Recent content by farmerisland

Hey everyone, thank you in advance for any help or steering guidance you might provide on my issue. I've been noticing on and off again sewer smell from our HVAC ducts and traced it to the closet where the setup is housed in a finished basement. I've attached a couple photos here that show the...

I have my PK1A (Less Tank) kit now and have been making my plans/rounding up fittings. Okay, because 1) the layout might work better in the narrow of my "well house" and 2) it'd also be cool to avoid another $40 in tank tee, etc metal fittings, I thought it might work best to plumb my 20 gal...

Thanks Reach... That's an aspect of this situation I hadn't even considered. The old house is already overloaded on a few of the oldest circuits, how it was wired originally, and I've fixed bit by bit. With the higher amp draw I was probably going to end up running new wire/breaker anyway as...

Hello all. First off, thank you guys; you're awesome. So I have a multi generation farmhouse with super old Minnonite drilled house well with "pump house" access within my basement. It's gotta be a pretty shallow well but nobody alive knows the depth. The well curb has been concrete over...

Thanka for the quick reply @Terry . First off, no, the pvc isn't an issue at all for me. I only mentioned that and "noise" at the beginning to rule out anyone suggesting using new cast. Couple ppl on here earlier did so. Does your attached diagram only show the toilet being wet vented...

Hello, This is an update/new question from my last post. My home has old all copper DWV from 1960 and earlier, with even older cast iron at basement level-down, that I'm replacing with PVC. Plumbing noise isn't an issue; I really don't want to do expensive cast. The current copper has pinholing...

No offense taken. Just based off the photos I replied with, do you have any thoughts/recommendation? The upstairs bath drains into what is ultimately the main floor bath vent aka top side of main septic stack.

Doing a second separate reply so the first one doesn't get too lengthy. The other thing to really note is that this upstairs bathroom is dumping down into what is ultimately the vent for the main floor bath. I know this is a no-no, so how important is it that I fix that while I'm at it? Because...

Yeah I'm sorry for the lengthy word vomit. I just wanted to get all the details out there since it's a multi problem situation and to understand it in full. I made sure to post these photos to help with that. I do appreciate the reply. When you say repipe, do you mean all of the copper, or even...

Thanks for the reply. That's an interesting point you've made about the noise that I hadn't even considered. Are you in the minority though? I've assumed most people have pvc in new homes all through the house levels. Noise alone really isn't enough of a determining factor for me to be honest...

Hey guys. I need to share a little back story to give proper context of my issue with some upstairs very old plumbing. I live in an old farmhouse that was originally Mennonite-built in 1890. There was no indoor plumbing initially but the main floor bath was put in by my grandparents at some...

Thanks again, I appreciate it. The spacers sold at my stores were all too small, inner diameter, to fit underneath. They were only designed for on top usage. I did find the black thick spacer you pictured online, plus a couple other options on Amazon though. If possible I'd like to finish the...

Thanks for the quick reply. It's just old wood subfloor with bathroom ceramic tile over top. This is on the house main floor, so from basement I can look up for easy wood access. And no, I actually wasn't planning on forcing the flange to flex up. Because there's multiple issues with the...

Hello all. I have an old main floor toilet that I'm replacing because it has always been a notorious clogger. I've also noticed a little leakage, but minimal. The previous homeowners, or whatever installer, placed the flange slightly below the finished tile. I could stack wax rings, but there's...