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Ask This Old House welcomes landscape contractor, Lee Gilliam to the cast and shines a spotlight on his 30 years of experience; Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner repair a leaking 3-valve shower while retaining the bathrooms original 1930’s tile; Lee and Jenn Nawada work together to refresh a homeowner’s eroding sloped yard; removing excess mulch, and installing boulders and ground cover plants.

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Richard replaces an old 3-valve system in a 1930’s bathroom with a pressure-balanced
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First, Richard loosens the calking around the tub spout with a utility knife [https://homedepot.sjv.io/g1LKRr]. Then he uses a pipe wrench [https://homedepot.sjv.io/bavzk9] to remove the tub spout.
Richard uses an imp tubing cutter [https://homedepot.sjv.io/m5r34e] to easily cut the connecting water pipes and removes the old shower valve.
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Richard then uses a drill driver [https://homedepot.sjv.io/R50Wna] and drills holes around the perimeter of the template. Next, he cuts through the tile and mud job with an oscillating saw [https://homedepot.sjv.io/g1LKDB], following the template.
Richard assembles the new pressure-balancing shower valve by cleaning out the fittings and the exterior of the pipes with a wire brush [https://homedepot.sjv.io/vN13ye]. Then, applying a layer of flux [https://homedepot.sjv.io/Jzo0KR] to the interior fittings and exterior of the pipes. He installs the valve by heating up the pipe along the joints using a torch [https://homedepot.sjv.io/5gmQML] and soldering [https://homedepot.sjv.io/0ZX79M] them securely to the water lines.

To start, Lee and Jenn use shovels [https://homedepot.sjv.io/jrD36Z] to carefully dig up existing plants to be replanted.
To get rid of the excess mulch, Lee and Jenn raked down the mulch into manageable piles to be recycled elsewhere.
To relocate the boulders, Lee and Jenn use a tree dolly [https://homedepot.sjv.io/LXoqdo].
To aerate the soil, Lee uses a rototiller [https://homedepot.sjv.io/PyY9dN]. This will prep the soil for the new plantings. A rototiller can be found at a local home store.
After staging they use shovels to dig and plant the ground cover and other selected plants. Lee suggests planting in threes, for a more natural look.
To help the newly added plants thrive, Jenn adds organic plant food [https://homedepot.sjv.io/Jzo0d7] to the soil when backfilling.

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