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Hi, We are finishing up our bathroom remodeling and need to add in the ceiling fan to exhaust the moist air. The contractor doing the job thought he could just go out the soffits but no way that will work. So its out through the roof. The roof vent he bought(NuTone) is made for the bathroom...

Not to jinx myself...and the tank is almost empty...but I backed off the nut and then retightened it....so far so good..no more leaks! Thanks everyone!

And one guy has to have a real big thumb....LOL! Just kidding. Thanks guys for the ideas...sounds alot more promising than what I feared!

HJ, I've never replaced the packing material just the washers....so I was thinking I had to remove the whole cartridge/stem. But thinking about it I can just take off that packing nut and still have the valve closed. I'll try that this weekend for sure! Thanks!

Thanks for the reply....yea already tried that...still leaks. I probably need to remove the whole stem assembly and replace the washer or whatever those type of valves use to seal the unit. Or just replace the whole valve but in either case the oil needs to be drained I guess.

Thats what i said too Pete when I saw the price! I've been looking for something just like that too as our water usuage is pretty predictable from day to day and sensors might not be the best answer to protecting our basement.

Hi! Great forum! Our oil tank for the furnace has a shut off valve on it (bottom of tank) that has a slow drip to it from the valve stem which we catch in a small container. I'd like to fix it but I'm wondering how is this done? Seems that the oil left in the tank (there is 1/8 tank left)...