Recent content by Rod Gilbert

Thanks very much for taking the time to confirm my diagnosis and for explaining the reasoning! Much appreciated. I am curious though, why I don't have the drip problem when only cold water is coming out. Is it not the same volume of water coming out the spout or is it due to a pressure...

I can't believe I'm the one responding to my own thread, and I can't tell you how much I hate to state this but ....... I just found online in a Delta manual, a comment about NOT using PEX between the valve and the spout. Further searching revealed that 1/2 copper inside is larger than 1/2 PEX...

Greetings folks! This is not some monstrously challenging problem .... well, maybe for me ---- but I'm hoping there's an easy answer. Over the past few months I have found the shower head will drip, to leak, a tiny stream of water from it when water is supposed to be coming out of the tub...

Clarification of structure and intent. Hi HJ! Really appreciate your response! The pony wall, although standard construction wood, is screwed into pressure treated 2x6 'plates' that sit on the concrete piles. I'm not sure what you mean by "what happens between the joists" but I'll try to...

Changes to meet your suggestions. Hi Terry I can't thank you enough for the amazingly prompt reply! Hopefully I'll explain this clearly so you can set me right with only one more response ... others await I know. With regard to my present set up and if you're able to refer to it and/or the...

Hello! First, I would like to say thank you (as a DYI'er) for such an informative forum and to those who offer their time and expertise. I have spent many countless hours reading various threads about plumbing. Second, I would like to make this clear that I'm no plumber, and don't pretend to be...