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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How to make Ariston Hotpoint FMG 863 SK washing machine to use more water
Due to EU and US regulations, latest models of washing machines are really eco-friendly and use much less water thant their previous models. The problem is, this has to be countered by increasing the ...
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Do I need to dielectrically insulate smart home shuttoff valve on water main?
I have a smart home automated shutoff valve that I want to install in my water main.
The shutoff valve is a motorized ball valve on a stainless steel fitting. My water main is copper.
I am aware of ...
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Sprinklers on = no pressure in both sprinklers AND house
When I turn sprinklers on, the water pressure is practically zero for sprinklers and also in house. Upon turning sprinklers off, house pressure returns to normal. Leak detection service found no leaks....
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Sill plate pushing siding off, causing gap for mice and moisture?
Younger home owner here. I've had water get into my basement a few times last spring in the corner and in this area (directly under my little front deck). The corner was due to no downspout (water was ...
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How and can you increase the flow volume for a tub faucet?
We recently built an addition onto our house of approximately a 1000 sq ft. The existing home had one or two prior additions to it since the main part was built in 1930 something. The plumbing is the ...
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Water on block foundation wall
I have water on the top 4 feet of my basement foundation wall.
This goes around almost the entire perimeter of the basement. The bottom 4 feet of blocks are dry. Any ideas the cause? Can someone ...
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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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What is this pipe in my basement?
I have a lot of water coming into my basement from a line that is next to where my water pump feeds into. It has been raining a lot lately. I found a pipe in the basement that looks like it could be a ...
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Dripping sound emanating from interior wall space
I've seen some other questions about dripping sounds but wasn't sure if my situation fills the same circumstances or not.
I have a 2-story home and only a partial understanding of where the ...
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Leak with Drywall and Wood Framing
I've got, potentially, a silly question.
We're having some work done in our basement, including the addition of a bathroom. The guys working here were working on the main to install the up-flush ...
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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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Question about fixing footer drains with no access
House is in Midwest. Built in 1997.
In 5 years we have had water come in at the same spot via the basement floor 2 times. Once during a massive spring rainstorm and once when 4 feet of snow melted ...
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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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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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Samsung Ice maker stopped working
Ice maker stopped working. I replaced the filter, ran 4 gallons water through filter, Rest filter, pushed reset button on ice maker. Waited 2 days, no ice. I unplugged the refrigerator for 5 ...
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Sound of water running after bath taps turned off
When running a bath, for the duration of my bath I hear water running/heavy trickling coming from the drain away holes at the top of the bath drain.
This has got louder and stronger over the last few ...
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Water only come from hot water faucet when I turn on both
I have a situation where all hot water faucets in my home give me a dribble and eventually turn off. However, if I turn on the hot and cold, and turn on another hot water faucet nearby, then the ...
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Pipes on Exterior Wall
I recently had frozen pipes in my basement. I took some drywall down to identify the location of the frozen pipes and to apply heat to thaw it. It appears the frozen section is somewhere about halfway ...
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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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Reverse osmosis water saddle doesn't fit waste pipe
The reverse osmosis filters waste clamp (40mm) doesnt fit on my waste pipe (50mm)
I ordered a 6mm compression fitting to use an npt taper
The compression fitting took 3 weeks to arrive and I'm trying ...
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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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Is it okay to connect two In and Out neutral cables to the same relay point?
Bought a timer for my water heater.
It has 4 entries (2 entries each) (left to right): L-in, Lout2, Lout1 and N
I am used to having the N for each L. Does it matter if I connect both IN and OUT N to ...
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Additional drainspout installation
This gutter is overflowing during heavy rain and Id like to add an additional downspout to help, however im not sure if i should add it all the way at the far left and then adjust the gutter so it ...
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Replacing a full height crawl space with basement
I am thinking about purchasing a home that is set on top of a crawl space (see image). The crawl space has the full height of a basement, windows and a door leading outside in the back. It has French ...
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Water softener drain challenge - looking for expert advice
I'm replacing a 19 year old Ecowater water softener. The softener is in my basement and drains using 1/2" ID PVC that runs overhead about 45 feet before tapping into the main drain line at the ...
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Using reverse osmosis (RO) to reduce arsenic in well water?
I have a well with 1.9 ug/L total arsenic (As). Yes this is below the EPA action level of 10 ug/L. However, most states do have warnings indicating that longer term consumption of As below that level ...
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Kitchen water cooler not cooling water
Water in the cooler stays at room temperature and is dispensed properly, but just does not get cold. When I plug it in, I hear a low hum. Not sure how to diagnose. Any tips? It is a basic model that ...
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Adapter to use a Doulton water filter on a Pfister faucet
I live in the USA. The water in my unit is very bad, so I bought a Countertop Filter from Doulton, one of the highest-reviewed ceramic filters out there that uses a standard 22mm female thread.
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Fixing shower tile to repair possible water damage
My bathroom is around 15 years old and my shower tiles are starting to show some water damage. I am a bit worried that this is leaking and may cause some water damage elsewhere.
The grout doesn't ...
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How do I pick a well drilling company?
It seems like well drilling comes down to them showing up and charging you for time and potentially materials. If they drill a dry well, you pay for that. I live in a rural area and am looking at ...
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Something about my hot water won't let the conditioner rinse out of my hair--why?
This is a repost of a related question, but I have changed the question. I noticed in late February that even immediately after washing my hair, it felt and looked greasy and that my bath water felt ...
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What is the water noise coming from the apartment above?
I live in an apartment where we are experiencing noise from the above apartment that I can best describe as a toilet refilling. It occurs approximately every 2 to 2.5 hours everyday starting at around ...
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How to manually drain a free standing water tank (washing machine) into bucket(s)?
Since our washing machine's filter was clogged, I had to drain it manually via emergency drain.
As the emergency drain is a very short (about 1 inch) and thin tube located about 1 inch from the floor,...
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How to keep a screened in porch from leaking
We recently had a contractor bail on us without finishing the addition to our home. One of his many misdeeds was our screened in porch. It is
On the second floor - above our new master bathroom
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Hot water doesn't reach the 2nd floor
My house is 90+ years old. It has an oil burner which supplies radiator heat and hot water. No water tank, hot water created on the fly. The basement and first floor water gets hot enough, but the 2nd ...
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Can I use existing horizontal tub drain pipe as vent and add new vertical pipe to drain?
I have a bathtub that has horrible drainage and its because of an old galvanized horizontal pipe that connects to the stack.
I cannot replace this pipe with PVC with a better slope without ...
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My granite foundation was underpinned and has load-bearing 6x6 posts around the perimeter of the basement. How to repoint behind them?
My building has a granite block foundation supporting a brick structure above it.
In the 80's, the building was gutted and the foundation was underpinned. They added load bearing posts around the ...
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How to install a MWF water filter for GE refrigerator
I am not able to install MWF water filter cartridge in my GE refrigerator.
Instructions say to align arrows. I don't see 2 arrows to align. Align where?
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water valve to toilet will not shut off and the water is running more and more even when off
my toilet was being fix because one of my kids break it. the water valve was turn off but was leaking a lil bit then around 10:30 last night it sounding like my washer was being fill but it was coming ...
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How to Fix this Water System?
Due to low water pressure and lots of water interruptions from our water supplier, we asked a 3rd party to install a water system. This is how the water system looks like based on my observation.
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Do I need a pump for my sprinkler zones that are minus 70 feet elevation?
I have a water tank on a hill and some lawns to water at the bottom of the hill.
The pipe that connects those two is a 2.5" pipe (yes, really) and when I attach a pressure gauge at the bottom of this ...
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Gas Water Heater and Water Shut Off
My house and my neighbors' houses are going to have our water shut off from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm this week by our Water and Wastewater District.
I called the manufacturer of the water heater and also ...
