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I’ve found a few issues with my system this year and need a little help on one of them. I had a valve that was allowing a small amount of water to seep out. I ran the flush on the valve and it fix it. I’m guess small debris above the diaphragm is what caused it. In another i have another...

i only replaced the ones in the attic...... to replace the ones in the walls you would have to tear out my kitchen cabinets, and way to much sheet rock to get to everything. It was also cost prohibitive at this time. next homeowner is going to have to foot that cost. i have flushed it with...

Not the valve I have.. Flushed the valve....ran water for about 5 min with out the cartridge. Clean with valve with white vinegar, flushed again for 5 min. put cartridge back in, bent the clip..... sill did not seem to work. looked in valve and did not see anything clogging the ports...

Ok I just got my attic re-piped with PEX and left the verticals galvanize. thanks to those who helped in the other posts. The plumber who did the re-pipe also tossed in the new Moen cartridge in for me. However I still don't get cold water, its more of a just warm or hot. (this was going on...

i'll bite...what do you use? only two options to me are those brands....of those which is or would you rather me use CPVC...lol

which is better and why

So i have galvanized pipe that was installed in 1984. The last homeowner replaced maybe 10% with copper leaving me with about 150 feet of galvanized pipe. Over the last 5 years i have had 3 pin hole leaks and ready to replace the old with the new. I have a few plumbers come out and bid the...

to attach to the galvanized i would use a pex to female thread adapter. the Wirsbo tool runs about $300. the sharkbites run on avg about $2-$4 more per connection then the wirsbro connection. with only 10 connections needed the sharkbites should only cost $20-$40 more then the wirsbo...

I am replacing some of the pipe in my attic. What I want to do is use PEX to replace all the old (25 yr old) Galvanized pipe that is starting to get pin hole leaks. i have have some copper pipes (main run of supply before it branches off) and all my drops are 1/2in Galvanized pipe with male...

In my attic I have 3 places that the hot and cold lines end. One of these ends just does a 90 degree bend and drops to the kitcken. The other two have a T on the end, one side drops to a bathroom the other side goes up about 18 in and is then capped off. what are the little risers for...