Recent content by Nate R

If the putty leaks in this case, the water leaks through, the rubber gasket and plastic cone are WIDER than the hole, so they catch the water and it goes down the drain. I didn't in this case, as the one Ikea supplies is thick. And when I've tried to use it, there's a gap between the sink and...

Looking for a bit of advice. I helped someone install a new kitchen sink recently. It's a porcelain sink from Ikea. We used the Ikea drain basket and some non-staining putty to seal it. This person often leaves things soak in the sink overnight. A couple months after I installed, it stopped...

Why not? Because it'd be concrete or clay? Or not 6"?

Looks to me like Nukeman was correct - probably the A/C condensate line draining into that pipe.

I use ResCheck to run heat loss calcs. This is a program by DOE used to check code compliance for energy use of buildings. http://www.energycodes.gov/rescheck/ Free. Figured out that my current furnace is pretty oversized, and once I change the windows, add insulation around the...

Working on the design of our kitchen remodel. Currently, the kitchen sink is on an inside wall, 2 feet from the stack. We're looking at moving the sink and adding a dishwasher, but putting them on an outside wall, 12 feet away. Our house was built over a dirt "crawlspace" but the dirt is only...

I did this in my bathroom and stairway to check my wiring, and make sure I set up the 3-way switch correctly, etc. I just pulled the switches and killed the power when I did the drywall. Then reinstalled the switches after. I think it's worth doing that way. Otherwise, you better HOPE the...

I don't disagree with that at all. I'm probably one of that category. But doing the job right in this case would be what? I assume doing the job right means doing what would pass inspection. That's what the plumbers were trying to direct you to do. I don't see why you have a problem with...

I have the same situation at my mother's house. Her 20 year old drain basket crossbars broke. Not much corrision at all, though. So, do we have to cut, and that's the only real option? Would you tackle this w/ no access to the drain from underneath, or is it more than likely I will require...

The large online auction site has it.

I've been wondering the same thing. Didn't have time to figure it out at the time, as my water was shut off to move the toilet supply line. Now I have the nice chrome escutcheon, about 1 1/2" of copper, and then my nice chrome angle stop. Found these, thinking I might try them...

Was your first bill an estimate, and the 2nd an actual read? When we bought our house, the previous owner hadn't paid the water bill in a while, and had put the billing on hold as the house was vacant. Well, plenty of water got used in that time by some squatters, repair men, etc. Our first...

SanTees should be used to connect horizontal into vertical, Wye Combos are for vertical waste into horizontal. Have you seen Terry's pic of proper rough plumbing of a washing machine standpipe? (Pic is work 1K words!) Good to see you asking questions like that BEFORE tackling the work! :)

Wow, wish I had done it that way when I put one in on my main stack. I had about 1/4" gap, and I was trying to slide the coupliing down the pipe, pull the connecting pipe in place, then slide it back up until the inner rubber ring was between the two. This was extremely difficult to do without...

McMaster-Carr has them.