Replacing the Pedestal Sink

Similar to Drew Scott of the property brothers, I greatly dislike pedestal sinks. It’s wasted space!! You can’t put things on it, if you put things around it, well it just looks messy. Especially in a small townhouse, every bit of storage space is important! The half bath had been bothering me forever. With all the stuff strewn about in there, no one wanted to use it…what an eyesore. It has toilet weirdness too, and yes, it’d be smarter to replace the toilet before the sink for space reasons, but monies, and the vanity was on sale.

This isn’t a normal DIY step by step because I ran into obnoxious issues given that the house is 30 years old and plumbing standards have changed. You’d think I’d remember from the other projects, but alas. Instead, this is just some pictures of what I did and the end result. There is a massive gap in pictures because I got reallllllly frustrated. This was possibly the most sloppy install I’ve done yet. At least it looks so much nicer!! Haven’t permanent-ed anything as of yet. Waiting to make sure there are no leaks. And the caulk I used to secure the top is all wrong. Got loose within the day.

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Eyesore!!
Cleaned up of clutter. Look at all that space! Not to mention it’s pretty much impossible to access the plumbing in the event leak or something else happens.
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Undoing the water supply line
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It’s being held on by 2 bolt screws as well as a line of adhesive to the wall
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Thank goodness it’s not screwed to the ground
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Undid the sink plug thing
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Socket wrench to the sink
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That sucker was long!! Had to undo 2 of them in the small space.
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Sink gone!
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Unpacked the vanity
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Dry fitting
Issue #1: the baseboard and trim thing created a massive gap. Bring on the Dremels!
New faucet!
Installing faucet to vanity top
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After 7 hours and a massive headache, backache, hand ache, and other aches, finally got everything done
At least it’s flush to the wall. More.

DIY: Replacing 2012 Subaru Outback Brake Light Bulb

03/22/2018

One of my brake lights went out, so I needed to replace it.

Difficulty: Very Easy!

Time: 5-10 minutes

Tools: Philips head screwdriver(s), replacement bulb, gloves (important!!) and optional ratcheting socket wrench

Here we go!

  1. Open the trunk and you see this:
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2. Use the screwdriver to unscrew, and you’ll feel it click twice-ish

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3. It’ll pop out like this, so carefully twist/pull it and the ring out. Repeat with the 2nd one

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4. Carefully insert a thin screwdriver or pry tool around the side closest to the outside and gently loosen the part until it pops out

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5. Now you see this

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6. Take your bigger screw driver and locate these screws. Mine happened to be stripped from last time and replaced WAY too tightly, so I needed the socket wrench to help

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8. And with a little pull towards you, the whole housing comes off!

9. The one we need today is the middle grey one where the lines connect. Just a little twist and off it comes

10. There’s the old bulb. Just give it a tug and replace it with the new bulb

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11. New bulb! *Important* Wear gloves before putting the new bulb in!! So, everything now goes backwards. Put the bulb in and twist until it locks in place

12. Replace the brake housing. There are two tabs on the side where the housing will slide into.

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13. Slide it in…and…

14. …push! It’ll click into place.

15. Do everything backwards and VOILA!!!

All done. Make sure the light works, but that’s all there is to it!!!

This is what happens, by the way, when you touch the bulbs with your bare hands. The upper bulb has a burned spot where the oil from my finger got, heated up, and *poof* burned out the bulb.