Recent content by Ross Hunt

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    copper strapping hangers touching aluminum ducts

    I am in the process of sealing my heating ducts with mastic. The aluminum (I assume) ducts are suspended in my crawl space with copper hangers. Before I removed the old fiberglass insulation, those copper hangers were separated from the metal ducts by the insulation. Now the copper hangers are...
  2. Ross Hunt

    Mortar bed for a Swanstone shower pan

    The instructions for the Swanstone 48 x 34 shower pan that I am installing, recommend pressing the pan into a 1/2 " thick bed of mortar. I tried that but ended up with the pan being high centered so that when you pressed on the outer edges it rocked a little. I think that this happened because...
  3. Ross Hunt

    damp threaded joint

    I connected a hose bib to some copper pipe via a female adapter. I was preparing to close the wall when I noticed that the bottom of the threaded joint is just very slightly damp. I have been monitoring it for several days now and there is no drip formation but the slight dampness continues...
  4. Ross Hunt

    Flushing a Moen Posi-Temp valve

    I am remodeling two bathrooms in my house. I just installed a Moen posi-temp (with stops) valve in one of them. The installation instructions recommended removing the cartridge and flushing the valve before running water with the cartridge installed. Even though I had the stop tube in place...
  5. Ross Hunt

    Replacing water service to house

    There is a shut off valve at the street on the street side of the meter. I was barely aware of the ground key until I started to dig the trench. I am not sure that ground key valve is required, especially now that I have installed a valve inside the crawl space. I am guessing that my...
  6. Ross Hunt

    Replacing water service to house

    I found out last week that I have a leak somewhere between our house and the meter at the street when the meter reader left a notice that we had consumed about 5 times more water than usual. After making arrangements to have it fixed by a plumber and subsequently finding out that his "backhoe...
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