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Hi folks, I’ve got a client trying to resuscitate some vintage faucets manufactured by A.Y. McDonald Mfg. They look to be maybe 1930s. They function but leak badly around the stem when open. Trying to figure out how to rebuild the packing bushing. The fiber washer at the top seals it off OK...

I’m installing a double-bowl kitchen sink with a dishwasher inlet and the drain rough-in is about 3/4” too high for the p-trap outflow when I make the flanged DW tailpiece as short as it can be and then add the side inlet piece for the other sink bowl. I saw the post here about the reversing...

I have a situation where I have to replace a small section of 2” PVC and there is no movement ability in the pipe run. What is the best way to make this connection? Is there such a thing as a 2” PVC slip coupler? I can’t find anything online. So I’m thinking I need to use Fernco or no-hub...

Hi folks, I'm installing a two-person shower where each station has multiple body sprays, a handheld shower and a regular fixed showerhead. Moen 3/4" exact-temp valves...same as attached diagram but with two body sprays rather than four. I was planning on piping all the in-wall stuff with...

I have a clawfoot tub faucet and riser set that I got about 20 years ago from Baths From the Past, now out of business, that came with very unusual washers that I've not been able to find anywhere. The are lipped and fit into a recessed cup at the end of the threaded valve stem. They are about...

Hi, folks, I'm doing a 32x54 (34x56 RO) curbed shower with a bench all across one of the short walls and a linear drain up against the face of the bench. I would like the shower drain grate to run wall-to wall. I'm using 1x1 mosaic tiles. Laticrete's Hydroban 34x66 linear pre-sloped pan...

Dropping my main 3" PVC drain line from second floor bathrooms to basement, then turning 90 degrees to horizontal run of about 30 feet to the septic tank (20 indoors, 11 feet from house to septic). At the vertical to horizontal transition I have room for a wye with 45 and a cleanout behind it...

Years ago I ran a 2" PVC conduit from my electrical panel on the first floor up to my unfinished second floor when I closed the wall that the panel on the first floor is recessed into because I wasn't going to get around to building out the second floor for some time. That time is now...