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Originally Posted by parttimer
Just ordered everything i needed for online pickup at my Lowes after work. If anyone is interested, here are the part numbers, you can type them into the lowes website and go the product, add to your cart and pay and pick it up!
These are in order of the screen shots, fyi my cost was like $33 in parts for the washer.
23972
23977
23982
246630
23766
23876
23856
23870
188230
23898
John
If looks could kill you will die tonight after work. Trust me.
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Re: DIY Pad Washer
Originally Posted by parttimer
Just ordered everything i needed for online pickup at my Lowes after work. If anyone is interested, here are the part numbers, you can type them into the lowes website and go the product, add to your cart and pay and pick it up!
These are in order of the screen shots, fyi my cost was like $33 in parts for the washer.
23972
23977
23982
246630
23766
23876
23856
23870
188230
23898
John
Nice work man!
Originally Posted by cshamilton
If looks could kill you will die tonight after work. Trust me.
Uhhh, what? lol
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Re: DIY Pad Washer
I assembled this beast on Saturday and made one small change. I have not used the unit yet but thought I would share my change in case someone else jumps up and down and says no no no.
Step 8 has both cut ends of the slip TEE facing up. You will notice by doing this it does not allow all 4 "plungers" to go down to the same level. I swapped one I think the bottom one which allows each plunger to go down the same amount. In the photo you will notice there is a gap between one of the sets and the base:
By flipping one set all ends rest firmly on the base.
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Originally Posted by BlueBeast14GT
Nice work man!
Uhhh, what? lol
I've ordered 10+ parts totaling $25 before and it was a nightmare. They acted like I stole the parts. I guess there's something about having to pick out a customers items when it's a lot of things. Idk. It's just always a problem in my experience
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Re: DIY Pad Washer
LOL, i had no problems with the pickup at my place. I was buying other things and had no clue what to do, I just asked the patio lady what to do, she asked my name and walked back to "somewhere" and wheeled out my cart. I of course did not take the time to confirm everything and ended up with one slip cap being a 1.5" cap instead of 1.25". Picked up some new T8 bulbs and headed home!
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Re: DIY Pad Washer
Excited to try this myself. Thanks for posting this DIY project.
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Re: DIY Pad Washer
Originally Posted by parttimer
I assembled this beast on Saturday and made one small change. I have not used the unit yet but thought I would share my change in case someone else jumps up and down and says no no no.
Step 8 has both cut ends of the slip TEE facing up. You will notice by doing this it does not allow all 4 "plungers" to go down to the same level. I swapped one I think the bottom one which allows each plunger to go down the same amount. In the photo you will notice there is a gap between one of the sets and the base:
By flipping one set all ends rest firmly on the base.
Yeah I know, I screwed up that step. I actually corrected it here:
Originally Posted by BlueBeast14GT
Sooo I made a mistake.
I went to use my pad washer for the first time today, and the grit guard was all wobbly when I pushed down.
Well it turns out I messed up one of the horizontal braces.
Don't worry, all of the parts and cutting are still the same!
The Fix:
All you have to do is flip over the first horizontal brace when attaching it to the vertical pipes.
So for the first horizontal brace, have the snap tees positioned so that the cut part faces down.
This way the caps will all descend to the same height before stopping.
After the fix, it should look like this:
Sorry for the fudge up!
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Re: DIY Pad Washer
LOL, guess i could have read the whole thread
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Re: DIY Pad Washer
Originally Posted by cshamilton
I've ordered 10+ parts totaling $25 before and it was a nightmare. They acted like I stole the parts. I guess there's something about having to pick out a customers items when it's a lot of things. Idk. It's just always a problem in my experience
Lol they were probably just pissed they had to go find your stuff.
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Re: DIY Pad Washer
Outstanding! Buy these guy's a Beer and Steak.
Grit Guard and some other things should arrive tomorrow.
I wanted to share something in an effort to maybe help someone else. When buying the parts neither box store near me or within 30 miles had the 3/4" CPVC Adapter piece.
I bought (4) 3/4" Plugs and drilled them through to
1/2" inch. Springs register in there sweet! Anxious to try' er
out.
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