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The main panel for my 1600 sq ft. house is a 100-Amp Challenger SB10 12-space 20 circuit. The breakers are a mix of Challenger, Cutler-Hammer and Eaton BR type. The bedroom receptacles are on AFCI breakers. There is an inspection sticker on the box dated 2005, which was the time of a remodel and...

Hi I'm remodeling a bath and in the wall I am suprised to see CPVC running up to the shower valve. The rest of the house is copper so I'm guessing this was an earlier remodel. The CPVC is in pretty a poorly braced condition and since I have to replace and relocate the valve I want to get...

Hi I'm a GC and my plumber doesn't keep up with new products very well so maybe some of you guys/gals have some ideas. For a bathtub with shower, my customer wants a tub spout and for most of her use a standard wall mount showerhead. But she also wants a handheld shower for cleaning the...

Hi all The cast iron sewer cleanout for my house is in a bad spot to be sticking up so high. It is about 10 feet outside my foundation wall and appears to be a 3" pipe sticking vertically out of the ground. But the pipe has a fitting that enlarges to a 4" at the end (just before where the...

Code question: reducing in the toilet drain I am replumbing my 1st floor bath and have lots of headroom (altitude) in my basement ceiling below. Because of my need to come off the top of the trap arm in the basement with a 2 inch vent, I think that I need the piping to drop down below the floor...

Hello It didn't take me long to discover that I like self-feeding bits for drilling through studs and plates for my vent and drain lines. I have a medium duty 1/2" Dewalt right angle drill (DW120K, I couldn't justify buying a Hawg). What advice can you all offer me for drilling the hole...