The rough-in (where pipe disappears into wall) is too high for good drain. The old sink shouldn't have drained much faster. If you are lucky the line behind wall is virtical because lowering a horizonal run could require pulling cabinets. It only takes a few minutes to raise the trap high as possible in order to cut a little "head". Try that first and see if you can live with it. This post was edited by klem1 on Mon, Oct 6, 14 at 14:18

I ran to Sherwin Williams again last night - hey, what's one 45-mile - one-way - trip to town a couple times a day? I have nothing better to do. I had them "color match" the old Key Lime Pie paint. They said the quart size sample will not have the same satin sheen as when mixed in the Emerald base, but it will give me a place to start. I have the SW's Garden Sage, and the SW color-match to the Key Lie Pie. I'll put a couple samples on a couple of walls and decide then. On a happier note - the new front door arrived today! It's more gorgeous than I was hoping for! The inside color is darker than I had thought, but richer looking. There's not as much contrast from the front face to the inside face, but I think it's going to be just fine. It's a steel door, stained and textured to resemble oak. I love the stained, textured, faceted, and bits-of-red glass. I can't find a good on-line photo. It's by a Wisconsin company, Waudena, and the style is Inglenook. In the photo I tried to attach, it's the door style with the smaller rectangular glass at the top - similar to the one on the lower right side, but darker "wood." I'll try samples of the two paints next to the door and see which works best.

I bought an LG FD last year after reading a lot of reviews. There are complaints about all brands but Samsung seems to pretty consistently get bashed on appliances including not standing behind their brand when they frequently don't work. My philosophy on reliability these days is to get as simple of an appliance as you can that meets your needs - fewer things to go wrong. My first thought with all those doors and convertible compartments in fridges was that there's much more complexity there to go wrong. Plus more expensive to build and more need to cheap out elsewhere in the manufacturing process. My fridge is a very nice 36", full depth with no door dispenser - just ice maker in the drawer. I was a long time SxS owner and rather liked the SxS design. I do like the FD design though I don't like having to dig through the freezer drawer to find things vs. seeing it all at a glance with a SxS. Too early to say about reliability of the LG but so far so good. The only problems I had originally (rattling of everything inside the fridge) had to do with improper installation by the local delivery people. The fridge wasn't level and when they replaced the door they scratched they also did that wrong. I had an extended warranty through the local appliance store (who had the incompetent employees) but it was LG that got involved and required that a knowledgeable, authorized service person come out and that person fixed the problems caused by the incompetents.

I agree with the Vap and Mad's post and know they have more expertise than I. My experience is growing roses in an arid environment, with no fungal disease issues, to now one where it exists. I have a recommended list for Texas, but even here where I live has different conditions than a city 20 miles away. I would almost have to ask rose growers in my community for rose recommendations. I work in the city of Austin and have yet to experience the humidity levels at home that I do there. There are other differences that elevation etc. make. What I decided to do was look to gardeners in my state (Coastal Plains Region only), then Oklahoma and other southern gardeners, and then all roses reported to be disease resistant. I created three lists ( a primary, secondary and tertiary). My first batch of roses, the ones purchased last year, came from the Texas AG and local source recommendations... (primary list). My secondary list is comprised of suggestions from people who in my mind fight a stronger disease pressure than here where I am. My tertiary list is comprised of roses that are just reported to be disease resistant. I tend to grow a lot of roses in number and variety. Using only those suggested for my area will not yield the rose garden I want. With that communicated, I purchase a lot of bands that come at a lesser cost, am up for the trial and error, hopefully with some good surprises, and will use something like neem oil, oiled cups etc. to keep my garden as spray-free as possible. YMMV. What I am doing is the best plan that I could come up with for my conditions, but it definitely has a good degree of trial and error.