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Hey All, I have a Watts MMV-M1 Mixing valve I would like to install in a bathroom to prevent scalding through flushing or accidental knob bumping/turning. The fixtures in this bathroom are old-school with no such features. Now, it would be much easier to install this in the basement where...

Hi all, My youngest daughter (6) is autistic and her "thing" is water. Recently, unbeknownst to us she will disrobe and jump in our downstairs shower when the spirit moves her. It's a older standalone jacuzzi brand shower stall with one handle control and diverter knob for body jets...

Hey all, My Mega-Stor indirect water heater came with a mechanical Honeywell 4006a thermo/aquastat. While it works OK, I would like to be able to see the tank temp from across the room as it's location is a bit hard to get to. Since this is a simple on/off device, surely there must be...

Hey All, The manual for my boilers Aquastat (L7248C) claims that it is outdoor reset ready, all I need is their special "Outdoor Reset Module", Honeywell part # 50022037-002/U. Now I am pretty good at internet searches, but this one has left me stumped. I can't find this exact part number...

Hey all. I woke up this morning to no heat on my ground floor. I have a two zone system with an older weil-mcclain boiler. The zone upstairs is working fine. I also had a sink freeze up in the back of the house, so I think that is also the problem with my heat. The bathroom was not badly...

Hey All, I have dug myself a bit of a hole and hope that maybe a carpenter in the house has some advice! We decided to put a new front door on our 150 year old house. Now the existing door isn't original as I could tell once removing the trim that it was a big-box pre-hung wood door. The...

Hey all, We moved into our current money pit about eight months ago. It was a foreclosure/eviction so many things were non-working including numerous 120v architectural lights in the front yard/drive area. Saturday we had nice weather and I got a wild hair to try and trace out what was...

Any Masons in the house? I would like to put an insert into the large fireplace in our 100+ year old money pit. The problem is that the fireplace seems to be very oddly sized and no inserts will fit by my measurements, The actual opening of the fireplace is quite large....41" wide and 32"...

Hey all...back with more questions from the money pit. Six months ago we moved into an old house with an oil fired boiler system. For reasons unknown, the previous owner had the DHW portion of the boiler disconnected, capped off and a propane water heater installed. Since the DHW portion of...

Hey all, We have been having strange problems with our well the last few weeks, ending in a total stoppage tonight. I think my pump is dead. While I was on the road last week the wife called to say that that the water went out when using the hose in the yard. She freaked out and shut off the...

I also have a slow tub drain question: Like the other thread, my tub is also plumbed the same way (drain pipe runs back and under the full length of the tub). I haven't measured the drop in pipe, but will as this could explain things. Mine backs up more like 2" in 15 minutes however. I...

Hey All, I have found what I believe to be improper bonding on the pool at our new house. The pool pad subpanel is connected to a ground rod near the pump AND the house main panel (isn't this incorrect?) The pump has two large green ground wire connected on the case...one appears to go to the...

Hey all, We just moved into a fixer-upper house that has an older Kohler whirlpool tub. The button to turn the whirlpool on/off has rusted out (pics below) and I can't seem to find a replacement anywhere. In fact I cant even find any info about this tub in general. It still works great if...

Hey all, The house we just moved into is 150 years old, complete with a full, dungeon like basement. VERY moist...no standing water or sump pump, but very humid. It's a potential mold factory for sure and we need it for storage but would rather not have all our possessions just rot away! I...