Recent content by xd2005

Where will your fixtures be in the house? Would it make more sense for you to go to the right and enter the house from the backside?

Yeah, we're on the same page.

Sorry for confusion. We're talking where the entire valve screws into the diverter body.

It looks like the stem, btw, is 10I-10D.

I had a chance to dig into this today. The leak is actually coming from the diverter stem where it screws into the body. I purchased the rebuild kit and we have replaced the diverter stem washer and plastic bonnet with the two plastic washers provided in the kit (as well as replacing the other...

Was able to get under the house with the Mrs.' help in diagnosing. Two items: sure enough, it's galvanized between diverter and spout. Second, it's also leaking. Fun project in the future. Fortunately, it backs up to a closet so I have room to cut out the backside to work.

Cold only - 2:50 Cold + hot - 2:50 Cold shower - 1:50

I can follow the entire pipe and all is copper. It starts as 3/4, but for some reason they switched to 1/2 at some point. I'll time a bucket momentarily.

I recently purchased a mid-60''s vintage home. The bath/shower has a three handle valve. I'very noticed the tub seems to have very little water volume. Furthermore, if I turn hot on all the way, I do not seem to see an increase in volume when turning on the cold as well. The shower seems to...

Sorry I went a little AWOL on this. As for what's kept it in place thus far? Is luck a good enough answer? Looking at the sill plate, it looks like there's a bit of rot occurring, as well as insect damage, so I will need to replace the whole thing. The reason I need to add them now is that...

No problem. I will be in the walls, and probably in the upper ceiling area, but the roof area where I only have the width of the rafters will need to be more compressed.

That chart looks to be for fiberglass insulation. Their assumptions are based on foam-type insulation, such as Thermasheath 3 (link to data below). http://www.rmaxinc.com/downloads/DataSheets/Thermasheath%203%20%284%20Pages%29.pdf

As I mentioned in another post, I am in the process of converting approximately half of a 14'x20' detached garage into living space. The garage is old (according to the county website, it was built at the same time as my house - 1924) and is built with 2x4 framing (rough cut, actual size). The...

Well, talked with the plans inspector. They agreed to allow R-30 in the space, but still require eave ventilation.

Washington state. Thanks, I'll look at unvented roof assemblies. Unfortunately, 2" in this situation is a pretty big deal for me. The entrance door needs to be on the side and the sides, with 2x6, will only be approximately 80" tall. I think 78" would be pushing it for wall height.