Recent content by tjetson

cities make a lot of things illegal that shouldn't be and i know dumping the grey water outside don't meet code but its been inspected already. Id like to water my gardens with the grey water in the summer and save the cost of hauling away good water. i will keep google ing for powered 3 way...

Hi, I have a huge shower on a septic system and in the summer time I was wanting to have the drain diverted to the sump pump pit to be injected outside to the plant beds. The drain will come down in a finished basement that will be covered with drywall. Is there a product that can be...

the well is 5" pvc down to 138 feet, i lost the drilling papers but at one point it was going to be used for a geothermal system that required huge ammounts of water so it should meet 20 gpm no problems Im meeting with an installer tomorrow just wanted to be alittle versed in it so they dont...

Hi, trying to spec a pump for my new house it has a shower with 6x2.5gpm water tile bodysprays should i be going with a variable speed pump for this application? i read a page saying they are a scam and break quicker not sure if that is true or not. what would be the best way to meet...

Hi, Wondering if anyone can tell me anything about this valve and how it works The city cannot find the outdoor main shut off valve to the house so I dont want to possibly break this valve or disturb it and run into a situation where I cannot shut the water down without freezing the pipe...

what program did you render those drawings in?

Hi, when installing weeping tile on an existing basement, Footing with concrete wall. do you run the weeping tile under the footing ? or drill threw the footing? It seems to me the smarter choice would be running it under the footing but then you will be very low to the sump pump please...

no plumbers have any comments on what we did? would like you to hear what you think thanks alot

thanks for the advice, the battery died on my camera on the last picture i took but the stack is about 7 feet away and the main stack for the house is about 12 feet away from the pictures

here is what i ended up going with. I was told i cannot go more then a 180 degree change on the pipe i used 1 90 a 22 and a 45 here is where the evil plumber hacked my water line on my thanks giving dinner day. The girls on my family LOOOOVED cooking dinner with no running water or sewer

I decided to hire a plumber to fix this. He shows up about 30 minutes late, comes in cuts out the back water valve and hits the water supply pipe. water is shooting everywhere We call the city to shut off the water supply they come in about 15 minutes he says he is going to goto Home Depot...

so what you are saying is chip out more concrete and move the back water valve further back so i can get a better angle to bring up a new 90 for the tiolet?

Hi, Could someone give me some advice on moving this toilet rough in to the location that is in green. I will be eliminating the one thats in red. The angle of the back water valve is throwing me off. thanks alot