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About Me:

Hi there:) I am retired Mounted Police Officer, 5 years military, 3 years Army (1 year Vietnam) 2 years Air Force Security Police:) Own a small horse ranch in southwest Clermont,Florida. Work p/t at diseny world which is 30 minutes from my home:) Train Horses for select clients:) also do p/t international courier work for a company out of NYC:)

Favorite area of home improvement:

All areas of home improvement, when I was a cop i would work OT to hire someone, now that I am retired I research and attempt projects that I feel I fell I can do an excellent job:)

Recent Activity

Home Maintenance & Repairs: spetic smell from shower stall

Hello, we have a 1 story ranch house in south florida. I recently retiled the bathroom floor and walls, i replaced the toilet with a new unit and re=tiled the shower floors and walls. ...»

Commented on Jan 12, 2013
Hello; ...»

Thanks for this added advice, I had an experienced tile setter do the tile floor in the shower, but you never know and people do make mistakes, however the septic system smell was noticed very soon after the tile floor was laid down.Thanks again,azflcowboy

There's a really fould order coming from my shower drain - hardly noticeable when the shower is being used (wet), but

very bad when the shower hasn't been used in awhile. I noticed the odor several months after re-grouting the shower last summer. Doesn't seem to get worse - water doesn't drain slow at ...»

Commented on Jan 09, 2013
Hello my daughters shower has similar problem, after the bathroom was re-tiled and the toilet ...»
replaced a septic odor from the shower drain,she has a septic system so i told her to be careful using drain cleaners.
any advice
thank you
azflcowboy

i havea septic system .had it drain .have a smell from 2nd floor toilet any ideas why

Commented on Jan 09, 2013
Hello;Recently i redid the shower stallm new tile on floor and walls, i also replaced the ...»
toilet bowl as well and new tile around toilet.
Since then i have a spetic odor coming from the shower stall only.
i suspected maybe a bad seal of the toilet and that was checked and re-installed with no problem.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you
Larry

Followed 7 people on Jan 09, 2013

Outdoor Living: Hello,I plan to fence in 4 acres of pasture land for horses.

?Does anyone have recomendations for the horse friendly solar electirc fences.? I used a yellow nylon string with several strands of thin electric wire when i had a ranch in arizona and ...»

Commented on Oct 20, 2011
Thanks folks, i think i will go with the electirc 110 vac, instead of the solar, i looked into ...»
using schedule 40 4 inch pipe for the corners as woodbridge shared however the price of the schedule 40 is so high it is still cheaper to use 6X6's of 4X4's to hold the fence:)Thanks again:az fl cowboy Larry in CLermont florida:)