Recent content by G60

Thanks for the answers. This bathroom is a powder room/half-bath and the sink is in fact to left where the hole is. I had installed the bowl last night to put a little water in it to avoid sewer gas. I have a one and a half bathroom place and was in the middle of renovating our full bath so this...

cool thanks jadnashua. Have you seen anything like that before? like I said no sign of a leak from ceiling or rooms below below and that toilet has seen 20,000 -30,000 flushes by my calculations since I owned the place. It scared the living daylights out of me!

adding picture. this is crazy. I have used a standard hand snake maybe twice on this in past 15 years, never anything caustic and I can see finished room below's ceiling not a sign whatsoever of any problem.

1973 Build house. I replaced my toilet today. on removing the old bowl looking down past flange into the approx 3" pvc and just above the 90 degree curve, off to the side is an approximately one inch round hole clean through the pvc . looks clean cut. Toilet had been in use for 35 years several...

Friends, I am tearing out my tub surround tiles and walls and would like to update my 40 year old valves and trim. My cast iron tub is in good condition and will be kept. Two adults and two children use this tub/shower nearly daily. We only have one and half baths so I would like to try and...

Jimbo. I am sorry. Perhaps I am confused. I thought the multiple stubs was as Winslow, not HJ described? I would prebuild two sets of the following c -- 7 Cap + 6" of pipe + 90 degree .......| 3" Pipe c -- -| cap + 6" pipe + "T" .......| 2" Pipe .......|| Sleeve...

Thanks Wow. Both excellent and useful answers. Thanks so much. I think I will likely do Winslow's suggestion of two each, I hadn't even thought of that. HJ may not have realized from my long rambling question that I have the wallboard off two feet from the floor. Two more more questions about...

Friends, What a great forum. I have been visiting here for years and gotten great answers by searching, most recently with a hair pulling situation with what turned out to be a gerber toilet needing an extra large donut between the tank and toilet. thanks to this great forum I was able to find...

Consumer reports is good for some things but they have gone way WAY overboard on the "green." People should be concerned with the was e of clean water and they should be informed and make behavioral and purchase decisions with the health of the planet as a factor. But I recently studied...

I am no expert, but I have been reading up a bit on this here: http://www.nachi.org/forum/f22/do-you-allow-tpr-discharge-into-wh-pan-40155/ and elsewhere. mine, a second floor electric, T+P currently goes to the floor drain, but this makes it not really possible to a) see if the T+P it is...

it isn't into the washer standpipe, it goes to a floor drain (about 3/4" above it). I never heard of anyone running one into a washer standpipe. Does someone have the actual code or safety recommendation for a second floor electric water heater release valve drain options? I plan to replace...

I have a second floor utility room containing a washer dryer, heat pump/AC air handler and water heater (electric). This room has a floor drain in one corner. When I bought the place two piples were running losesly into the floor drain: 1) main condensate for a/c 2) water heater expansion...

my caclulatios are that I need 4700 cubic inches level to hold 20 gallons, whcih should be sufficient for any size and even fast gpm washer, and the well plumbed and vented 1.5 line I currently have. I can get one that is 8" wide and 25" long x 25" deep which should hold 21 gallons with some...

I am not at all concerned with it "falling through the floor" I am rationally concerned with the VERY widespread issue of damage caused by vibration resonance of these machines when not placed on a slab. 3 feet from the joists support could double the resonance compared to one foot. I have...

Hi guys. This is Gary. So I am reconfiguring my utility closet. It currently has laundry sink, AC, and water heater. this is in a tall townhouse I own in entirety. I rent out the basement unit and the first floor unit to tenants and have the second and third floor as my home. The utility room...