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Kinetico 2020C water softener
Is this unit any good? Tony
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Tie in question
I am replacing an existing tub with a larger tub in a second story house. I was going to move the existing drain line back and branch over to make the new drain connection. For clarity. imagine a...
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Banging sound in pipes . . .
at a natural gas water heater. It is not the sound you get from buildup at the bottom of the tank. It sounds like someone is hitting the pipes with a small metal hammer. If you put your hand on the...
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Polythylene Natural Gas Pipe
If I was to use yellow polythylene pipe for a 100' run to a garage, and the pipe stayed underground, how does one transisition to black pipe, so the installation is code compliant?
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18 years ago
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Y-piece hose splitter
I am not a plumber....I'm just scrounging around for some advice, if anyone would be kind enough to give it. I recently installed hot and cold outdoor taps. Instead of doing it the proper way, I used...
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18 years ago
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Diverter Issue (I think)
I have a 3 handle shower configuration. Hot, Cold and the Diverter knob. I had a drip in the spout. So I replaced the hot water stem assembly and bye bye drip. But now I have a water pressure issue....
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18 years ago
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hot and cold water mixing somewhere
Hello, I'm doing some plumbing for a friend and ran into the following problem. After testing all of the roughed in water pipes and valves, it was time to hook up some fixtures. I turned off the hot...
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18 years ago
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Sewer gas problem downstairs after installing upstairs sink
I replaced the upstairs kitchen sink. Had to use new p-traps, etc, since the new sink was deeper than the old one. This is a two basin sink, one side has a disposal. Since this replacement, which -did...
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18 years ago
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boiler not filling with water problem...
Hello, My name is David and I have a boiler problem I was hoping to could help me work thru? I have a peerless Natural Gas boiler (boiler number mmw-115-wc, serial number mmw-18429) and it doesn't...
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18 years ago
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Kitchen Sink Question
Hello everyone, I'm looking for a chart that lists the standard basin sizes for kitchen sinks. Naturally, I don't expect such a chart to list dimensions for every manufacturer - what I really would...
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18 years ago
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Drain machine
Hey guys: Thinking of purchasing some new drain clearing equiptment for emergency service to existing clients. In the past we referred all drain calls to a seperate "drains only" company and stayed...
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18 years ago
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Upsizing Dain Vent Pipe?
We want to Limit the number of Roof penetrations and want to combine some of the Vents. What are the rules for taking say, 1.5, 1.5 and a 2" line and upsizing them to a 3" and venting the 3" out the...
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18 years ago
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Run out of Hot water quickly: Hot water tank defective?
I have my hot water tank set to medium. I have not change the setting, but it seams we are getting less and less hot water every day. We are to the point where I don't have enough to fill my tub for a...
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18 years ago
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tankless hot water heaters
first time to this newsgroup so I'm not sure if this question was asked or not. What do you think of the tankless hot water heater for homes? worth it? efficient? Thanks
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What causes the loud gurgling in old water heaters?
Just curious as to why an old water heater tends to get noisy? Last one got so noisy from gurgling that it awoke me at night. The new one the plumber just installed (Bradford-White I think) I can...
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