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--- home-repair [2023/03/31 18:46] – dblume
+++ home-repair [2023/05/01 08:11] (current) – [Red Flags] dblume
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 ====== Home Repair ======
-Notes about our home repair.
+Notes about our home repairs. **Main document is a Google Docs: [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mISPj95lSL3gBHhDzw59k4QoGtQv3fanhHsNAT-h9-Y/edit?usp=sharing|Household Repairs]]**.
-===== Master Bathroom =====
+====== Master Bathroom ======
 The master bathroom and downstairs bathroom use [[https://www.danco.com/product/7g-1h-hot-stem-for-price-pfister-faucets/|Price Pfister 7G-1H and 7G-1C water faucets]].
-==== Tips for Removing/Installing ====
+===== Tips for Removing/Installing =====
 Turn off water below the faucet. (Of course! But also so you can do the next part.) Then open the tap when you unscrew the step. A closed tap seems to create a vacuum or hydraulic counter pressure.
-==== Leaks at the handle ====
+===== Leaks at the handle =====
 The bigger O-Ring is [[https://www.danco.com/product/30-o-rings-10-pack/|Danco's #30]] (AS568B# 018). It's 7/8%%"%% OD x 3/4%%"%% ID x 1/16%%"%%. (But [[https://www.danco.com/product/40-o-ring-10-per-card/|their #40]] is very close at 3/4 in. OD x 5/8 in. ID x 1/16 in.)
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 The inner O-Ring is [[https://www.danco.com/product/8-o-ring-1-per-bag/|Danco's #8]] (AS568B# 110). It's 9/16%%"%% OD x 3/8%%"%% ID x 3/32%%"%%.
-==== Leak at the faucet ====
+===== Leak at the faucet =====
 A leak at the faucet is probably caused by the seat washer. The [[https://www.danco.com/product/14-in-faucet-seat-washers-for-price-pfister/|Danco 80359]] (fits 3H-8H/C) seems to work.
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 ====== Water Heater ======
-We used [[https://www.yelp.com/biz/bay-area-water-heaters-mountain-view|Bay Area Water Heaters]] in March 2023. Bradford White. 6-year Warrantee. Model URG150T6N, Serial YE49862531.
+We used [[https://www.yelp.com/biz/bay-area-water-heaters-mountain-view|Bay Area Water Heaters]] in March 2023. Bradford White. 6-year Warranty. Model URG150T6N, Serial YE49862531.
+====== Kitchen Faucet Installation ======
+We went with [[https://plumbing-united.com/|United Plumbing]] based on their good reviews.
+  * Call **(408) 763-5199**. (Note, got texts from 408-413-0033 which said to text 855-642-6647 instead.)
+  * Erik Konor did the installation on 2023-04-29
+    * Didn't speak English well. Spoke Kazakh (from Kazakhstan)
+    * Didn't know what a dish washer's Air Gap was.
+===== Red Flags =====
+  * Didn't look up their license. Maybe it is: 1061226 But can't [[https://www.cslb.ca.gov/OnlineServices/CheckLicenseII/CheckLicense.aspx|look it up at Department of Consumer Affairs Contractors State License Board]] right now. Maybe it should be a C-36 Plumbing license?
+  * Possible Addresses are:
+    * From [[https://www.facebook.com/PlumbingUnited|FaceBook]] says "10531 Pineville Ave 95014-4528". But click through "Get Direction" to 385 River Oaks Pkwy #4120, San Jose, CA 95134
+    * From [[https://plumbing-united.com/contact/|Their Contact Page]]: Main office: 10531 Pineville Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014
+    * From [[https://www.expertise.com/ca/san-jose/emergency-plumber|Expertise.com graphic on their contact page]] 5606 Stevens Creek Blvd, Ste319, Cupertino, CA 95014
+    * From email receipt on 2024-04-29: 1440 Koll Cir, 111, San Jose, CA 95112
+    * From [[https://www.cslb.ca.gov/OnlineServices/CheckLicenseII/LicenseDetail.aspx?LicNum=1061226|License Board Check]]: 800 GIBSON DR APT 535; ROSEVILLE, CA 95678