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    Would these bathroom vanity water supply changes be straightforward? (Photo and text.)

    Grandma's vanity (which is of course next to a pink flushometer toilet) is falling apart. Definitely needs a new one. So would like to have some water-supply changes made at the same time. Current water supply: valves don't turn, and no idea what's behind the tile or under the escutcheon...
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    Curious: Can Pipe Dope Come in a Stick?

    Thanks very much. Never heard of anything except the brush-on type. Imagine a stick can be more convenient to carry around. Always learn something new around here.
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    Curious: Can Pipe Dope Come in a Stick?

    Just as I was on my way out this morning, noticed the gas-company guy pull a stick out of his back pocket and apparently rub it on the threads of a plug. So didn't get a chance to ask; but after got back, noticed a white residue on the threads, and a perhaps vaguely familiar smell. No babies...
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    Curious about 2021 costs to replace ~25ft of black pipe and couplings?

    Well must admit the magnitude of the pricing was a surprise - until you pointed out the possible extent of labor costs. Been using them for quite a while, and whomever they have sent out has always been competent. And since don't want the accelerating leak to become a flood, decided not to use...
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    Curious about 2021 costs to replace ~25ft of black pipe and couplings?

    Ouch. In that case, will be keeping fingers and everything else that can be crossed, crossed, that it's not too soon. Seriously, though, your advice is welcome, and it makes sense that if doing it all at once, the cost per foot, say, would be greatly reduced. But also see that the plumbing...
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    Curious about 2021 costs to replace ~25ft of black pipe and couplings?

    Thanks for the insights. This particular one is not a handyman-plumber, but a plumbing and HVAC contractor. No commercials, the vans are decent but not really pretty, and shirts not starched white :)
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    Curious about 2021 costs to replace ~25ft of black pipe and couplings?

    Hi, Been ages since we had any real pipe fitting done, so kinda curious if the $2K quote is in line around the US. (And, yeah, money is real tight - but a leak is a leak.) Detail: A short section of a basement-floor horizontal steam return pipe rotted through. Plumber proposed also replacing...
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    Flushometer handle drips briefly during flush - what's needed for more than a temporary fix?

    Thanks Terry, but guess I'm just a bit thick tonight in parsing your reply. > Basically a flushometer valve. Just identifying the class of mechanism parts? Or suggesting might need to replace the whole flushometer to avoid a repeating drip condition? (Wonder if unmodified modern ones are...
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    Flushometer handle drips briefly during flush - what's needed for more than a temporary fix?

    Sequence: Plumber is over for an unrelated problem, and asked to look at the handle. Says "easy fix" and swaps in a new handle. Leak stops for a few months. Then repeat. Curious if there perhaps is a more deeply internal part that could use attention? (Presto Valve, Coyne and Delaney, Brooklyn...
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    Do braided flexible supply lines in storage "expire" with age? Thinking the "rubber" in particular.

    So used to dealing with house-related things so old they're decayed or locked into place, that I think (too much) about problems related to age. Do never-used DIY "stainless-steel" flexible supply lines (for sinks, for example, the big box store calls them "braided polymer faucet connectors")...
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    Any tips for removing ancient steam-radiator air-vents without breaking?

    Hi all, Like most every old threaded connection in the old house, wouldn't be surprised if the the air-vents break off rather than unscrewing cleanly. Detail: Single pipe steam heat. Cast-iron radiators. Air-vent valves not touched in a half-century. Would like to change-out as (observed at...
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    Speculate on the cause of leak thru ceiling directly below toilet when flushed?

    Thanks for the info. Step 1 being is kind of what was hoped... It's just that two (different location) past 2nd Fl->1st Fl leaks in that house were both first investigated through the ceiling below, but were resolved solely from the 2nd Fl with no need for access from below. (PS The second...
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    Speculate on the cause of leak thru ceiling directly below toilet when flushed?

    2nd floor toilet (approx 55 yr since installed, current flushometer probably less than 20 yrs), when flushed water leaks through 1st fl. ceiling at the location below that toilet. Would a professional absolutely need to open up the ceiling from below for a look-see before diagnosing/repairing...
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    Can replacement of older tank with tiny leak at top (anode) be delayed?

    Reporting cost/install detail (2019), in case anyone is comparing local pricing/services. The best complete total from a known local plumbing/HVAC contractor was ~$2100. Quotes ran as high as $2800. An AO Smith Professional XCG-50 400 was installed, again with welded (not flexible) hot/cold...
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