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My home has CPVC. Snapped off a supply line trying to replace a shutoff valve on them master bathroom. Fortunately, I shutoff the main line coming into the house before this happened. Any fixes for this, or am I just stuck with lines that snap if you put a little strain on them with a wrench?

Update. Stress tested it least night with a spaghetti and meatballs dinner. The connection I thought would be the weak link, where the straight tailpipe enters the trap, I managed to find a straight pipe with a rim. Used a flat washer on the trap connection with teflon tape in them threads...

I am not versed in the terminology, but, on my DW model, it's a loop on the supply that runs into a funnel on the back of the unit. Manual says it prevents dirty water from the DW cross contaminating the water supply, if the DW ever get backed up. There's also a check-valve on the discharge...

Thanks. I've got enough slack to put a high loop on the dishwasher discharge hose and will do that, and we never run the DW without running the GD first. New DW has an internal loop AG on supply side and check valve on discharge side to prevent backflow. I guess water would back up into the...

Thanks. It seems to hold a seal. I was looking for a low inlet P-Trap, but all I could find is the big box store version. I may make the long drive to the local plumbing supply store. I think a low inlet trap would allow me to lower the space between trap water level and the wall discharge...

Recently remodeled kitchen. Double sink is deeper than old one. Of course, didn't think too lower the wall drain. Disposal outlet is 1/2 inch higher than wall drain, so that's good, however, only way to get trap connection was to reverse the P-Trap. Rise on discharge side of trap is 4 1/2...