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Is there a reason to not use a good ball valve instead? Yes! And I find that the lopsided pressure on the connection part from these twists is...
Within a year of installation, it seems if you just look at one of these valves wrong, they start to drip. Even ones that are full brass. Why is...
Yeah I was going to just go in the half inch or so. But was wondering if that’s an intentional stop in the tee or just a defect.
My bathroom sink drain stubout tee has a “depth limiting lip/ring” (see picture) about half an inch into the tee. The lip doesn’t go all the way...
Someday when all my other projects are done :cool: I will connect the downstairs shower and that laundry pump to the main stack vent. But only...
This is standard practice in my region. Just asked my sister she has a 3 year old house and hers is plumbed the exact same way. I believe it’s...
I don’t know if that would work because that vent doesn’t go anywhere - it terminates at basement ceiling and would be below the p trap of the...
Thanks everyone. Will update after I put the valve in.
This shower was a retrofit of a bathroom with no shower by past owner. The new drain from the shower basically bypasses the main stack vent which...
I actually just double checked with some dish soap water over the drain when the gurgling happens - the bubbles actually get sucked in. My theory...
Where would placement of said vent be optimal? Closest to the shower p trap? I was thinking maybe one right out of the clean out near the shower....
This has always been this way. We did have a main backup before but at that time pretty much everything started gurgling and even after the main...
Thanks, Wayne. The problem with the shower is it’s on a slab - ain’t much access to place a vent before the trap drops. It would have to go...
