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I am getting sediment from my hot water supply through my tub faucet. The water has a gray appearance due to fine black sediment in the water. My water heater is about one year old, and I am not having this problem at my bathroom nor my kitchen sink. What could be the source? What is the...

I recently experienced smelly water (suddenly) from an old (15+ years) Montgomery Wards water heater. A plumber quoted me $250 to replace the magnesium rod or $600 to replace the whole water heater. I had him install a new GE 50 gallon electric water heater. Three weeks later the smell is...

I was not able to find any 3D CAD models for PVC/ABS fittings, so I made the ones I needed. Let me know if you would like me to share them with you. One might not use them when laying out a drain, but with something more sophisticated (central vac) or a frame like I am building, they will be...

Phil: Thanks for the link to Spears; it has detailed dimensions for the fittings. I had received some specs from McMaster-Carr for the manufacturere Nibco, but not as detailed as the Spears drawings. I had to delete the ) from the end of the Spears link to get it work. I think that I...

I ran into that dry-fit problem too. My application is different because I am using the pvc to build frames. My son and I are building a trebuchet and the frames will be 2" pvc. The treb will be made of two complex 3D frames that are a mirror image of one another. Each half includes a double...