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OK. Thanks - I didn't know that. After I finished changing out the spindle, I re-opened the cold water supply before I closed out the system. My wife seems to think it's slightly better than it was but I tried that shower myself and both of us noted that we have to keep cranking in more and...

No. I haven't done anything to any fixtures other than replace the single handle faucet spindle last Sunday. Is it possible the seats have deteriorated and this is contributing to the problem? I would have thought worn seats would cause leakage or made it difficult to get the water to turn...

Thanks. I did have that document. I went through it top to bottom and couldn't find anything that would help. The house is 24 years old. My wife uses the bathroom where I'm having the problem. She seems to think this is something she's lived with for a year or so. She deals with it by...

SYMMONS Temptrol shower faucet. At mid-setting, the water temperature is warm at first - then turns lukewarm and then cool - all in about 60-90 seconds. I replaced the Spindle (TA-10). No joy. When I have the cold water supply off and leave the hot water supply on, and the faucet is about...

:confused: I have a Burnham oil fired burner for baseboard heat and domestic hot water. There's a Honeywell aquastat attached that has 3 settings: HI, LO, and DIFF. The owner's manual that describes how the aquastat worls reads like a primer on nuclear physics. I have no idea what they're...

My Welltrol pressure tank sweats in high humidity throughout the summer. Is there anything I can purchase to insulate the tank to keep it dry or keep the condensation from dripping onto the floor? This Welltrol tank is in the corner of my laundry room and it's practically up against the...

I have a Symmons Temptrol Single Handle shower valve. It drips constantly after it's turned off - unless I torque that sucker over HARD when I turn it off. Sooner or later, I'm going to turn it so hard, something's going to snap. I found a Symmons web site with an exploded diagram of the...

In spite of the smell, I Strongly recommend the modern HE front-load washers. Mine uses 1/3rd the amount of water as my old (circa 1985) washer and it cleans 3 times as many clothes per load. If you do the math, that works out to using only 1/9th the amount of water for laundry. That took a...

I have a well that's 265' deep. The pump is 240 feet deep. The specs on the side of the AmTrol pressure tank says G.P.M. = 4. I believe that's the recovery rate of the well. I know from past experience that if I run a standard water sprinkler in the front yard, I can run it for about 30...

The 20-year old washer died on us. The new one I bought is one of the new Kenmore HE4T front-loader High Capacity HE washers. Really great washer. Sounds like the booster engine on a cruise missile when it starts to wind up for its spin cycle. I think the old washer used as much as 42...

Increase well water supply? (Moved to Wells Forum) Moved to Wells forum

SOLVED: Chromed Pipe Problem solved: A plumber came over at 8:00 this morning - on a Sunday (Mother's Day, no less). I didn't have to access the end of the pipe in the garage ceiling; he simply pulled a couple inches of freeplay up out of the bathroom floor and the other threaded end was...

Thanks for the response. There's about 5" of chromed pipe coming out of the bathroom floor (the garage is underneath the bathroom) so I don't know what this pipe looks like downstream. Turns out that the pipe was threaded and old valve had a threaded fitting so it was screwed on. I...

SOLVED: Chromed Pipe ? Very new to home plumbing. I had a leaking shutoff valve under my toilet. I simply wanted to replace the shutoff with a new valve - have never sweated in pipes so I just bought a 5/8" - 3/8" shutoff valve with compression fittings. I cut the supply pipe just below...