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Good day all, I discovered a moldy corner on the wall/ceiling of my first floor bathroom. I broke out the sheetrock, and noticed that when the toilet directly above was flushed, I'd get 15-20 drops of water down that wall. I pulled up the toilet, remembering that I'd installed a SaniSeal...

I have a situation where a removable bathtub 2" PVC P trap SOMETIMES leaks onto the ceiling below. The first time this happened, it was because there was a drain was blocked, and the standing water slowly found its way to trickle out of the P trap where the lock nut is. Had a plumber snake the...

Hey guys, I know this is primarily a plumbing forum (and a great one at that), but I'll try my luck in the electrical forum. I have been experiencing arcing in the meter socket for about a month or so. When pulling a load on one of the phases (AC unit, etc.), the meter pan actually gets hot...

I replaced a hot water heater in a house we bought recently. Upon trying to connect the exhaust vent for the hot water heater, I noticed the concrete at the chimney connection cracking away and falling. I removed all of it, so I now have two exhaust ducts sitting at the entrance to the...

I've run into something that I can't seem to figure out a solution to. I bought an American Standard Everclean whirlpool tub for a bathroom renovation in my home. This is going into a 5'x32" alcove. When I take the tub out of the box, it sits VERY lop sided. OK - I figure I'd place it in...

This question is regarding the rear entrance to my basement. I have to pour a "step up" which will act as a curb for drainage to prevent water from coming into the basement. Basically, the area will be about 16 Sqft, and about 8" deep. This would turn out to be quite a few bags of concrete...

Hey guys- I know someone must have an idea on how to work neatly/efficiently with BX cable. The scenario is, I had 250 ft of 12/2 BX cable, and needed ~60 feet of it. There are 3 heavy guage zip ties on the reel (from H.D.), which I didn't want to cut because the whole thing would become...

Guys, I need some help on an area I have not much experience with. Let me give you the rundown and background behind the situation: I recently had my back yard covered with a 5" reinforced concrete patio (approx. 18' x 25'). My property is 20'x100' and the width of the house is 20', so...

Now that my bathroom reno is 99% done, I'm going to start work on my basement again. I plan to section off a part of the ceiling with dropped ceiling tiles. I know traditionally, clear 2x4 plastic sheets were used, and then flourescent lighting on top. There must be a better way, can I...

Quick question - For decorative purposes, I wanted to use a rigid chrome supply line to connect my bath faucet to the valves. The valve side goes on by compression, which is fine. Problem is, I couldn't find a nut to connect to the faucet side. The tube is called "3/8 inch O.D. Tube x 20...

Hey guys, I have a little problem. Somehow, I stupidly made my copper stub outs too short, they are only ~1.5" from the finished wall now (tile). I figured that a joint only needs 1/2" depth to soldier properly, which puts me at 1" or less from the finished wall. How can I soldier this...

You guys might remember my post in the plumbing forum about my bathroom renovation, but now I have a question specific to the tub. Since the bathroom is pretty narrow (~10' x only 57"), and tub length goes parallel with the long dimension of the room, I wanted to know if there was a soaking...

Hello! I am remodeling a bathroom in my NYC row house, which was built in 1910 (!) It still has the original bathroom in there, up until this weekend when I ripped everything out. I noticed a sink in the floor, and after removing asbestos tile that covered the original hex tile, saw a long...

I have a problem that needs to be solved soon, because my tenants have no heat!!! I was wondering if anyone knew what could be causing this problem. I have a HB Smith G200-W-3INT forced hot water heating system. The pump is constantly spinning, because the thermostat is calling for heat but...

I just bought a 100 year old row house which was retrofitted with forced hot water baseboard heat a few years ago. Most ceilings have dropped ceilings about 6" below the plaster ceilings. Most of the plaster ceilings are in good shape and I wanted to restore them. The problem is, the...