hadn't all come in the same mailer I probably wouldn't have noticed the same poor child was suffering from a multitude of air vent issues and was trying to get customers for four different businesses. Please, can anyone help this child stop sneezing?  (And this might be a good lesson to check your final copy for originality in stock photo usage.) 
 

Follow-up on drain cleaning

This lovely hairball strand is from a bathroom sink that has a strainer basket.  Stuff still slips through so snaking the drain occasionally is definitely a good thing.

Sunday Randomness #284 : Simple cheapo plastic snake shower drain cleaning

 Take cover off drain by taking out the screw(s).

 Remove hair that is trapped at the top.

 Get out cheapo plastic drain snake thing.

Use snake by twisting to catch hair and debris and slowly and carefully pull out.  Be prepared to plug nose.  Carefully disentangle gross wad of matted hair gunk and throw in the garbage. (It's easier if you have gloves or a cleaning wipe [baby wipes or cleaning wipes both work well] and pull the gunk up past the teeth of the snake and then just pull it away.)  Clean snake thoroughly.  Put drain cover back on and screw into place.  Run some water to make sure the drain is clear.    We usually have to follow this procedure about every three to four months but it's cheap and effective so I'm willing to keep doing it.  I also scrubbed some of the floor with cleaner and a toothbrush but I really need to clean it more thoroughly and recaulk some areas.