Recent content by TSGarp007

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Hey everyone! I have a GE GXMH31H water softener installed prior to my house potable entrance line. I just bought a Watts 500800 hot water recirc system. I have become concerned about the possibility of water flowing backwards into my water softener. Some people online are saying that this...

I have a single story northeast Florida (Saint Johns County) home on a slab foundation built in 2003. I'm a bit shocked, but I have been unable to locate a main water shutoff valve anywhere on the house or on the outside perimeter of the house. Shouldn't that be required? Also, to my dismay...

Thanks for the reply. http://codes.iccsafe.org/app/book/content/PDF/2010 Florida Codes/Plumbing/Chapter 5 - Water Heaters.pdf The link above should be the codes in place when the work was done. I coudln't copy/paste. I notice in section 504.6 (Requirements for discharge piping) several...

This is in an apartment to condo conversion 2nd floor unit (Florida). Built in 1994, I bought it as a condo conversion in 2004. Unfortunately at the time I last lived in this unit (2007) my DIY and homeowner maintenance knowledge was no higher than being able to change a door knob or hang a...

Thanks for all your inputs... My wife would probably want me to just shift my old assembly over to be centered in the new shower. She is not a spender, which is generally speaking a good thing. I just can't stand tiling over decades old shower plumbing (and I'm not sure how that would follow...

Thanks again for the help. The thermostatic two handle versions sound great, but I don't think worth the price in this application. My wife would leave it set at "scalding hot" (according to me) and I would leave it set at "freezing cold" (according to her), so we would always be changing the...

Thanks for the response. So I can remove the air chambers and not worry about them? Thanks for the R10000 recommendation, I've seen that mentioned elsewhere on this site. Sorry about the very basic question, but is that the only valve I would need? Just making sure... Is there a...

Hi everyone, thanks in advance for any help. I nearly completely gutted my "master" bath recently (shower floor and walls removed to studs). I'm looking to replace my old two handle system with a new one handle that will last a long time, and move the shower head over a couple inches. I...

Thanks everyone, we ended up taking the drywall off the lower half of the wall and replacing the galvanized piping with plastic (ourselves). The galvanized pipe was corroded on the interior with significant hair/rust/etc buildup. In the process we noticed the galvanized piping was slightly...

I see, thanks. Plumber is coming tomorrow. I'll try to learn at least a little by watching. No doubt these issues will come up again somewhere else in my house!

Thanks everybody! Between this and the toilet supply line I may just hire a professional. Jadnashua: The pipe is sloped the wrong way, it slopes down into the room. How will a plumber fix this? I wish I knew more about this stuff, but I don't want to mess it up and ruin my entire reno...

Thanks everybody for the advice!

I just posted about a shutoff valve in my bathroom. This post is about the drain pipe for the sink in the same bathroom. It is metal, (cast iron?, rusted galvanized?). When I removed the old sink and plumbing, it revealed this pipe end (linked photo here). It is rusted on the end with the...

First post here from a new home owner, thanks in advance for any responses. I am on to my second bathroom redo, this one is giving me some pause. When I tried to shutoff the water supply to the toilet, I was initially dismayed at finding that the valve handle was plastic. Then I was further...