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I have a new well, northern NY, by canadian border...both neighbors have ~40' deep wells, but my driller didn't hit water until 125', and it turned out to be over 20-gpm and artesian, occasionally rising to over top of casing. I plan on setting the submersible pump at about 120', and wonder...

Having been badly burned by the polybutylene pipe fiasco, I have been reluctant to migrate from copper to PEX. However, my new drilled well will require treatment, initially for sulphur, then possibly for pH and hardness. All neighbors have H2S fart-smell water and generally treat with...

I know a picture is worth 1,000 words, but no pic (forgot cam while packing for trip), so here's the 1,000 words... Three china vanity basins in same house, all with same faucets, 4" on centers. A look underneath shows only a machine screw (#12x32?) attaches top hardware to brass...

My new well water is something you don't want to get downwind of. Typical of the lakeshore area where I'll be building. Most people use either hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), or chlorine injection, followed by an activated carbon filter to remove the particulates that result from sulphur removal...

Had well drilled a year ago, turned out to be over 20gpm at 125' and artesian, over-flowing casing some times of year. Driller advised against quality testing for several months, but was obvious very high hydrogen sulfide from odor alone, as are all neighboring drilled wells. The plan is H2O2...

I'm going to attempt building a DIY bubbler system to protect lake docks from ice damage...will use low-pressure (~6PSI), high volume air from a vane type air pump, probably one designed for an aerobic septic system that is designed for continuous-duty. I'm planning on a flushing port for each...

I'm planning a DIY marine de-iceing system that will protect a dock from ice conditions, using low-pressure high-volume compressed air to bring warmer, deeper water to the surface, via a series of air holes drilled through 1/2" galvanized pipe. It's a major US lake (Champlain) that has a...

I have two clear glass fixture shades, which I want to convert to "opal" or "frosted". My options seem to be either bead-blasting or acid-etching using a product such as : http://www.armourproducts.com/ecom-prodshow/15-0250.html I sold my big compressor and sand blaster cabinet several years...

I want to control a light from two locations, thus two 3-way switches... I also want dimming capability, and wonder if both switches can be dimmers, or only one? If both, which dimmer "wins" for control, the one from which the light was turned on from, or the one with the lowest setting?

The round ceiling fixture boxes supposedly take regular 8-32 machine screws to mount fixture crossbars... I can't get them to take them, even when running starter threads with an 8-32 tap. I have been to their website, and they say use the 8-32 screws that come with the fixtures to secure the...

I will be building a new small, efficient house, with hot water supplied by a Rennai tankless heater. Water from a well, with H2O2 treatment to get rid of H2S. Softening will most likely be required, too. I'm a Type-L copper guy, but am actually giving consideration to going with a PEX...

My recently drilled will apparently have at least 50ppm of Hydrogen Sulfide, based upon the driller's "nose" and on what each adjacent neighbor reports with regard to their wells. I know that Gary will recommend a chlorine erosion feeder, since that's apparently the core of his business...

Yes, I used the search engine, and yes, I have been to Gary's site. And yes, I'm still confused. My well was just completed today, and as expected, the driller reported high levels of hydrogen sulfide odor from the water extracted once he finally hit the mother lode (after penetrating 125'...