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    Washer hose drains upward into house vent in attic

    Hi everyone, I purchased a ranch built on a slab. The washer, which is on an inside wall in the kitchen, has a hose running up to the attic and into the house vent stack (which doesn't go through the roof, which I plan to extend). There is no vent at the washer, and at the end of each wash any...
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    Adding washing machine and tray to bathroom DWV

    Hi guys, I'm trying to tie a new laundry room into an existing bathroom on a raised slab. The copper supply lines (as well as cast iron drains) are all under concrete, so I'm going to cut them off and re-route them through the walls. My concern is, is it okay to patch the washer and tray into...
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    Why do I get hot water but no heat from oil boiler?

    I have a Weil-McLain oil boiler, hot water baseboard, and the supply line froze (outside tank, overhead line). This happened last year too, so I had added heating oil additive to this year's tank, wrapped the pipe in heating wire and wrapped that in insulating tape. It still froze this year...
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    How to install vent stack in existing bathroom

    After all of the wonderful advice I have received here, I'm pretty sure that the basement bathroom is not vented at all. Neither is the top-most bathroom. I can cut open the walls in the basement and upstairs bathroom to vent the lavatories, but how do I vent the existing shower in the basement...
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    Methane Odor in Basement Bathroom

    I'm a single mom in Jersey and I try to do all my own work. The house I bought a year ago had A LOT of plumbing "issues". The septic failed, the well was filled with bacteria, the well tank inside was filled with silt, mud came out the faucets. All that was "fixed" before I moved in. Originally...
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