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    Unused copper gas pipe hot to the touch

    Hi, I was hoping someone might know the answer to this. I live in a three-family (stacked/three-decker) home built in 1893. I own and occupy the third floor only. About two years ago, I had several thousand dollars worth of plumbing done on my unit by a very reputable company that does...
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    Installing kitchen faucet with totally separate hand spray?

    I'm putting in a new kitchen and the one and only faucet I like doesn't include a handspray. So my next brilliant idea is to install a separate handspray on some sort of diverter. Is this a good idea? If so, is it practical to do myself, or should I hire a plumber? For background, I know...
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    Kitchen faucet has less and less pressure -- now barely works

    I'm in an old house with 1980s-ish fixtures. My kitchen faucet has steadily declined from having crappy-but-not-unusually-so water pressure to its current state, where it's literally a very slow drip when opened up full blast. There's a sprayer attachment, the kind that comes off of both supply...
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    Want to install deeper bathtub -- will my floor support it?

    Hi, I'm hoping someone here will know where to start to find out this information... I'm looking to install a soaking tub in the space currently occupied by my normal bathtub -- thinking about something about 20" deep and acrylic. My question is whether the additional weight of the tub (when...
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