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I was soldering a one inch brass fitting to one inch copper. Couldn't get the solder to take on one side of the fitting so I took the fitting off before the solder set. Now the fitting has a good bit of solder in it - can I clean out the solder to reuse the fitting (if so how)? Had to special...

Getting ready to plumb in a whole house water filter. The inlets on all of the filter housings are at 1'' and my main line is 3/4''. I'm tempted to run the loop to the filter in 1'' and transition it back to 3/4'' before joining back into the main line. Is this likely to give me any problems...

Does anyone know anywhere online that I could purchase a 1 inch brass union with ferule and compression nut? I've got a whole house water filter housing with 1 inch female ports and was planning on using a brass compression fitting it hook it into the 1 inch copper household plumbing. Haven't...

I'm sure this is a dead horse but I'm not positive what to do about it. Kitchen sink started backing up after a load of hand washed dishes (not during but after). Running the garbage disposal allowed the sink to drain but water kept coming back up for several iterations of dispose/drain...

--Bugger, title should read "flange" troubles. Missed the 'e'-- I hate to start another thread, but this is a bit of a different issue. My current toilet flange is an offset pvc flange that is set into concrete. The flange isn't perfectly level (hadn't noticed this until I tried to set the...

Hello all, a diyer here at the tail end of a bathroom remodel. The problem I'm having right now is with attaching my tub spout. The threaded nipple extends 1 5/8 inches from the finished wall. The very end of the threads in the spout end at 1 3/4 inches. Right now, without any thread...