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We are changing the location of the washer/dryer in a house. My memory from long-ago remodeling is that the branch drain for the washer needs to be taken out of the system, and that sanitary T taken out and bypassed by putting new 2" in the stack. Certainly something has to be done, otherwise...

Doing a utility room in the lower floor of a house in Idaho. Can anyone tell me if Idaho UPC allows the use of an AAV for a washer/utility sink combination, where the washer is not being pumped into the sink? To do a regular vent would require either opening the wall on the floor above or...

Has anyone tried any of the wireless flood sensors? Got any review comments, positive or negative?

I've got a sump pump that has thrown its breaker several times. An electrician has told me that it's a pump issue, as opposed to a wiring/breaker issue. Is that a reasonable conclusion? Thanks.

I need to install a repair kit on a Wilkins/Zurn 975XL 1/2 inch double check valve. The documentation I have found says that it takes a 'special tool' to remove and install the seats for the two check valves. What kind of a 'special tool' is it? Is there something else that can be used to do...

I purchased a diamond dremel bit for doing the job, which ought to handle easing the hole in the sink. I have also purchased a 2 1/2" diamond hole saw, that will allow me to set the larger drain body and have it 'sink-only. If I can get another locknut, I will have enough threaded drain below...

Thanks. I'm sorry. I don't think I was clear. That is actually what I want to be able to do. The Hansgrohe drain body isn't long enough to do that. If I have to use that, then the drain body will have to seal to the bottom of the vessel. Then I'll have to bond the sink to the countertop with...

I'm trying to mount a vessel sink on 1 1/4" silestone. The sink has an overflow. Because the Silestone is 1/2 inch thicker than standard, the drain that came with the valve set (Hansgrohe) isn't long enough to allow the treads to get far enough down to hold the sink down to the countertop. I...

When we have used our hot water, we frequently get a high-pitched nose, almost a squeal, from our electric hot water heater. Frankly, it sounds like the noise that comes from my electric water kettle when it first starts up. I suspect that it is from water boiling in contact with the heating...

Upstairs bathroom, toilet and shower, are right above my kitchen. When shower is in use, or toilet flushed...we hear it clearly downstairs. Best noise insulation techniques? Thanks.

Thanks. Yeah, the linear drain is hundreds, as opposed to $50 for a really good central drain.

Thanks. Looks like a stainless-reinforced Fernco. I've found the Sioux Chief website, which seems to have everything in both PVC and ABS. Thoughts on a linear drain versus central drain? Also, thoughts on a paint-on seal (e.g., Red Guard) versus membrane (Noble)? I know that you don't do...

I just took out a Fiat shower base. The original installer apparently wanted to make sure he didn't miss...so he cut a hole more or less 8 inches across. A distance a shower drain won't cover. If I want to go back in with a tiled shower and shower drain...cut a circular piece of 3/4 inch plywood...

Greetings. I am taking out a small shower base, and going back with a larger tiled shower. The DWV system appears to me to be ABS, but the majority of shower drains appear to be PVC. I've always thought that a PVC/ABS connection was a no-no. Is there some way to make that work? Thanks.

I mean something like this.