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Two attatched pipes disconnected after freezing.
Inside of a crawlspace, a cut-off valve with a large open end had welded inside of it a smaller pipe leading up to the hose outside. In freezing weather, ice got inside and pushed these two pieces...
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Installing dual sump pumps...
I have a natural gas backup generator. So this is not about a sump "battery" backup. I want to get a duplicate backup sump pump installed in the event my actual sump quits. Has anybody out there done...
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can plumbing vents be installed in an exterior wall?
I am looking to tie in vents from a shower and separate tub to the main stack by running 1.5" ABS inside a 2x6 exterior wall up to the attic.
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My flange bolts are 11.5 inches from the wall. Is that a 12 inch rough in
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Why does my pipes make noise when I flush
When I flush the toilet my pipes make a jackhammer noise. It only does it from one of the three bathrooms. I have drained the hot water heater and turn down the tempature setting on it. I don't know...
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ball on top of the electric plug in you squeeze to check if sump pump start
hollow ball with hole on top you hold your finger on and squeeze as you let the air out it starts the pump. Pump was put in 1969 it is in down in the sump well so I'm not able to see a number. Good...
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how close does the vent pipe need to be to the fixture
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pipe leaking on the back of old concrete laundry tub.
There are 2 small pipes there we never even knew about and now one is leaking.
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Air in Water lines only when it gets cold outside.
We first moved into our home last year, about October. A few weeks in we noticed some air in the lines and then one day water stopped coming out. I went immediatly underneath my house and saw that the...
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should copper pipes be used, and fitted on an external wall without insulation?
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trouble shoot a grohe 34 122 thermostatic valve
The hot water only trickles out ...while the cold flows like a river. Need more hot to mix so I can fill the tub ? I tried backing out the stops they are. where the green plastic thing is..if I push...
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I have an old house and it has iron/galvanized pipe from the water main throughout the house. What will having it changed to cpvc pipe intell?
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water pressure tank blanket
where would I shop for a water pressure tank blanket to stop sweating in humid weather?
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have an intermittent leak in the floor of my bedroom. no pipes underneath that area but the kitchen is next door.r no onr has a cllue
t he leak stops for three weeks and then comes back stops and now nothing i guess there has to be a leak somewhere had a pro out and he couldn't find it total puzzlement
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Stainless Steel Toilet Tank Bolts--Better than Brass?
Can I expect stainless steel toilet tank bolts to outlast brass bolts? The toilets installed when my townhouse was built in 1986 used tank bolts that were not brass. They were brass-plated or maybe...
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