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I am in the middle of a bathroom remodel. The sink and toilet are removed and I have open waste pipes. I stuffed an old shirt in the toilet flange and a sock in the sink pipe to stop any gasses from coming up. This was working for a few weeks, but now the smell is coming through. I even...

We have many quarter sized holes in our lawn with dead grass near them. The hole goes about an inch deep and the grass around it is in a swirl pattern.... Is this a bug making a hole????

We are remodeling a small bathroom. I pulled all of the old flooring up and finally reached the subfloor. Around the toilet was some water damage and the plywood was slightly delaminating. The top of the subfloor was damaged and weak, but from the basement the wood looks great. I decided to...

Here is the background: I have a submerged well pump in the backyard. The well pump sends water to a small pressure tank and through the house. The pressure tank is set to 30/50. Our entire system makes loud banging noises throughout the day, both when water is being used and also when...

I am looking into buying replacement windows for my 60's built home. We currently have double hung, wood framed, single pane windows. They are very hard to operate and very inefficient.... There are a number of replacement window companies in our area (cleveland, oh), but it is very hard to...

I have a leaky upstairs shower head. Today I wanted to work on the leak, so I shut off the well pump and tried to drain my pressure tank by turning on the shower. The pressure was winding down, but then I started to get very loud water hammering. Am I doing something wrong? It sounded like...

My washer drains directly into a utility tub in our laundry room. We have been noticing that the water that empties into the tub after a washer cycle smells horrible!!! (kind of eggy/or pooy) We have a private well and do not notice this smell anywhere else in the house. We can even use the...

I have a private well and submerged pump. Is it safe to use standard fertilizers on my lawn? Will the chemicals end up in my water and cause problems in my system, health hazards, etc...........

Can I find out information on my well by going through my county? I moved into a new house and did not ask how deep the well is, what type of pump I have, hp on my pump, how old the pump is, and gpm. Thanks

My second story master bath sink has problems. We have a submerged well that pumps to a small bladder pressure tank in the basement. None of the other sinks and fixtures in the house sputter, but the master bath sink sputters air everytime you turn it on??? Also the general pressure in the...

I have a shower spout in my stall shower that is simply a bent tube with external threads on the end. The threads are old and not in good condition. When I screwed my new shower head onto the pipe, using pipe tape, it still leaks. Can I repair the threads? Could I just use some kind of...

My well pump is controlled by a PumpTrol pressure switch. The switch says 30/50 on the outside cover. Does that mean it must be set to 30/50 or can I increase the settings??? I want to go to a 40/60 to get more water pressure in the house. I get better water pressure when my pump is running...

My well enters the house through a pipe in the basement. This pipe is wrapped with some sort of cloth or paper material and then tons of clear tape over the cloth. Looks like some kind of amateur rigging... Can I remove this wrap? I need to get down to the steel itself to replace some piping...

I have a well and pressure tank in my new home. After the pressure tank there is a canister style water filter. I replaced the filter recently and now my water pressure is terrible. On my type of GE filter you can turn a dial and bypass the filter. I currenly have the filter bypassed in...