Questions tagged [water]
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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Pressure spikes causing water heater TPR valve to drip/open
System is a AO Smith power vented 50 gallon gas water heater about 8 years old. 2 gallon Amtrol ST-5 expansion tank (charged to 65 psi) on cold water supply side was installed in December 2022 to ...
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How to clean a toilet water flush "limitator" (bump?)?
Apologies for the non-technical expressions, I am not a native English speaker.
I have the following embedded water flush:
The problems with that water flush are the following:
it usually flushes ...
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Is it risky to have soak pit of septic tank near building
I have series of soak pits connected by pipe and this soak pit takes grey water from Kitchen and bathroom only.
I have to call septic tank lorry frequently to pump out the filled up septic tank. ...
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How could I run a residential water line across a creek?
I'm looking at a new location for a house, and all utilities will need to cross a creek at some point - it's about 10 feet wide, 3 feet deep at the lowest spot. Due to the proximity of it to the road, ...
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Water pressure issue when 2 sources running
In our house, if 1 water source is being used it works. But if the horse buckets are being filled (outdoor spigot) all you get is air sound on any other fixture. Even if you try and use hot water (...
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Well line cover is leaking in heavy rain. What is the likely fix?
My well line comes in at this point below. The water line itself is just the Pex but it’s wrapped in a PVC-like cover. There is water coming in from the PVC cover in heavy rain.
It’s coming through ...
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Swimming pool as water barrel for irrigation
I have a 60 year old concrete swimming pool still in good condition but not used as a pool for 20 years. It is now a nature pool good for fireflies, bats, toads, ducks, etc. The original chain link ...
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Mountain top drainage issue
We live atop a large hill and due to how the driveway is I constantly have water and mud on top of a small area of my driveway. This area is supposed to be a low area to care water down the driveway ...
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Both hot and cold tub knobs leaking behind the wall
Okay, so I may have solved this problem but I want to know if my solution even made sense. We recently bought a house and soon realized (due to the ceiling being soaked downstairs) that our upstairs ...
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Why is my slab still warm 24-hours after turning of in-floor heating?
Looks like we have a slab leak in our house. I noticed warm tiles around the laundry area where we have pinpointed the hottest point and the warmth seems to spread about 6 feet outwards.
The weird ...
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Turning the faucet just a little bit makes the water too cold?
When I'm showering the faucet is usually turned well towards the hot side. Everything is fine and dandy. But sometimes I realize that the water is too hot so I turn the faucet ever so slightly to the ...
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Possible cross over issue with water lines
About 2 weeks ago our hot water started getting less and less hot, now it is completely cold. If I turn the cold angle stop off at the sink, so only the hot water line can feed the faucet, and turn it ...
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Installing a sump pump to reduce relative air humidity
I have a damp basement. There are really no big water issues because the house sits on sloped terrain, it's just damp and musty. I've been running a de-humidifier, but that doesn't seem to be taking ...
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Why is there no water in the kitchen?
There is no water flow hot or cold in kitchen. It works everywhere else in the house. The temperature has been between 0-20 in Northern VA.
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Pulsing water with PEX tubing?
Our home is plumbed with PEX tubing, from what I can tell. When summer started, the shower started running hotter, so we turned down the shower lower and lower. But when we reached a certain place ...
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Where could the air in the water system be coming from?
We live on the top two floors of a small brownstone walkup. To get the heating to work upstairs I need to bleed the baseboard heater almost every other day. All faucets in the house sputter, and the ...
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Can I use a water tank and pump to feed a boiler?
As the title suggests I would like to know if I can use a water tank and pump to feed my boiler?
I want to get rid of my electric shower and currently I have large water tank with a pump feeding to ...
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What type of 1" electric valve can I use in a line with no pressure?
I am looking to attach two 1" valves to a drainage line I have coming from my gutter. I would like the option to select which channel the rainwater flows down, using valves. My hurdle right now ...
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Shower Leak - Panels + Glass Door + tray
First time poster here and likely about to become a new DIYer (and probably day drinker after this). I am at the end of my rope and have seen really great posts here, so I hope I can get some kind of ...
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Mild/mildew after a water leak
We had a water leak in a pipe in a wall between the garage and a closet. We fixed the leak as soon as we noticed it, which seemed to be a week or two after it started based off of our water usage on ...
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cold water odor from bathroom sink faucet
Our home is 3 years old and we have city water. We have dual sinks in our bathroom. When the cold water is turned on in only the left sink, an odor starts about 4 seconds later and then goes away. No ...
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Looking for a span-table reference which details options for timber framed 1.40PSI static loads
I haven't seen any tables above 70PSF. Based on my calculations, a rain barrel full of water exerts about 168PSF. I live in the mountains in Colorado so I can probably expect additional weight in ...
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Water leak on city side increases when house side is on
So our home started overflowing from the water meter box. Utility dept comes and says the leak is on the private property side. They back this up by showing how our bill has significantly increased in ...
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Proper way to connect gutters
The picture above is where a gutter over the porch connects to a gutter over the garage for my home. As you can see, two gutters are connected using a downspout at an angle leaving a section of the ...
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Can I clean electric wall heaters with soap and water?
I bought some TPI Electric Wall Heaters. The product is starting to whistle a little bit after 5 years. I purchased an electronic canned air blower, and blew out all the dust in there, including the ...
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Outdoor light sconce got wet
The sconce is on a wall that was used extensively by mud daubers to make a mess on. So, I got the hose and went around the windows and around the edges of the sconce, but apparently enough water ...
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Best way to seal underground bore pipe which is in a pit
I have a closed bore pipe whose width is 6 inches and the pipe goes upto 30 feet deep.
The bore pipe is in a pit whose depth is 6 feet.
I have other drainage pits whose water level is 1 to 2 feet from ...
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Pressure well tank and pressure switch installed
I just installed a new 32 gal well pressure tank as well as a new pressure switch regulator psi 40/60. I set pressure switch at 37. When I turn on the breakers to well pump, water and the pressure ...
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Installing regular kitchen tap in caravan with garden hose
I live in a caravan attached to a granny flat next to my parents' home (in Australia). I want to run water from the tanks to the van, but the van no longer has any of the original plumbing, only a ...
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I'm trying to identify and find The manufacturer of a shower valve that is stamped gobo asse 1016
I have been looking for hours online I have an old shower valve that's leaking everywhere and I just need to find a part that will be the same as this one but I cannot even find who makes this part. ...
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Contaminants in very old water pipes?
Suppose they're 100 years old and metal - unsure if iron, lead, or neither - and inflowing water before the pipes is clean. What contaminants are expected in tap water from such pipes? Heavy metals? ...
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How to fix foundation on bedrock leaking water?
I have bought a 1969 house on a bedrock hill, it's laying on a 12" large concrete foundation, the deepest part of the crawl space is 4' tall and the smallest a couple of inches. On the shortest ...
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water drainage and fence building
I am a new homeowner and with the first summer coming up I am looking to do some renovation outside. The first thing I'd like to do is fence off my back yard so my dogs can roam instead of being ...
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How to clean out clogged water supply lines in bathroom?
I'm a new homeowner. I have somewhat hard water where I live which causes calcium buildup in my water supply lines. My pipes are also pretty old, and it's likely that the previous owner never ...
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Water dripping from a gas vent thats connected to my furnace
I just noticed when I opened the closet where my furnace is located there was water in the middle. It appears to be leaking from 2 spots on a vent that's labeled the (gas vent connector) its sunday ...
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Island Sink Water leak that no longer leaks
We have house on slab in NC with island sink and were away for a few months Aug-Dec and when we returned to our house it showed water damage in kitchen and adjacent room. The carpet in the adjacent ...
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Whooshing sound after turning off tap
I hope you all can provide some insight as to what might be causing a new Whooshing sound in my water system for about a second after I close any tap in my house.
It doesn't happen all the time and ...
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Is there any easy and cost effective way to build inhouse water treatment facility
My apartment produces approx 1800 litre of grey water per day.
So I'm thinking may be I could build my own ( DIY ) water treatment facility which will remove the dirt and remove the smell so that I ...
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What is round box near water meter
What is round box near my water meter? I'm trying to increase the water pressure to my house, which was built in 2019. I know that the water pressure is lowered to my house and sometimes there's a ...
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Replace Copper Pipe & Gate Valves With PEX Pipe & SharkBite Ball Valves & Fittings
Summarize the problem
My 35 year-old home's water supply gate valves and outdoor hose bibbs are very difficult to turn on and off.
Provide details and any research
The primary water supply comes in ...
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Does a diverter valve based on temperature exist?
I want to install a solar water heater in my house in the future, so I've been thinking about how I could do it, something like this:
Cold water enters the solar heater, hot water comes out.
If it's ...
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Why does my Rheem Performance Plus Gas Water Heater make a clicking sound just until water is running hot?
Our relatively new Rheem Performance Plus Gas Water Heater makes a clicking noise when you first turn on the hot water. Once the water has reached the correct temperature the clicking stops.
When I ...
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Kitchen sink water pipes installed, not cloged but water does not drain at all
I installed the new pipes after the old ones broke.
They are all installed as the old ones, but somehow the water doesn't drain at all.
See pictures:
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I believe that everything is ...
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Dead end in pipes and legionella risk
Today a plumber removed a sink from my house and sealed the two corresponding pipes at the location where they branch from the rest of the system. I expressly asked him to do this because I wanted to ...
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Trying to replace this leaking heater with a tankless, need help with the piping
Just moved into this house, South Florida, two stories, the heater is leaking and I'm replacing it with a tankless. I'm not sure how to plumb it since now I realized I have more pipes coming and going ...
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Odd sized CPVC - fittings will not go on
Water system installed circa 2010/2011, with CPVC. We have since had some issues to be addressed.
New CPVC fittings WILL NOT WORK. The outside diameter of the old CPVC is larger than the fittings, no ...
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Sound of running water behind walls upstairs and downstairs
I woke up this morning to the sound of water running behind my walls. We live in a townhouse and share walls with 3 other owners. I've checked my toilet tanks in all bathroom to be sure the valve is ...
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Shower waste, water level
My shower drain is regularly filling up and overflowing, subsequently leaking water outside of the screened shower area. When not in the shower I removed the tile and waste plate and can see the water ...
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Kitchen faucet hot water slows to a trickle
When I open the hot water of my kitchen faucet it flows at normal pressure, then after 1 minute or more it slows to a small drizzle, then less water, then a single tiny stream of water.
I turn it off,...
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Water Shut off Valve not turning back on
My condo unit's main cold water shutoff valve is not turning back on.
Our building had some water maintenance yesterday and the we turned off both hot and cold water shutoff valves inside our unit. ...
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