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    Missing reply?

    I know I replied to a post yesterday and went back to find it but I can’t. I did do a search on my user name and nothing showed up. I know it went through because master plumber replied after mine. Hmm I must of jumped off my log…mis
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    I need help!!!

    I haven’t been around much because I’m now on my 8th week of being a full time plumber. Right now I’m a one man show unless you count my wife who just hands me stuff and dose all the paper work. I need a helper bad. This week 2 - 40 gallon rheem electric 1 - Broken pipe in a...
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    Update on cutting a telephone wire.

    This was the post. https://terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15381 They ended up buying the right away and my expenses for $43,000. The right away $25,000, lawyer cost was 10,000, and $8,000 to move a fence 12’ to satisfy my need of not having any of there wire inside my fence or need...
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    Home owners changing there mind.

    I have to finish out a house next week and the homeowners had a “plumber†come in and look at the house. 1- They don’t like that the house has (2) 2†vents in the roof. The plumber is telling them that I should have done it in one vent. 2- The plumber has talked them in to saving...
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    Hit a phone line and need help.

    I was putting up a fence on Monday and I hit a telephone feeder cable. I called Miss Utilities and they had marked out where the line was so they thought. I was 5 feet from there marks. There was no tape or anything else to let me know that I was going to hit something. You can clearly see...
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    Help picking a WC.

    I’m working with a home owner with a remodel and they want an old (pre water efficient WC). I have told him that I can’t install one but that’s all he wants but will settle with a new 2 peace. He told me that anything I suggest he will goggle. He doesn’t like anything that I...
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    Bad night at work

    Well I went out to do a work on a house last night and I get there and the fist thing I notice is there is no meter in the can. Hmm I work mostly at night and the GC knows this. So I think I’ll just pop off the face of the panel and hot wire me an outlet. Well I get out a light and I...
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    How to tell if you posted in this thread.

    I would like to have something to show me if I had posted in a post. Like other sites have a check mark on the envelope if you have replied to it.
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    Starting up a septic system

    I have a new house for about a year and have never been lived in. i have been out there 2 times a week for a few hours. The septic system is 2 tanks with 6 dry wells / sewage pits. . The 2 tanks are 3000 gallon main tank and a 1000 gallon second tank. The 3000 gallon tank feeds into...
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    Pumping large amounts of well water

    In a few months I will need to pump about 600 gallons of water out of my well. This well is 400 feet deep with a water level at 200 feet. The pump is 2hp and is set at about 300 feet. I was told when the well was drilled that the recovery rate was 25 gpm +. I have 2 80 gallon pressure...
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    I need a better thermostat

    I have a large 2 story house. Both floors have train HVAC systems there about 9 months old. I have a 500 gallon wood boiler that I would like to use for heat. I did have the heat exchangers installed when they installed my systems. As far as the controls I’m running 2 thermostats...
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    Water table / pump question.

    My parents have a 200 foot well. When it was drilled it was over flowing with water. They installed 80’ of what looks to be 12†cast iron. Two years ago I had to replace the pump. They had the pump sitting at 55’ and the water table had dropped and burnt out the pump. I replaced...
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    Water softener question.

    My grandmother’s house has a softener and she went to the hospital. We do not see anyone living in the house for about a year. I’m planning on stopping in 2 or 3 times a week but I don’t see running the softener with the lack of water that will be used. I’m planning on a shower from...
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    Water heater theory.

    My parents have a new electric 55 gallon hot water heater made by State Select (I think). The house has well water and the temp of the water is normal about 45*F. Everyone in the house likes long hot hot showers. When I installed it I only turned up the thermostats a little. When we were...
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    Septic tank design help

    I’m about to build a house in the next year. I have the plans, the property, have talked with 3 general contractors, and talked to the local building office. The one thing I have not decided was how to run the septic. The house will be about 1600 vertical feet from where it will be flat...
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