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Are PEX required for shower mixers?
From my understanding it is normal to mount a PEX like this one in the wall.
And that it is not legal to have hidden connections in the wall.
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Why are PEX so often used (required)?
Is it ...
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Is it wrong to connect multiple J-bends (traps) together?
My tenants recently told me that they have constant clogging problems with their bathroom sink and had me come take a look at it. I found the following 3-trap configuration:
This was done because ...
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Can I get a smaller toilet installed? (picture included)
At the bottom is a picture of my toilet, where you can see the toilet pipe that enters the floor and that there is ~7 cm of space between the water container and the wall.
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Under bathroom sink piping (exposed)
We are looking at setting up the piping for under our wall mounted sink (no vanity, ie, piping will be exposed). And after our contractor finished putting the wall we noticed that the hole from the ...
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How do I seal a cracked pipe using epoxy putty?
So, I have a broken pipe exactly on the L join on the wall. It's a huge crack but no big gap, just a curved crack along the pipe.
At first I thought of replacing the pipe, but it means that I have to ...
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How can I straighten pipes behind a wall?
The original builders did a shoddy job when they installed the plumbing in the bathroom, causing the taps/faucets to come out of the tiled plasterboard wall at a slight angle - about 5 degrees - so ...
