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Single water meter in condo building?
Yes it's possible that the whole building could be fed through a single meter. It's possible even that many buildings could be fed through a single meter. I'm aware of one such condo community in my ...
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I must keep turning hot water valve hotter to get the same temperature hot water that I used to get!
Assuming you're in the northern hemisphere, you're probably seeing the effects of lowering soil and storage facility temperatures. Even though water supply pipes are well underground in my region, I ...
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How can I eliminate mold in my water softener?
Can someone tell me if this is mold
Yes. This "someone" is a lab that has the proper equipment for testing for mold. Call around to find one local to you and have it tested. They'll tell ...
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Can I use a tankless and tanked hot water heater at the same time this way?
You have tankless injecting into the wrong water pipe. It should be adding to the input water of the tanked heater, not the output water.
The reason is, in a tankless, the water isn't already hot. ...
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Can I use a tankless and tanked hot water heater at the same time this way?
Energy in = energy out
It really doesn't matter whether you use tankless (large amounts of energy at one time) or tanked (small amounts of energy for a longer period of time). It really doesn't matter ...
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Pressure spikes causing water heater TPR valve to drip/open
It sounds like your hypothesis is that the TPR is being bumped to leak by what’s called “water hammer”, a pressure impulse caused by the mass of water in motion when a valve is closed rapidly. The ...
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What keeps rain out of a Vertical PVC Concentric Vent?
There is no rain cap with this type of vent termination. "Why not?" you may ask?
The exhaust piping from a condensing appliance is designed to carry liquid. The appliance category is named &...
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Is 9.5 x 3 a standard whole-house water filter cartridge size?
I took a chance and got the "standard" size GE basic filter and it appears to fit and work just fine. So I guess this is a standard size (or close enough).
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Why do I have low water pressure at the house from a tank located 100 feet up?
Assuming 350 ft of 2" PVC pipe, 20 ft of 3/4" PEX pipe (to the point where you measured the flow rate), and 35 ft of head (from your 15 psi), I compute a flow rate between 5.0 GPM and 5.1 ...
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15 psi at the house from a tank located 93 feet up
"Is it possible that the pipe is kinked or constricted in some way?" Exactly, you are there, you need to check everything. If there is a kink or sort of an s-bend, you will get an airlock. ...
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15 psi at the house from a tank located 93 feet up
Assuming 350 ft of 2" PVC pipe, 20 ft of 3/4" PEX pipe (to the point where you measured the flow rate), and 35 ft of head (from your 15 psi), I compute a flow rate between 5.0 GPM and 5.1 ...
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Why do I have low water pressure at the house from a tank located 100 feet up?
If you have 100 feet of head, it is physically impossible not to have 50 PSI at the house when in-house flows are stopped. If the gauge is accurate, the 15 PSI reading tells you exactly where the top ...
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Connecting new fridge to existing pex
Use a PEX-B crimping tool instead of the sharkbite connectors. Splice another length of PEX onto the pipe so that you're free to locate the valve where you want it. Implement the icemaker outlet box, ...
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What are these circles on my ceiling?
First and third look like there was a different light fixture there that had two ceiling mounts. The one poking out from under the current light fixture base strongly supports this idea. If the second ...
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Connecting new fridge to existing pex
The primary shutoff valve for the water line to the fridge should be located in a very accessible location and NOT behind the fridge. Such valves are typically located in the under-sink cabinet space. ...
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Shallow well pressure loss
Typically this means there is some problem with building/holding pressure or there's an intermittent problem with the pressure switch itself.
One typical case is running the well dry - can't pump ...
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Are there any concerns about bacteria growth in dechlorinated water in a whole house filter system?
If your system is clean, and the incoming water is clean, there should be no concern. I suppose you could bypass it and flush the pipes if feeling paranoid.
I last shocked my system in 2010 or so. I ...
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How concerning is this water in my bathroom?
To directly answer the "question": Unless you live on a slip-n-slide, water coming out of the floor is very, very concerning. Although ... usually water will leak down into the floor, into ...
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How concerning is this water in my bathroom?
Something is leaking. It could be a bathroom fitting, it could be something inside the walls,
it could be the roof!
Is this a serious concern for mold underneath the toilet and flooring?
It's worse ...
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How concerning is this water in my bathroom?
Is this a serious concern for mold underneath the toilet and flooring? Mold can live anywhere there is moisture, food, and the correct environmental conditions. You have provided all three. So yes, ...
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How concerning is this water in my bathroom?
I wouldn't worry too much about mold. I'd worry about the level under the bathroom and the subfloor eventually rotting out.
Yes toilet can leak underneath. Yes you can do it. First is to figure out ...
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My kitchen sink only dispenses hot water!
Your mother-in-law has a defective thermal bypass valve. It's this (not fully visible) item in your photo:
The complete valve looks like this:
It may have the name Grundfos or Watts on it. Somewhere ...
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Water softener unused for 11 months—safe to use?
Culligan recommends sanitizing the water softener if it has sat unused for a week or more. This applies to their High Efficiency models from 2011 onward. Excerpt from the installation and maintenance ...
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