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Show i' ' HOME AND GARDEN 4 Advertising Supplement to Lakeside Review, Tues., April 10, 1990, and Standard-Examine- Wed., April 11, 1990 r, PT J8 Correcting a troublesome drain Jt P P . I' V, ' fei By Popular Mechanics The Associated Press drain is not a major catastrophe, but it can be a real nuisance. Luckily, correcting a troublesome drain is a simple matter, requiring only the most basic of household tools. As always, gaining access is half the battle. Because trap clogs are easier to clear than line clogs, and generally do not require trap or drain disassembly, youll want to start with a plunger. To avoid losing the force of the plunger through secondary passageways, always plug the sinks other compartment opening. A clogged or sluggish Jf ff Also, try for a good seal around but disconnecting the sink trap and ing the cable. If you find steady rethe plunger cup on both the up and snaking through the open line at the sistance throughout the length of the down strokes. A little petroleum jelly wall or floor level. To remove a trap, line, move the cable back and forth or liquid soap on the rim of the cup use adjustable pliers or a pipe a foot or two at a time until will improve the seal. wrench to loosen the slip nuts on the youve reached the stack connection. With the cable retrieved, reassemSecondly, try plunging with a little trap. Remember the trap will conwater in the basin. The water will tain water, and additional water may ble the trap and flush the line with help force the trap and will indicate be backed up in the line, so keep a plenty of hot water. Often a snaked bucket underneath the trap. Then line will clog again when loosened when youve broken through. And fifollow g loosen the nut that secures the trap debris collects at a bend in the line. pronally, any cedure by running very hot water arm to the drainage line fitting. If the water drains briefly, then With the trap off, feed the cable backs up again, use a plunger to down the drain for about five mininto the line and crank clockwise. If force the. debris. Keep plunging until utes. If plunging does not clear the you find brief stubborn resistance, the water flows freely. Before assuming a clogged drain blockage, youll need to free the line the cable will have encountered a lowith an inexpensive hand snake. cal clog, usually near a bend in the line on a tub, look to the tripwaste The best procedure for this is not pipe. Crank back and forth through mechanism. Quite often, the mechanism will attract a hair clog or sim snaking through the fixture drain, the clog several times before retriev ply need drain-cleanin- Tips on having a garage sale Krino Orange County Register By Gary start at 9 a.m. Theyll be there at 7:30 a.m. saying that they are having open-hea- rt surgery in half an hour and couldnt you let them in just a bit early, Here are some dos and garage-sal- e It would be so easy. No donts that I learned sweat. All I had to do was one way or the other gather up all the stuff Id been wanting to get rid of for the while getting ready to past five years, stick it in the break the junk bank. driveway, put up a few signs and then sit back with my out from under a rock. It pays hand out and watch the bucks to have merchandise that roll in. looks like its been taken care Ah, garage sales. What of even if it hasnt. would Saturdays be like withB Boxes are the garage-sal-ebest friend. Box items so out them? For one thing, a be whole lot the morning of the sale more that theyd restful than my Saturday was you wont have to make 50 a few weeks ago. Thats when trips from the house or garage I threw my gagetting everything into your rage cleaner-uppe- r. driveway or front yard. OAsk neighbors if they Doing a garage sale the right have anything theyd like to way is plenty of work, which kick in. Most garage-sal- e shopquickly became a problem for me because I am one of those pers get hungry to spend monwho not ey when they see lots and lots persnickety likes to do only things the of things for sale. The more but insists on it. youve got, the better street right way, Here are some garage-sal- e impression you make. B Dont overlook cleaning dos and donts that I learned one way or the other while out the linen closet. Sheets getting ready to break the junk and pillowcases, two comforters plus pillow and bed pads bank. E3 Give yourself plenty of went quickly at my sale. Dont time to get ready. I started worry about the sets being inshopgathering things the previous complete. Garage-sal- e pers know how to make do. Saturday. Make what youre selling B Placing a notice in the lolook good. If something is cal throwaway advertiser is covered with dust and cobprobably a good idea, but rewebs or is soiled, clean it up. member that some veteran People do not buy things that ge-sale groupies dont care look like theyve just come that your sale is supposed to pleeeese? Your answer should be, No. But, gee, I hope your heart will be OK. Stick to the appointed time so everyone has the same chance at your collection. B Place garage-sal- e signs on strategically located telephone this poles in the area. And is important make sure to remove the signs as soon as the sale is over. You dont want people showing up the NEXT Saturday morning. B Have plenty of tables available to display your merchandise. B Group things in a logical , one-of-a-ki- nd rs piece-of-cak- e, r two-sho- ; Catalogs From 2 Greenwood, S.C. 29647. B Pinetree Seed, Route 100, New ; Gloucester, Maine 04260. y, B Stokes Seeds, Box 548, Buffalo, N.Y. 14240. B Thompson & Morgan, Box Westminster, Md. 21157 ($2). B Gurney Seed and Nursery, Yankton S.D. 57079. B Jackson & Perkins, Box 1028, Medford, Ore. 97501. B Kelly Nursery Co., Dans-vil- l, N.Y. 14437. B Krider Nurseries, Middle-burInd. 46540. B Mellingers, 2310 W. S. Range Road, North Lima, Ohio 44452. B Plants of the Southwest, 1812 Second St., Santa Fe, N.M., 87501 ($1.50). 1308, Jackson, N.J. 08527. Nursery stock, seeds B Carroll Gardens, Box 310,- i B White Flower Farm, Litchfield, Conn. 06759 ($5). Fruiting plants, trees a Bear Creek, Box 411, Northport, Wash. 99157 (50 cents). B Henry Leuthardt, East Moriches, N.Y., 11940 (specializes in topiary plants). aRaintree, 391 Butts Road, Morton, Wash. 98356 ($1). BSouthmeadow Fruit Gardens, 15310 Red Arrow Highway, Lakeside, Mich. 49116. B Brittingham Farm, Box Mm fitting. nickels. It was more than enough. Better that than to come up short halfway through the day. B The biggest bunch of shoppers will show up the first two hours of the sale. If someone is serious about bargaining for something, OK. But dont start cutting prices until after that hard-cor- e first wave of shoppers is history. You want to maximize profits, and dropping prices right out of the chute is not the way to do KrtiitTftofci Dont Refinish It Or Replace It Install An AmBath Bathtub Liner it. BAt the end of the sale, drop Installed by a licensed plumber. Ready to use the same day. Hundreds less than a new bathtub. Wont chip, crack or peel like refinishing. Custom molded liner fits over your old bathtub. Constructed of special plastic to provide service years of trouble-fre- e picked-ove- r treasures into the boxes they came out of and call a charity to pick them up. Under no circumstances should you put anything back in the garage. . And for the surrounding bath area, ask about AmBath WALLS. They elminate expensive tile replacement and high-impa- ALPINE BATHTUB LINERS 292-677- 5 Utah's Exclusive AmBath Dealer fc hi firfltin Hr TOin jinn PRE-SEASO- N most pop for your efforts. Plus, you meet some pretty B Dont count on the weather to cooperate. The interesting people at garage evening before the sale, make ' sales. One of the smallest sure all the merchandise and shoppers at my sale was a litdisplay tables are under cover. tle guy I guess might have Even condensation can make been a year old. His name is for a soppy showing. Mason, and he loves concrete. B Get your change together. I know. While his mom was I started with $100 50 shopping, he got hungry and ones, three fives, two tens and took a bite out of my the rest in quarters, dimes and gara- - wLmk t I figured I in 20 hours manner kitchen items in of work and put came out with one place, baskets together, $166. That means I earned books together. It will be easi- $8.30 per hour. Donald er for the shopper whos interTrump would strangle, but its ested in specific items and will $166 I wouldnt have had othhelp ensure that you get the erwise. es adjustment. Hair clogs are almost a given on pop-u- p style drains. Begin by turning the control lever to the open position and grasping the plug. Slowly pull the plug and its trip lever out of the drain shoe. If hair accumulation on the lever is the problem, youll pop-u- p see it immediately. Simply remove the hair. Then turn the control to the closed position and feed the lever and plug back into the pop-u- p drain. 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