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Quick question now that it's super cold. Will an instant hot water circulating pump keep my pipes from freezing up? My house is on pilings and no enclosed underneath so anytime the temps drop below 30, the pipes freeze up. My main water line going into the house has insulation and heat tape so...

Has anyone used these? I need to squeeze about 10 more gallons of hot water from my 40 gallon electric heater. They seem to have overall good reviews on the Home Depot website. Doing a bit of math (measured total BTUs for a given volume of water), I got 22% more hot water with the tank booster...

Hi all, I'm installing a macerating toilet in a detached outdoor workshop. The discharge of this toilet is 3/4". I plan on running poly pipe from the toilet and into to the 3" PVC pipe that leads into my septic tank. What is the best way to accomplish this without a ridiculous number of...

I'm wanting to put a small half-bathroom in our horse barn located about 200 feet from our house. Problem is, I need somewhere to drain it. We have a very high water table and have clay soil and our septic system is the engineered type with a pump and overflow so a normal small septic system...

Our home has a 50 gallon 4500w water heater. Since most of us in our household use the hot water generally around the same time of way, I would like the water heater to have a faster recovery rate. I would like to replace the 4500w elements with 5500w ones. The wire and breakers (30amp) are...

Hey all. I recently drilled my own well to about 20' using the popular DIY method using a 3/4" water supply and a 2" PVC pipe drill. I live only a few feet above sea level on top of soft clay and consequently the water table is only about 8 feet below. While it literally takes me less than 10...