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I find and plumbers tell me that 1 1/4" traps always leak or its a roll of the dice. Any tricks? Sometimes I replace em and they are fine other times they leak at the unions and I have to use teflon tape on the threads. Why? Is it because its made in China crap?

I am helping a friend who bought a house with the plumbing. I love to plumb when I don't set tile and have gotten pretty good. Is it kosher to install a 4" pvc soil adapter into a cast hub pack it with oakum and then pour a lead joint and pack that? Well I did and its rock solid. Also when...

OK, first off happy new year. I put a tub in for a friend today and installed an american standard mixer valve soldered everything in and wanted to test it out. Well I tuned it on and nothing worked made sure that the water was on. But he doesn't have a hot water line setup through the house...

Hello guys, I know I'll get ripped on by someone I always do when I post here. I am doing a bathroom over and the existing closet flange will be too low its CI. I am going to break the flange off with my grinder and but a spacer in and then put my wetbed in to level the floor prolly a 2" bed...

I am going to do my kitchen over soon complete tearout drywall everything. Now i am going to do a new dishwasher and sink and new shutoffs the copper is like green and corroded under the sink. Right now the shutoff valves are blue Nibco's with bleeders and a couple months after i moved in i...

I jumped over here from john bridge, i busted out my old ci closet flange because i needed to raise the height up because i am throwin a new tile floor in, i am stubborn and want to lead the new one in myself. I picked up a new ci 4x3" flange and a ladle some lead and some oakum. im going to...