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I dug up an old picture from time of inspection that shows the floor sink with its drain and vent, as well as the location of the main sink's drain (and the location of a future AAV). There are two vent stack cleanouts on the left wall. The closer of the two serves the floor sink and is slated...

I have six circuits, three controlled by 3-way switches and three controlled by single switches: Location 1 (one whip): 1) 7 kitchen can lights (3-way) 2) 3 island pendants (3-way) 3) 2 dining chandeliers (3-way) Location 2 (two whips): 1) 7 kitchen can lights (3-way) 2) 3 island pendants...

I'm doing a gut-out remodel of my kitchen and find that the undercounter wall oven is slated to be placed over an existing cleanout. The cleanout is at the base of a vent stack previously used to serve the kitchen's main sink and dishwasher (in an island). The vent stack will now only serve an...

Chefwong, no, we don't entertain much. But we have a large family and scratch-cook three meals a day because of medical needs. Yeah, when the first of several people suggested designing for two dishwashers, I thought it was pretty hoity-toity, but oh man, I get it now.

As part of our kitchen renovation, we are rearranging our kitchen island to have, from left to right, a dishwasher, sink, second dishwasher, cabinet, and icemaker. The polite version of the story is that the electrician who started this work was not chosen by me, was not instructed by me, and...

Thanks everybody. The polite version of the story is that the plumber who started this work was not chosen by me, was not instructed by me, and will not be continuing the work (same for the electrician). So I can't go back and ask him what the heck he was thinking. I need to decide what I...

As part of our kitchen renovation, we are rearranging our kitchen island to have, from left to right, a dishwasher, sink, second dishwasher, cabinet, and icemaker. The plumber located the hot and cold supply lines coming out of the slab as shown in the diagram by the red and blue circles, behind...

Me either. ;)

Sorry--line voltage.

I recently bought a foreclosure that had been vacant for 2-3 years. The property is gated with a series of post lights along the wall at the front of the property. At either end of the front wall, gray direct burial cable for these post lights surfaces; 5-6 cables are spliced together into...

I'm looking to install a couple of "big blue" sediment prefilters (that take the standard 4.5x10 cartridges) in series. I'm looking for the valve-in-head housings that allow bypass while changing the filters. For some reason, finding a place to buy these online is harder than it should be (the...

I have an update. The first water test (a full domestic water panel) had shown high levels of arsenic and iron. After moving in, we flushed the well for a total of about 30 hours over a few days (hey, the trees got a deep watering after baking in the desert for the two years the property was...

Reach4, thank you for your reply. The original water panel we performed had acceptable results for all tests you suggested, except arsenic (0.012mg/L) and iron (.87mg/L). The well is drilled to 395ft, I believe the casing is PVC, 6" diameter. Yes, we are in the southwest desert. The quote...

We purchased a home at auction and the water quality test came back with high arsenic and iron. The property has been vacant for about 2.5 years. Before the purchase, my husband ran the water at the kitchen faucet for about 10 minutes before taking the sample (since we did not yet own the...