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    questions related to water tank

    Hi All, I am recently working on increase my water pressure. I have a well system with a blader tank. I adjust the pressure from 30~50psi to 40~60psi. It works great. I have longer and less frequent runs. The shower at the second floor is great. But I also noticed few problems around the...
  2. Kai

    A stupid question about plumbing permits

    Thanks for all of your kind reply. I am not adding anything into existing structure. My old shower faucet is broken and cannot be repaired. The old tile is loose and rotten too. So I just want to replace shower, incuding some related pipes, and re-tile the wall. From the answer here, it looks...
  3. Kai

    A stupid question about plumbing permits

    Hi All, I am asking a simple question here. thanks for your answer. I am in CT. Do I need permit to change my plumbing, including re-pipe shower?
  4. Kai

    Changing Careers

    I am curious to know what is average annual earn from a plumper, like doing service in homes only. Kai
  5. Kai

    Reverse Osmosis filter and water pressure

    I have Kenmore's RO system. It claims to remove Nitrite/Nitrate. I also have sodium in the water. Although I am not concern its existance. I only find two segments of my old copper pipe are paper thin. They are made in Canada. Ohter looks fine. I replaced all pipe accessable from basement...
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    Reverse Osmosis or not

    Hi All, After reading some old posts here, I have a new question. Should I use RO filter or not. My water is pretty good comparing to standard. It has little Nitrite, well bellow the safety limit, and little hard. No bacteria has been detected. I have installed softner to solve the hardness...
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    Reverse Osmosis filter and water pressure

    Hi All, I like this forum and am new here. I would like you to comment on my question. I just bought a reverse Osmosis filter to supper clean my water. I have a 30~50 psi well system working normally. The RO filter suggest to have 50 psi. I am looking into running my pump at 40~60 psi by...
  8. Kai

    standard height for shower/tube faucet combination

    Hi, Is there any standard or rule of thumb for install a shower/tube combinated unit? The old installation on my tube looks too low. Thanks, Kai
  9. Kai

    presure valve

    I have a private well and water pump. Should I install a presure releaf valve in the system? If I should, can I install it near the drain, the opposite side of well? Thanks, kai
  10. Kai

    water hammer questions

    Hi Everyone, I really enjoy this forum. Thanks in advance. I am re-plumping my house now. It is time to considering to install water hammer arrestor. I have few questions. 1. Which appliance should I install arrestor for? 2. If I install a arrestor at basement (the point to upstair...
  11. Kai

    pin hole leak at refrigerator pipe

    It may be a ground issue. I do not have whole house water filter installed. I checked the ground of outlet. The plug is not connected to ground wire. This may be the cause. I changed the pipe and wait to see if any new erosion develops. Is there any better way to judge that this is truely...
  12. Kai

    pin hole leak at refrigerator pipe

    Hi, I have one more puzzle for pin hole leak on copper pipe. It happens on only regrigerator water pipe, which is installed for only one year. I found many pin hole sites on that few feet copper pipe. Does anyone have an answer for it? Thanks, Kai
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