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PILOT LIGHT DOES NOT STAY LIT: I have a wall gas furnace heater. Pilot light went off last night and I cannot relight it. I light pilot, hold the push button 30-60’ BUT THEN, when I release button, the pilot light goes off. First suspect = thermocouple that controls the pilot light...

Ever since I replumbed my house from rusty galv. to PEX my pipes are generally much quieter. However there is a mysterious, very faint, tapping noise. Sounds like a faint rhythmic tapping.The cadence of the tapping changes with water flow, from, say, a couple of taps per second to 5 taps per...

What is a good way to stub out to a washing machine? Wash machine is in attached garage. I’ve run new PEX plumbing and so far have managed to avoid making any in wall (crimp) connections. My PEX manifold is only 4’ from the washing machine so I do not mind running some copper from the...

How do I undo this Price Pfister faucet? I need to clean the valve, it is very stiff and water flow is erratic. There’s probably rust in it from the old pipes – now new pipes, time to clean the valve.

I was planning to use Zurn PEX (because of the convenience of having it available at the big box stores) and, of course, have been concerned and reading about their failing brass connectors. However, all the failures I found on the web were brass Ts, brass elbows and brass female threaded...

Hello, I’m replumbing my house to PEX and searched previous threads on how to stub out from PEX to fixtures. I seem to read that it is possible to run the PEX all the way to the stop valve and that there are either compression stops that can be used directly with PEX (a Brasscraft using SS...