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The water department keeps having to dig up and replace main in front of my house - 2016, 2020, 2022. Its very disruptive as it means replacing concrete curb on the street, driveway apron, repaving large sections of the street, re-doing my tree lawn irrigation system, re-seeding tree lawn, etc...

My kids' bathroom is located on the 2nd floor, and the tub is located over a 2nd floor bump out. See attached picture. The tub wasn't draining after the bath. It eventually started flowing again, but it dawned on me that due to the low temps in Cleveland, OH that the drain might be frozen...

I had my kitchen remodeled. An inspector said that the remodeler had to use a 'mechanical' joint when connecting PVC to ABS, the remodeler initially wanted to use some kind of glue. So I have this threaded connection now between PVC and ABS, but its leaking a little bit. Whats going on...

I have a floor drain in the center of my garage. Over the summer, we smelled sewer gas coming out of it, so I poured some water in there - I haven't really smelled sewer gas in there since. However, I keep noticing the water level dropping below this other pipe that intersects with the drain...

I had a plumber over for an unrelated issue (read it here) and I asked if he recommended a backflow preventer in my home. I don't want any basement water issues ;) He said he only sees backup issues with homes that have a sump pump or a basement bathroom, and I have neither. I do have a...

I am a new homeowner, and I thought my water pressure was too strong because water was going everywhere when I turned on the faucets. I asked a plumber to come over, he put a gauge on the valve going to my washing machine in the basement, and it read 85 psi. He said he likes to see 60-85 psi...

I have a brand new Whirlpool DP840SWSX portable dishwasher. I took my dishwasher unicouple hose to a local outfit to be extended. Unfortunately, it came out much longer than I needed. The problem is, a significant amount of the hose previously resided inside the machine, forming a high loop...