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Hello, Our dishwasher leaked and damaged the floor. The dishwasher was hard-wired to the house using NM cable (Romex type). The guys from the water remediation company cut the cable, instead of disconnecting it. They cut it too short, so it will need to be replaced. I have a few questions...

There was heavy rain and snow, but I see no evidence of a water leak on the ceiling, or the ceiling of the room above it. Later today I'm going to pull out the stove, and the dishwasher to check for evidence that the roof may have leaked, and water traveled inside the wall.

The only drain in the kitchen is in the sink, and there's no evidence of a backup. The floor has clear evidence that water sat on top of it, so I do not think this was cased by moisture in the crawl-space related. In any case, I plan on going down in the crawlspace later today. Thanks.

Hello, We were gone from our home for a few months. We arrived yesterday to a dry, but water-damaged hardwood floor in the kitchen. It is obvious that water sat on the floor for a while. While we were gone, we had the water turned off. Outside temperatures dropped below freezing a number...

Followup - The issue was the water heater I sanitized the water heater with Hydrogen Peroxide, and that did not work. Then, I followed Bradford White's sanitizing procedure that uses chlorine. This did the trick; no more dishwasher smell...

Hello, I'm looking for some advice. We have a fairly new Samsung dishwasher that leaves dishes smelling bad: - The smell seems to occur during the air dry cycle. If I stop the washer right before the dry cycle and pull the wet dishes out, they have no smell. - The small water residue...

I've had bad experiences with turning the water heater off, or leaving it in vacation mode for an extended period. My old heater developed a smell after being shut off for three months. I replaced the water heater for a different reason, and replaced the consumable anode in the new heater...

I have no doubt it will work, but had not considered smell issues; thanks. My question is whether this is OK from a code perspective.

Here's a poorly done sketch, looking down at the sink. The sink has 2 basins, the left is larger than the right. The P-trap is oriented horizontally at the back of the cabinet. The garbage disposal connects to the drain right below the right sink basin with a garbage disposal T. Below this T...

Hello, I would like to get some additional height in a kitchen counter by moving the trap out from under the sink, and up against the back wall of the cabinet. My idea is to come off the bottom of the sink with T for the garbage disposal, then a 90 or 45 degree elbow, and run a pipe to the...

Self-fusing silicone tape can be used for temporary pipe repairs.

Thanks all for your ideas. I ended up applying my original idea, and was able to lift and lower the sink in place with my wife's help.

Thanks. That's pretty much what I'm doing, except that I'm using cargo straps instead of rope. The faucet will go in a hole on the quartz countertop, so it will have to wait.

The sink needs to come in from the top, so the flange can lay on top of the frame I installed, so a bottle jack won't help.

Thanks I had checked it before with the sink drawing dimensions, but I went ahead and double checked it after I read your post. The trap adapter is low enough.

Hello, We are in the middle of a kitchen remodel, and are installing a heavy cast iron, under-mount sink. I already installed the mounting/support for the sink, and the next step is to place the sink in the cabinet. There is not much space between the cabinet and the sink rim, so holding it...

Thanks. This is not the issue, since the ducts are made from insulated duct board.

Followup: Thanks guys. I installed the Kohler 84499 conversion kit on one toilet and it did the trick. Now the rim flush works as designed. I'll do the second toilet tomorrow. The toilets are in our condo in Puerto Rico. The plumbing supply houses here did not have the kits in stock, nor...

Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the info. I'll talk to a commercial AC tech the next time that I'm down at the condo.