For questions relating to the water system of a home or other building, including plumbing and fixtures, water heating, water filtering and treatment, and irrigation/sprinkler systems. Questions regarding swimming pools and spas should have the additional tags "pool" or "spa".
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Low water pressure in house
My inside water pressure is very low. My outside pressure is good. I did disconnect an old water softener and just connected the input and output pipes from the softener together. I would like to ...
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How can I stop a stainless steel drinking water tank from leaking?
I have stainless steel drinking water tank that is leaking from the weldings (few pin holes).
What is the best way to stop these leaks, without draining the tank?
Welding could be option but I have ...
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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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Why is cold water coming from the hot part of the faucet? [duplicate]
The last plumber I called made a test. He closed the cold water intake to the 40 gallon gas water heater. The he opened all the hot water faucets in my house. After a minute passed,
the faucets, ...
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What could cause smelly water in the bathroom sink only?
We put in a new sink/tap and plastic piping in bathroom about a year ago. Ever since, the water from that tap smells. Have tried plugging the drain and it still smells. Doesn't smell in the kitchen or ...
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Waterproof seal between two submersed pipes
I have an odd problem. Essentially I am working on fabricating a connection between two fiberglass pipes that are intended to be submerged underwater (depth 30ft). No water should make it inside of ...
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Is it safe to install this hot water tank from ebay?
Is it safe for me to replace my electric hot water tank with this continuous electric unit that I bought on ebay?
(I'm in Australia)
Technical Specifications
rated power 6.0KW
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How does this axial-flow propeller pump work?
I am trying to repair my aquarium pump. It is an axial-flow (rotary) propeller pump. It accidentally drew air when I was refilling the aquarium after moving it.
After that it didn't pump anymore, but ...
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How do I fix this dripping tap?
So I have a dripping tap (see picture), and I'd like it to be fixed. But I could not figure out how even to take it apart. I have tried turning various moving parts around, to no avail. Does anyone ...
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How come the hot water comes out irregular but there is nothing wrong with the sprayer in our shower?
We have a spayer in our shower. The hot water does not come out evenly and there is nothing clogging the sprayer.
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water heater temperature is erratic when not used regularly [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is the first shower of the day is colder than the second?
My water heater set at "very hot" puts out luke warm water if not used for awhile. After I shower or do ...
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Is it normal for the steam-out of a electric thermo pot to melt down over time? [closed]
A few days ago, I discovered that some bars of the steam-out of my electric thermo pot (which has been used for about 2 years in my house) have been melted down.
(Note: This is not the photo of my ...
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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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Does there exist ...
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Heating time with a Baxi Luna 240i
I live in a building with 4 floors and 2 boilers.
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1 boiler
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When in the bathroom if i want warm water in the washer i have to also turn on the bidet hot water on ...
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Adjusting a Mixer Tap Hot/Cold Mix
I have a Twyford mixer tap on my bathroom washbasin (Exact model here).
As it stands the Hot/Cold mix I can get out of it is either very hot or very cold, with a tiny area in the middle giving a ...
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In a Concrete and steel building, how do I jack up my basement apartment and isolate it from the rest of the building?
I am living in a concrete and steel apartment building in Saint Louis, MO. The walls and floors of the first floor (read basement) are falling because they were built on the dirt in the basement ...
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is there a solar passive water condenser (from humid air) design anywhere? [closed]
i've looked around and i found only two related designs:
active electric water condenser.
solar passive water still (that distill dirty water)
not quite what i was looking for...
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5 stage reverse osmosis filter recommendation for EU market [closed]
I've read quite a bit on reverse osmosis filters, so I roughly know the upfront and maintenance/consumables costs but as I have no experience with any manufacturers and live in EU, I would like to ask ...
