Recent content by celife

Thanks, man. By pushing down on the stem do you mean pushing down on the part in the 2nd image I posted? I gave that a try but it seemed the leak remained the same. I'm sensing it's time to replace it.

Thank you. The meter hasn't been swapped in recent years. The only event correlated with the beginning of this issue was when the guy from PG&E was checking for gas leaks...but I'm beginning to suspect that was just a coincidence.

Thanks for all of the great help! I do believe it's the T&P valve. I tried opening then closing it to see if that helped to clear things out, but it seems to be leaking at a steady rate now. I'm guessing that it'll require a replacement of the valve unless anyone else has any suggestions as...

I recently had a PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric) rep come out to look for a gas leak. In the process of looking over my system he apparently broke my water heater as for several days there has been a consistent puddle beneath it (see pic). They can't have someone out to fix it for a week, so I'd...

Since last posting I found a "reducing washer" from a prior p-trap problem with another sink. This allowed me to use the wall pipe that came with my replacement p-trap. My wall pipe was too long but I was able to use a hacksaw to get it to the right length. Everything fit great with no leaks...

I'm replacing a p trap and found that the pipe running from the sink is 1 1/4" and the pipe coming out of the wall is 1 1/2". The replacement p trap I bought is 1 1/4" which only works on the sink side. I could replace the pipe that comes out of the wall with the 1 1/4" pipe that came with my...

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I recently purchased this assembly to repair a leak in my Jacuzzi: http://www.spadepot.com/shop/Heater-Union-Split-Nut-Assembly---2-P797C717.aspx As I wait for it to arrive, I have 3 questions related to its installation: 1. Will the installation of this replacement assembly require PVC...