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Mystery drain coming out from under my house
French drain type, used to drain soil near home.
If it goes somewhere depends on the amount of water. The Land is on a slight grade might have changed over time and producers less running water. If ...
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Mystery drain coming out from under my house
Probably an old drain pipe from a gutter downspout used to dissapate water from close to the house. It will probably be difficult to say exactly what it was for but you should do some more ...
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Got a little epoxy down a bathtub drain
Epoxy once hardened can not be removed.
How much of a problem will it be, who knows.
However if the pipe was very wet when the accident happened you might be lucky and it will form a clump and not ...
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Got a little epoxy down a bathtub drain
If it hasn't cured yet, read the directions on how to clean up excess epoxy. If it has cured, then try to chip it out with a small chisel but be careful not to damage piping if PVC. If it's just a ...
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Is this cracked gully trap a problem?
Fixing it with a sealant will be fine. Just scrub it well and dry it first. Replacing it will be a big job.
However, gully traps normally have a grill to stop leaves, etc from going in and blocking ...
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Do dishwashers with a built in "high loop" require a second high loop under the sink?
If you add a second high loop, then you have also created a trap, or a low loop, which could build up some sediment long term. While most dish washers would flush the sediment with their power when ...
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New kitchen sink to 2 inch threaded PVC join
Sure. A trap adapter, which you can get in PVC-glue or threaded flavors for the end that connects to the drain. The other end is a standard slip joint, often including a washer seal for both 1-1/4 ...
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Is sink too low for proper drainage?
The sink is not too low
Everything appears to slope the proper direction.
Looks like the trap is cocked (at an angle to) the tailpiece entering it, which probably has something to do with the leak ...
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Is sink too low for proper drainage?
If the drain and/or P-trap is leaking replace the seals or replace the whole drain/p-trap assembly. The height of the sink is not the problem. There is no minimal distance between sink and P-trap, but ...
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Wet Basement, slab lower than the footer
Put in a sump pit and see what it does for you.
If you knew the slab was lower than the footer you could have placed your external drain both away from (outside of) and below the footer, so as to not ...
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Crack in ABS drain pipe at slab
Concrete can be removed and replaced. It's not forever and untouchable.
That's the correct way to fix this. Chisel out until you get enough clear, un-cracked pipe to put a coupling on. After ...
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Why does my kitchen sink drain so slowly
I ended up doing some asking around at local stores, and the advice I got was that likely the AAV in the siphon was insufficient. A bigger vent should be installed.
Upon closer inspection, a second ...
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May a single sink be safely drained through the vent pipe on a sewage ejector pump?
On second thought, despite my earlier comments, it could be a sewage discharge pump that's installed in the floor.
The one house I had with a sewage pump had the pump free standing in a utility room ...
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How to connect shower drain to older 1.5 inch copper pipe
Plumbing code (at least the ones I look at - your local may or may not be the same) expects a 2" minimum drain for a shower that's not in a tub. That's why all shower drains you can find are 2&...
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What is the proper way to connect this metal pipe to the pvc pipe coming out of it?
The part that I have coloured blue unscrews like a bottle cap under it is a rubber ring washer that seals the two pipes together.
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What is the proper way to connect this metal pipe to the pvc pipe coming out of it?
Your plastic-to-metal connection is a compression connection. It uses 3 parts:
The female end (metal in your case), with threading on the outside
The "compression nut" which slides over ...
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Shower drain cover removal
Having just purchased a brand new drain to install into a brand new shower pan, I would suggest that this should, most likely, unscrew.
However, since yours isn't brand new, it likely is rather stuck ...
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How can I fix this bathroom drain set up?
Metal pipe to PVC (S-trap) needs new seal.
Get a thicker o-ring to replace current seal. Or use some silicone or even plumber putty to seal it. Since there is no pressure both will work. I would ...
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How can I fix this bathroom drain set up?
There is nothing inherently horrific with this setup. A lot of people don't like flex tube, and I wouldn't choose it if I was doing this from scratch, but there's no gain from just replacing it for ...
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How can I install the drain for my reverse osmosis water filter?
There are drain line adapters that provide an air gap and allow you to add an RO system without drilling or cutting into any pipes.
https://www.premierh2o.com/products/premier__164020_dishwasher-...
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