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Need new water main - have a few questions

A fairly big local plumbing company is in the middle of replacing my sewer laterals. It's almost done - the pits of the...

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posted by dmusicant

17 comments posted 19yrs posted by dmusicant

Gas fire thermocouple

The thermocouple on my gas fire has stopped working. The pipe has fractured where it joins the thermocouple and the gas...

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posted by nospam

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by nospam

Tankless Hot Water Heaters

My plans are to specify a (Gas) Tankless Hot Water Heater in our new home for my wife and myself. I'm thinking about ac...

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posted by kw4z

33 comments posted 19yrs posted by kw4z

How to identify hot & cold stub outs??

I had a plumber do some water line rough-in a few years ago. Now I want to connect a sink. Anyway - I'm having a hard t...

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posted by jw_dewdney

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????Easy Repair????

Recently a plumber came and stopped my bath-tub faucet from leaking. So far so good. The next time I took a shower I no...

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posted by omicron6

8 comments posted 19yrs posted by omicron6

Can't remove Faucet filter/cap !

Hi Friends ! I recently installed Brita water filter in my faucet in the Kitchen. I had to buy the faucet cap adapter a...

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posted by e.affiliate

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Pyrolox vs. Birm media for iron removal

anyone have any experience or insight on the relative performance of these 2 media for removal of clear-water iron? thx,...

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posted by wamanning

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Basins' outlets *sealed* onto P-trap ?

Previously the wash-basins here, discharged into the stainless-steel urinals. Importantly the urinals were 'open' ie th...

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posted by no-top-post

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Noise when turning off faucets

This occurs when I turn OFF any of my faucets (kitchen, bathooms). I hear a muffled thump thump thump sound (usually abo...

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posted by moo

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by moo

Shower door rollers, 1/8" wide?

Help! I need to find replacement rollers for my shower doors, and I can't find any that are the right size. The ones th...

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posted by amrapp

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Water spike problems in my house.

I had a new hot water heater installed, and shortly after that, it would discharge water. The plumber who installed it,...

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posted by eastcoastguyz

27 comments posted 19yrs posted by eastcoastguyz

Motorised 3 way mid position valve

Hi, Can anyone tell me how the actuator part of a mid position 3 way motrised valve work? Is it by adjusting the motor...

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posted by ramendra.roy

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tee on it's back

Hey Boys, I've been working full-time for the past month on what will be a 24 story high-rise in Cincinnati. It's no-hu...

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posted by ironmike

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by ironmike

Imploding hot water heater?

I've got some idiot at work telling me that his hot water heater imploded. I'm telling him that is impossible, but I wa...

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posted by NgOrSePeAnM99

13 comments posted 19yrs posted by NgOrSePeAnM99

Heat limit switch on Sears water heater

I thought I could do this without help, but it got too complicated for me. I have a Sears Kenmore 153.318560 52 Gal. Po...

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posted by NOPSAMmm2005

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005