Recent content by SliderJeff

Hammerlane, Can you explain what this thing is and how it's used? The link appears to show that you can't order it anymore, regardless. Thanks. Regards, Jeff (the OP)

Well, good news, bad news on this. It appears that installing the water hammer arresters did diminish the sounds of the pipes banging around in the walls, but they still make some reasonable racket in the newly remodeled master bath. I installed them on the washing machine itself, as the...

Thanks, Jim. I picked up a pair of these thanks to your recommendation. I hope to install them tomorrow night when I have some free time and can wedge myself into the overgrown closet I call a utility room in my house. I will definitely let you know about the install process and their...

Jim, Thanks so much for that info! Given that I am about as handy as a one-legged man in a butt kicking contest when it comes to plumbing, is this something that I should have a qualified plumber install where my water line attaches to my washing machine, or is this just something that gets...

DJ, Well, the long and short of it is that I ended up having the copper pipes that were sweated to my bathtub fixtures replaced with flexline while we were doing the bathroom remodel. All the fixtures and sinks were replaced, as well. I don't know which, if any, of these "fixed" the issue...

Thanks, all. I'm not sure what the moral of the story is. I mean, even if I buy locally, there's nothing that says there isn't a hairline crack that I won't find until a couple days after install or something. I'm not a porcelain inspection expert, so the likelihood of me seeing something...

Which just again proves that because I didn't completely unbox the thing and go over it with a fine toothed comb looking for defects (which I couldn't do anyway since I don't have the room to do so in my garage, nor could I get it into the house at the time due to remodel work), I have exactly...

I can't possibly believe that I missed THIS MUCH damage upon cursory inspection of the thing. Plus, there's no damage whatsoever to the box or the pallet it's on. If someone (me, since I park on that side of the garage) would have hit it or gotten close to it with a vehicle, there'd be some...

Hey gang, I finally ordered 2 of these gems for my house a couple weeks ago from ****. They were sent via a freight company and I opened the boxes and did a cursory inspection before the driver left. One of the toilets was immediately installed in our upper guest bath and the other has been...

I got the name of a GC that my bathroom remodel guys recommended, so I'll probably talk to him to see how much we would be talking about in terms of the cost to add the new exhaust fan over the shower and vent it out the side of the house. More details to come... Regards, Jeff

It appears that my groaning is on the hot water side of the downstairs master tub only. I'm going to try to order a new cartridge for that Moen roman tub faucet and see if that solves the issue. If not, I need to cut off the caulk holding the access panel for this tub and see what I can find...

Plumber finally came back last Friday and installed the condensate trap on the unit. Hopefully this ends my woes in terms of losing hot water after the first time you use hot water sometime in the house. My taking the unit apart and cleaning the igniters seems to have made the most difference...

HJ, Just to clarify. I am well aware of the physics of hot air rising. The issue I am having is that one of the bedrooms on the upper floor is significantly warmer than all other rooms on this floor. The return air ducts are located in the ceiling on both floors. So it's hot air being...

Any ideas, guys? I asked one plumber who was at my house and he theorized it was worn down innards on one of the toilets that was causing a pressure drop and was vibrating. Well, we tested that theory after he left and there was no doubt that the noise was NOT coming from any of the four...

Thanks for the feedback, Dana. I believe you are correct... and with the ground water coming out now at like 79-degrees... I'm thinking I could run a whole lot of things and not lose hot water any time soon. 105-degree temps for weeks on end will do that for you. :) Regards, Jeff