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With time, the tub/shower valve was so tight and hard to turn that I could almost not turn it anymore, so I just replaced the Moen cartridge with an OEM Moen 1222 cartridge, and it now works smoothly & easily, with the water getting hotter, as it should, while being rotated counterclockwise and...

I live alongside a river in the Pacific Northwest (Washington) and have been pumping water out of it, every summer, in order to water my lawns and veggie garden. It has worked great. The river lies about 100 feet, horizontally, from the yard, and about 30 feet below the level of the yard (We...

I am running a long suction hose from the river to a pump, in order to get water for watering my lawns during the hot, dry summer. The problem is that I had to join/splice two sections of flexible PVC hose between the foot valve and the pump. Because it's on the suction side of the pump, I can't...

I am running a long suction hose from the river to a pump, in order to get water for watering my lawns during the hot, dry summer. The problem is that I had to join/splice two sections of flexible PVC hose between the foot valve and the pump. Because it's on the suction side of the pump, I can't...

I live on the bank of a river, near the mountains, in Washington, and pump water out of it for the lawns, as well as for the veggie garden, during the hot, dry summers. From the river, the water goes into an old pumphouse, where there is a pressure tank, then it continues out to the...

Situation: I live on a mountain riverbank, and pump water from the river, for watering the lawns and the veggie garden, during the summer months; have been doing this for thirty-two years. The river is about 17 feet below the level of the house. In the past, I have had two 1/2 h.p. pumps...