Recent content by garnell22

Hi All Have a question I'm hoping someone can help with. Recently had the house rewired. Had an early morning wake-up call from the Pacific Gas and Electric SWAT team today saying that I'm sending current down their gas line! They came in and saw that the house has been grounded to the gas...

Recently had the house rewired. Had an early morning wake-up call from the Pacific Gas and Electric SWAT team today saying that I'm sending current down their gas line! They came in and saw that the house has been grounded to the gas pipe from the street just before it goes into the meter...

So called the water dept, actually very easy - got right through to the person who could help (sort of). So they just switched my neighbourhood over to new holding tanks. They have no idea what is causing the smell but are getting about a dozen calls a day on it. They have been back up to...

Yeah, gonna do that in the morning. I was hoping to be armed with some possibilities. San Francisco here, I know calling the water dept is going to be a painful experience.

Hi All Wondered if anyone had any experience of this...the city turned the water off in my street a couple of days ago. I'm not entirely sure why the water was shut off but they have been installing a new pump station for my area (I'm at the top of a hill). Since the water has come back...

Thanks for the advice! I'll let you know after wheather I'd wish I'd been more squeamish!!!

Jim you are a superstar! Thanks for all the advice and being so generous with your time. I think I'm good to go...for now! I'm taking next week off work to rebuild the bathroom so I'll let you knnow how it all works out!

Thanks again Jim! Yah, it's definately cast iron. I have very easy access below - the bathroom is right above the garage and the only thing between the two is the plywood subfloor. You mention a pro could reset what I have. How would that be done? Somehow breaking the existing connection...

Thanks Jim! Got me nervous about the floor now but thanks for the tip about the johnbridge site - it looks really usful, I'm gonna head back over there and post now :) !! Here's some pictures of the existing flange. Not sure if it will help, I haven't cleaned the old wax off yet so it's a...

Hi All Wanted to ask a question so I can figure out what I'm getting myself into. I've ripped out my old bathroom floor. The old floor was tile sitting on a very thick mortar bed. For the new floor I was going to mortar and screw down 5/16" cement board onto the subfloor and then morter...

Ah, got you Ted. I actually found a 90 degree elbow with a male end. I'm hoping this will save me having to use an adaptor at all!

Hmm, but does a 1-1/2 X 1-1/4" reducing ell exist?

Thanks guys. I did as suggested and got a: 2x2x1-1/2" tee 1-1/2" 90 elbow 1-1/2 x 1-1/4" trap adapter (brushing?) My problem now is that the elbow plus the trap adapter together are about an inch too long for my 2x4 stud wall (i.e. the trap adapter would stick too far out past the...

Does anyone know where I can get a 2x2x1-1/4" tee or a 2x1-1/4" 90 degree elbow?! I've been looking and can't find anything. I need to connect a sink (from Spain) that has a 1-1/4' drain to a 2" waste pipe. Thanks!! Marc.

Thanks Redwood but still not fixed :( Thought of one more check I could do. Went up on my roof and put a hose down the vent stack. Thought if drain was blocked it would flow out the top of the vent stack. Obvisouly didn't think that all the way through...water just started to fill the sink. I...