Questions tagged [plumbing]
For questions about the supply and removal of water and liquid waste.
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What pipe fitting do I need?
I just had a kitchen remodel done, and as part of that a plumber added a dedicated water valve for my espresso machine (see picture below). However, I can't seem to find any couplings that fit on this ...
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Two questions on replacing an overflow drain with non-overflow
Online advice says that an overflow lavatory sink will drain more slowly if a non-overflow drain is installed. The explanations are unconvincing. What am I missing? How much slower would it be?
Would ...
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What is this black bug with wings (pictured) coming out of my A/C condensate line floor drain, and how do I get rid of it?
I observed hundreds of this small insect outside and inside my laundry room on the ground level. They appear to be coming from a floor drain in the laundry room (more detail below).
I am confused ...
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Remove shower cartridge clip
Am trying to replace a worn shower cartridge which is held in place by cartridge retaining clip. But I could not pull the retaining clip with long nose pliers. Any helpful tips appreciated.
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How can I cap a broken spigot standpipe?
I have a water spigot that is connected to a private well. The PVC pipe about 1 foot into the ground cracked. Can I cement it in to use my other hose?
Basically I had the hose connected to the water ...
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Occasional (but increasingly frequent) low water pressure in home with well water
We moved to a house that has well water a couple of years ago - my first experience with that. It worked fine for most of our time here, but a couple of months ago we started noticing occasional ...
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Replace price pfister old shower faucet
My old Price Pfister shower faucet is leaking, so I removed the handle to see what kind of stems they use.
I haven't seen this kind of stems anywhere. Does anyone know what part they are?
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Washroom Drain is Smelly
2 inches pipe connection between washbasin and floor trap (main drain) has opposite slope. Washbasin has trap underneath and controls it whereas floor trap (main drain in shower) smells occasionally. ...
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What can go wrong if a check valve in a shower mixer is missing?
I have a Grohe pressure balanced shower mixer (cartridge is model 47157000) and the check valve (model 47158000) on the cold side isn’t working.
When the check valve is installed, hardly any water ...
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I joist flange cut into [duplicate]
Is this cut into the flange OK or do I chase the builder to fix?
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How to connect clawfoot tub drain to different-sized ABS rough-in
I have a clawfoot tub with a 1-1/2" brass drain to install to a 2" ABS floor drain. There's already a 2" to 1-1/2" ABS reducer cemented to the drain by my previous plumber. My ...
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How to properly fix leaky pipe connections under sink
After being away from the house for a week, we had the unpleasant surprise of returning to a note from our housesitters about a leak under our sink. The whole bottom of the cabinet had a layer of ...
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How to construct shower drain plumbing
This is my shower drain pipe under my second floor bathroom.
It appears to be 1 1/2 inch copper. It also has a sleeve around it. I tried to scrape the sleeve. I don't think it is rubber. It appears ...
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Why does my toilet run non-stop? [closed]
I decided to change out all the internals of the toilet after flapper replacement failed. The toilet is still running non stop.
Oddly enough it only runs from one rim hole even after I changed out and ...
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Temporarily plug or cap the shower faucet opening
My shower hot water faucet is leaking due to a worn out stem (or cartridge) gasket.
I need to take the part to a store to get a replacement but it may take a while and I would like to have access to ...
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Joining 2 flexible plastic tubes
I discovered a small puddle on my basement floor yesterday. I have a pump that moves condensation from my boiler to a drain. It runs for a second or two every few hours.
The piping is clear, flexible ...
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Trying to connect a hot water dispenser to dedicated water supply valve but the pre-installed copper line from the h2o dispenser won't reach
I have an insinkerator hot water dispenser whose copper water line is too short to reach the dedicated water outlet. This particular outlet was installed for a filtered water system. The inlet valve ...
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Is my sink trap leaking because it's missing a seal?
I have absolutely no clue about plumbing so I apologize if any of the terms I use are wrong.
My p-trap is leaking, the outlet side threads on to the pipe in to the wall, but the inlet side just pushes ...
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What kind of connector is this? Slow to no flow
What kind of connector is this?
I had to disassemble as there was no flow or almost no flow in a faucet. It actually was completely shutting flow off when I opened valve completely, and otherwise ...
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How can I repair a leak in a sink valve stem?
I’ve dealt with leaking under the sink before (in the kitchen). The issue now is the bedroom bathroom sink. I have two sinks and I’ve been only using one and not the other, so turned the unused sink’...
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Replacing leaking valve where the only upstream source is at the hot water tank itself
We're doing a kitchen demo and changing where the dishwasher is going to be, so Step 1 is to disconnect the dishwasher (3 connections: electrical, drain and water supply).
I have already taken care of ...
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Sink drain popped off when sink was full
While draining a full sink, this pipe came out.
What is the proper name of the white rotating nut-like part?
I reattached the pipe and hand-tightened the nut. Should I do anything else?
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Is "head range" critical when selecting a hot water recirc pump?
I've been looking at hot water recirculation pumps for some time now. In looking at an on-line review page (I know, take them all with a grain of salt) I saw one that lists the "Head Range" ...
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How to open lead drum trap under sink?
The sink at my workplace clogged so I looked to open up the trap and clear it out. The trap looks like a drum trap, maybe installed upside down as it has the lid on the bottom.
I went to open it with ...
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Does a heat pump water heater in upstate NY make sense?
I currently have a 17-year-old, gas water heater. It's not giving me a problem yet, but I'm getting nervous about it and investigating replacing it. I am trying to be both economic and reduce my ...
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P-Trap missing on laundry drain / sewer smell
I moved into a new home with laundry room in basement and started to notice occasional wafting of sewer gas out of the laundry drain pipe. It is an older home built ‘58. It looks like there is no p-...
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Iron removal filter causing substantial reduction in flow rate
I have a drilled well which is about 80m deep with a submersible pump. Its about 10m from my basement, where I have a pressure vessel (at 4 bar) and connections to other parts of the property. All ...
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help identifying silcock parts
I have a broken silcock with no identifying marks on the valve body.
Here is a picture of the internals, with the boot w/ sealing surface separated from the rod that pushes it against the valve seat:
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Can a plumbing vent pipe be ran between roof rafters?
I live in a cape cod style home, which has knee wall attics. Air from these spaces travels from the soffit vents, between the rafters, into the second floor attic space, then out the ridge vent. I ...
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Replacement cartridge from plumb works
I bought this cartridge from plumb Works that came with the entire brass housing. As you can see the o ring on the back has been lost. I’m unsure if I’m able to buy another ring to go around this? ...
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How should a 4x3 closet bend be installed in concrete?
Should the top of the 4" inlet be flush with the top of the concrete or should it sit above or below the concrete? Should it be wrapped with a foam sill plate gasket or something similar?
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Is this cracked gully trap a problem?
Question and photo say it all really. There is a gully trap for the grey wastewater at the back of our multi-unit building that is about 120 years old. The trap seems to be made of fired clay and has ...
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Installing Drain For Sink
in a utility room at my home there is the water line and sewage line capped off bc they were not being used. What I want to do is add a utility sink in this location.
Cutting the water, cutting the ...
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Will individual irrigation branches with varying numbers of holes flow at the same rate?
So I have ridiculously hard water at my place. Like, it's gravel coming out of the tap. Terrible. Drip irrigation doodads clog up in about 3 months... if that.
I have many new fruit trees that I want ...
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Does this bathroom underslab plumbing plan meet code?
Does this layout look like it would pass inspection in a basement under slab?
3" from sink to sewage pump to act as a "wet vent".
3" to toilet.
2" to shower with a 2"
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Why do I have extra copper tubing connected to each bathroom sink supply line?
What I'm looking at here?
This is a picture of my guest bathroom sink, and the hot and cold inlets are each connected to two or three seemingly redundant lengths of copper tubing:
My first guess is, ...
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Removing baseboard heater/heating loop and purging air
I need to rip a baseboard heater out: the cabinet, the copper piping, everything. There is no longer a need to heat that room (reasons: outside the scope of this question).
This is fuel oil with an ...
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Flushing Hallway Toilet Causes Water Pressure to Slowly Rise
I've been chasing the cause of this mysterious high water pressure for several days, and I'm now finally able to reproduce it consistently, and say it's caused by flushing the hallway toilet.
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How can I unscrew or remove the kitchen faucet nuts and screw?
I'm replacing my old kitchen faucet. I get stuck while trying to remove the faucet from the countertop. The faucet appears to be tightened with the mounting nut and two rusted screws. I used ...
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Threaded plumbing fixtures - do they always start threading at the same place?
I have a pressure gauge which threads onto a hose bib. I am trying to have the pressure gauge end up facing upwards in a readable position. Every time I try to start the thread at a different ...
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Sharkbite fittings consistently off spec by 2mm (10 fittings tested) [closed]
Is there something that squishes right at the bottom when force is applied? Because I was pushing my calipers all the way to the end. I do not see how a 33mm mark WOULD EVER come up all the way to the ...
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Would using two mixing valves increase flow rate over a mixing and diverter valve?
We're redoing our bathroom. I'd like to have a tub spout, two body jets, and shower head.
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My original plan was to have the hot and cold water lines come into a mixing valve, run a line ...
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Very small and slow leak after new faucet installation from plastic cap under bathroom sink faucet
I recently installed a new faucet into our sink bathroom as well as reinstalled both cold and hot water lines. I realized that there was some water on the bottom of the cabinet. I put a tiny plastic ...
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Is this temperature and pressure release piping up to code?
I just finished installing this Rennai natural gas tankless heater yesterday, and it's working well.
My only question is I'm wondering that if I ever get it inspected, will this T&P release piping ...
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How can I wet vent this basement bathroom?
I am roughing in my basement bathroom and I am planning the dwv system right now. I am having trouble understanding how I should be tying in the wet-vent to meet code (Wisconsin) and hoping someone ...
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Access panel in shower
I have a leak in a pipe behind my shower and yet I have PVC panelling on the wall so don't want the plumber to have to rip out the whole shower. There's an access panel at the side but the pipe is ...
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What's wrong with water pipes going up then back down?
I've seen a lot of questions and articles about vent stacks changing direction, but not the water pipes themselves.
I've inherited some rather wonky plumbing, and one of the biggest concerns is that I ...
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Bad pitch on outside water lines
My plumbing system is copper.
I have an outside shower (OS) that can be isolated by a pair of shutoff valves (SV) in my bathroom vanity cabinet. The lines from those SV to the OS travel horizontally ...
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What is on copper supply line behind shutoff valve?
I'm planning to replace soldered/sweat shutoff valves (which are stuck and not working) with push fittings. Already done under bath sink with the help of heat gun.
I noticed something attached to the ...
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How can I add a hand-spritz to this shower setup?
I have the shower shown below. Shower works great, and has lots of flow.
But... I need to add a hand spritz to it.
I see two paths:
Change the shower arm to one with a diverter
Switch to a shower ...
