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Hello, For several days, we have noticed a small pool of water standing in a flower bed at the front corner of our neighbor’s house. The house is single story and on a concrete foundation. We have never met the neighbor, and we feel that the neighbor might resent us attempting to interfere...

Hello, I'm getting ready to replace the washers and bolts connecting my American Standard Cadet 3 tank to the bowl. I just bought a tank bolt kit at Home Depot, and the guy there said to use the metal washers on both the inside and outside of the tank. In other words, he said that the metal...

Hello, When I tiled our bathroom a few years ago, the level of the tile caused the toilet flange to be slightly below the level of the tile. As a result, we have encountered a slight leak, which I am in the process of fixing. I have removed the toilet and am preparing to add a flange...

Hello, I haven't posted on this forum in quite a while, but back when I did, I got very helpful replies, so if you guys don't mind, I have what is probably a very basic question. I installed a Cadet 3 toilet about 3 years ago, and it's been working fine. I used a extra thick wax ring...

Hello, My neighbor, who is in his 80’s, has a pvc sewer cleanout pipe in his front yard, but the cover is missing, and he doesn’t know what happened to it. The cover is supposed to screw into the top of the cleanout pipe. I’ve tried to help him find a replacement, but even though...

Hello, We have an older model GE 900 potscrubber dishwasher, and the soap dispenser door no longer opens during the cycle. We can open and close it manually, but it doesn't operate on its own. My understanding is that it could be the timer. If so, is that difficult to replace? If it's not...

Hello, I'm trying to help an elderly neighbor with a bathtub problem, and since I'm just an amateur when it comes to plumbing, I thought that someone here could help. My neighbor's tub and faucets are the original to the house (built in 1975). He has two bathtubs, but in one, no hot...

Hello, I have a Price-Pfister 2 handle kitchen faucet (model number 36 H86), and I'm getting very, very little pressure from both the hot and the cold sides. I know that there's no problem with city pressure, because I'm getting excellent pressure from every other faucet in the house. I...

Hello, I recently installed a new 1/4 turn valve with compression fitting on my copper pipe toilet input line. The clerk at the store where I bought it told me NOT to use any teflon tape on the threads, so I did not. I got it installed properly, but it did take some extra tightening to get...

Hello, I'm new to this forum, so this is my first post. I'm trying to help a neighbor who has a leak at the base of his toilet. His American Standard toilet is about thirty years old, but there are no cracks, etc. Other than the slight leak at the base, everything in it works fine. Some time...