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Cleaned out long horizontal run PVC drain pipe from kitchen heavily clogged with calcium. Used vinegar to soften and then cut pipe and jetted from low end. Now have calcium clog after vertical stack in 4" pipe under slab. Location approx 10' after vertical based on basement bathroom fixture...

Thanks Reach4! Problem solved! Got cheap consumer grade(made in China) jetter(Amazon $70 tips plus 100' small diameter pressure hose), low end electric pressure washer(Harbor Freight $80). It cleaned out amazingly well and easy. Went through so easy. I did not know I reached the clog until...

Well/pump work. I am getting water from temporary hookup to wellhead held above ground(nervous about this freezing). Problem definitely in pipe between pitless and house. Have a 25' snake. Ran it outward from house. Line clear for 25'. Given large amount of clay-mud produced by pump after...

Dealing with a nightmare well company. Needed to replace 3/4 HP submersible pump in 450 ft well. Already hit $5500 bills for replacement of pump, new wire, reuse PVC down pipe. Now company wants $2800 to replace pipe from well to house (<30') because pipe is blocked. Everything was fine...

Leak is not actually that joint. There is a stub of sched 40 3" pipe in the top followed by an insert coupling (Female/Female slip) connecting the Tee to the sched 30(thinwall) PVC pipe. The coupling extends into the upstream pipe on the inside. The flow is down the side of the upper pipe...

I can see exactly where leak is. Area above leak is dry. Joints properly primed and glued with the exception of a makeshift transition which did not come down perfectly straight when forcing assembly between fixed top and bottom pipes. transition was slightly loose, but expected seal to work...

I have a vent stack with a leak at a joint. Condensation keeps the joint wet. Location/obstructions makes it difficult to cut out section and replace joint but I can do a PVC repair coupling type patch. I can squeeze in a threaded clamp around the pipe to hold the repair in place until the...

Issue with pipe diameter is that with a 3.5"OD pipe, a fitting that goes around the pipe will be to big for the 3.5" thickness of the wall cavity. The coupling I am proposing is an "internal spigot x internal spigot" fitting as described by plumbingsupply.com (sorry about imprecise description...

Difficult to implement well in my situation. 36" cabinet in corner with outside wall. Anything wrong with the following: sched 40 Insert-insert couplings join sched 40 pipe to sched30 pipe and build detour with 45 degree elbows and pipe made with sched 30 PVC. Also considered using a lot of...

I would like to put in a in-the-wall medicine cabinet over a bathroom sink. A 3.5" OD PVC vent pipe rises through the center of the 2x4 wall behind the sink. Believe it vents multiple bathrooms. This bathroom is on top floor with a very short distance ceiling to roof. Problem is how do I put...

I am replacing a over 20 year old 100, 000 BTU high efficiency tank water heater (Polaris) with a comparable unit. The existing unit has a PVC intake and an ABS exhaust meeting at a ABS concentric vent (2" pipes used). I am replacing all vent pipes and the concentric vent. My intention is to...

Most hot water dispensers seem to use the same tanks. Insinkerator has an extra (vent?) line. Is it possible to hook a non insinkerator faucet to an insinkerator tank? I have an existing relatively new Insinkerator tank, but do not like their faucet options. with my new sink/faucets. Voided...

My house was originally plumbed in copper(based on remnants visible in unfinished area of basement). It is currently mostly CPVC. I suspect this is due to the acid well water. I have 1 pair(hot/cold) of 3/4" CPVC line feeding over an unfinished ceiling to under a finished ceiling and then...

I have been doing a 5 min backwash in the old configuration simply to avoid drawing down well until flow rate slows to a crawl. A relief to hear that shorter is common if at high flow rates. In the new configuration will have pump from 200 Gal aerator tank running at 20 gpm, but tank refill...

Filter was purchased from afwfilters. Web site claimed 6gpm backwash rate(which I do not believe). Per manufacturer of Filox and 10" tank diameter, need 14gpm x .55 sq ft=7.6gpm backwash. Of course, if anyone has real world experience on whether manufacturer claim of 14 gpm/sq ft is...

There is no shroud as such. It is in a 5' tall tank with the pump vertically mounted with the intake near the bottom of the tank. The water level is well above the pump intakes at all times(safety float shuts off pump is depth to low). There is no turbulence visible on the water's surface when...

Installed acetal plastic check valve exactly identical to original except now has spring installed (apparently manufacturer sells same valve with and without spring) Water hammer gone but now a new problem has appeared on reassembly. When the pump runs, there is a load grinding noise. Any...

Never mind on magnetic--not suitable for application. Is there any reason not to just use the spring loaded PVC valves at Home Cheapo? Being above ground, not as big a penalty if they fail as something hundreds of feet underground.