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How to waterproof a leaky front porch that has a basement room underneath?
I like torch on membrane. It applies nicely to concrete. It is rated for people walking on it and it lasts at least 30 years. You can thinset or mortar on top of it.
The other option to consider is ...
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Window Leak at bottom corner
The first thing I would do would be to check to see if the wood is still solid. Meaning, tap it with the butt of a wooden spoon to see if it sounds Hollow or does it sound like solid. If it's solid ...
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Could my furnace be leaking due to condensation neutralizer?
Most units will error out if condensate is blocked
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Very small and slow leak after new faucet installation from plastic cap under bathroom sink faucet
Nothing above that should be leaking on a new faucet.
If it is, the faucet is defective, so contact the maker.
The joints you connected the water lines to are below that point, and the white plasic ...
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Dual-flush toilet making a noise, unpredictably
Some of these fancy flush mechanisms are just poorly designed - if you can't find something to fix, it's often easiest (after however many times you can stand calling someone in for a recurrent ...
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Temperature Pressure Release (TPR) Valve Leaking
After a couple trips to Home Depot I learned that I'd have to cut a section of the pipe out, and re-attach it with a SharkBite coupling
The guys at Home Depot told me another alternative was to un-...
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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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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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Would getting a new toilet installed cause a shower leak?
A couple of possibilities:
Typically the shower drain will join the toilet drain pipe under the bathroom floor. Perhaps the toilet installation caused the shower drain pipe to crack or separate by ...
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What are some tools or methods I can purchase to trace a water leak?
Start at the point in the ceiling where it leaks and then trace it backwards from there. Get to the top side of the ceiling from inside the attic. The insulation in that area should be damp. You ...
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Ceiling leaks in driving rain -- how can I find source?
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happening at or near the junction between the original 2-storey house and the 1-storey extension.
And susvived past re-roofing, I'll suspect the flashing between the wall and the lower ...
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What are some tools or methods I can purchase to trace a water leak?
If four roofers could not find the leak, it's unlikely that we can find it from photos. So I'll tell you what kinds of things to look for, and answer the question, 'what kinds of tools' etc.
If the ...
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What are some tools or methods I can purchase to trace a water leak?
Looking for from on top of a roof can be difficult, since the leak might flow someways before it leaks onto the ceiling.
Usually the best tool is your eyes looking at the bottom of the roof deck, ...
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What this small diameter drain tube coming out of my house wall?
Here's the update to what happened:
I had the drywall cut and found that the small diameter tube was tapped into a 1 inch pvc pipe that went from an unused conduit box above it (with an unused pull ...
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Can you help me identify these pipes and valve sizes?
Solved... I took a longer look at the shut off and determined I only needed to clean up some corrosion and tighten the nut on the stem. I didn't even have to use more packing. Also after closer ...
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Can you help me identify these pipes and valve sizes?
Take same picture with ruler so we can be more precise.
As it looks right now, it is a 1/2 inch valve with adapter to 3/4 inch hose on the right side. Do not see the left side.
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Can you help me identify these pipes and valve sizes?
Mobile Home? With that gray fitting? Very likely Polybutylene.
Probably 3/4", but with nothing in there for scale but my vague sense of typical valve handle size, I would not take that as gospel.
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