Recent content by KAdams4458

A little update, and thanks for the suggestions so far. No luck with finding a Taiwan email contact, and as much as I would love to just dial the number, my phone plan apparently doesn't include international calls. I never had a problem calling Hong Kong when I was with Sprint years ago, but...

I will give that a shot. It seems strange to me that I can't find anyone in Canada willing to mail me one, but over the years I have found dealing directly with Taiwan offices to be a very pleasant experience, so maybe that's my answer. Or, maybe somebody here has one left over in their truck...

Last year I picked up an Eternal 195s, then maybe a month later, they bugged out of the US. It's effectively worthless at this point, but because I do have a lot of money tied up in it, and dont have the cash for two new roofs and another water heater, I would like to run it until it dies. The...

I know that this strays a bit off of the plumbing topic, but since it is related to this repair work, I can't think of a more appropriate place for it... The former residents of the wall cavity behind the dishwasher (rats, a PO's problem, and they are no longer present.) removed almost all of...

Plastic. I'd actually prefer brass, but it was special order. Go figure, eh?

I didn't miss that part. I purchased and used that direct connection, but there still wasn't quite enough room to place the dishwasher connection vertically. Between 1965 and now, the sink was changed from a single shallow basin to a double deep basin, and the rough in was installed very high. I...

Thanks, Terry. I'll go source one of those Johnson tees. The backsplash above the counter is just a crumby piece of cement board screwed to the wall at the moment, so I will have no trouble getting in there to punch a hole to the exterior for the vent. Thanks for the help!

Got ahead of myself... Would extending it upward be suitable for this setup?

Yep. So, perhaps I should extend it up higher than the counter and make use of it. It would sure clean up the cabinet under the sink. I can get behind the wall over the counter easily enough at this point.

The problem deepens... After replacing the entire mess, the best I could do was to put the dishwasher wye in horizontally. There was just no room to do it any other way. It all works now, but I couldn't exactly set the wye for the dishwasher drain in with the hose nipple upright due to...

It actually doesn't stay together. I have had to stop leaks several times with this setup, but oddly, it never seems to start leaking when any stores are open, so it just gets cleaned up and reassembled over and over again. Each time, the idea is that it's just temporary... I guess we all know...

Excellent. I'll hit the store tomorrow morning and try to get everything I need. Thanks for the help! I'll let you all know how it goes.

I have never seen a dishwasher wye that would attach directly to the sink, but that does sound like the trick. I'll try to track one down. The grey stuff is some kind of as seen on TV spray sealer. Also the previous owner's work. They left the can of it under the sink. Nice, eh? And yes, I...

This one is ugly. How would you fix it? I can't see a way to do it without opening the wall and shifting things down, but as I don't spend all day doing this stuff, I'm betting there is an easier way. I have not been able to figure out a way to shorten the tail pieces up enough to get the...

Could be helpful, eh? Both I, and the business are in Everett, county of Snohomish, Washington.