Recent content by Newguy101

It's not rotted, just pretty corroded. I fully loosened the nut until it came off, and then I realized that the threaded piece is threaded on both ends. I had detached it at the faucet end instead of at the nut end. I needed some sort of spacer so that the assembly would actually tighten. I...

This will be my third winter with my Weil McClain Aquabalance combi boiler. I am assuming the answer is yes, but I wanted to ask - does the boiler really need to be cleaned every year? Would an every other year cleaning be ok, while the boiler is fairly new?

Thanks. I tried tightening. At first it wouldn't budge (felt like I would break it), and so I sprayed some WD40 and waited for a while. Then I was able to both tighten and loosen it. However, I realized that when the nut thing is all the way seated, the faucet is still very loose. It seems...

I have a Symmons bathroom faucet spout that is very loose. Because it is loose, water is seeping into the cabinet below. I am trying to figure out how to tighten it up. See the below pics. Will this take a special tool? I got under here and wasn't really sure what I am looking at. Thanks...

I am planning on putting a bathroom in my basement. Since the plumbing will be below grade, I am planning on using a macerating toilet. I just stumbled on the below discussion, which seems to indicate that a very large number of DFUs must be assigned to a macerating toilet (minimum of 28.4...

Thanks everyone for the comments. The more I read about radiant baseboard heat, the more I think that's the direction I want to go. I am going to try to get some quotes in the next few weeks. A few questions: 1. Any tips on what I should look for in a contractor? Lots of HVAC guys around...

Hmm, so the more I think of this, the more you are convincing me, Sylvan. Like I mentioned in my first post, we care much more about putting in a good heating system than we care about AC. We have window units which get the job done. So maybe the best way to go is to just put in a purely...

Glad to hear I'm not the only one with this problem! I looked into heat pumps quite a bit. I came to the conclusion that they are too expensive to operate here in CT, since our electricity prices are through the roof (at least in my area - SE CT). I know several people who put them in...

Thanks for the replies. I understand the advantages of radiant. It would be nice to have radiant on both floors, but putting radiant on the first floor would require more demo than I want to do, since our basement is finished. I am assuming I’d have to tear up either the basement ceiling or...

I have a 30 year old 2500 sqft colonial in Southeastern CT. The house is currently heated with a combination of electric baseboard (expensive!) and a wood stove, and is cooled with window units. I am trying to figure out the best way to upgrade our heating and possibly cooling, since we believe...