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Hi, Just installed a new wall hung gas-fired hydronic stainless steel condensing boiler with only one zone. After electrician was done wiring boiler, thermostat and co2 detector we tried to fire it up and we got nothing. This boiler has a control module where you can set the various...

A have a customer that called about a kohler toilet that had a bit of water coming out between the toilet and the floor. He already had 2 plumbers before me, both of them double the wax ring with the second plumber taking out the plastic attachment(funnel) to the other wax ring and putting in 2...

My g.c's client bought this tub, it's an English manufacturer of high end freestanding and clawfoot tubs. Anyone ever install one of these? I've never installed one of these so it's going to be a challenge, the client also bought the Kohler 1610 tub/handheld shower faucet. The client also...

I've taken over a job that has 2.5 baths, 1 kitchen and 1 laundrey on each side. The rough plumbing in this gut renovation has already been done and passed inspection. The house has one main that feeds both homes. The main water line comes in @ 3/4" and then t's to separate meters feeding...

I have a client that wants to install a new bidet , and this is a newly finished bathroom in a new condo complex, he is closing on the place and would like it done before he moves in. I wondering if anyone has installed a Kohler bidet and how difficult it was? No pun intended but I hear...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My friend has an old house in Gloucester Ma. where the vent for the 1st floor kitchen sink (drum trap) runs out and up the side of the house terminating just below the eaves, that is obviously no good. He's...

Is there a kit that converts a standing pilot to electronic ignition?

This week I had 2 jobs that were basically the same. One had a good outcome the other not so good. Customer 1 had 2 cast iron radiators in 2 separate rms. that he wanted taken out and replaced with baseboard heat. I explained to him that it wasn't always a good thing to mix and match when he...

A customer of mine wants a range installed with the above draft hood that is sold exclusively @ HD. He wanted me to quote him an install price without looking at the job. Actually too busy to go out there so I asked him to send me the specs of the draft hood he wants installed. He sent me the...

My buddy has a single family ranch, he had baseboard heating on 1 zone for the house. He separated the zones so 1 zone would only heat the 3 bedrooms and the other zone would heat the rest of the house. Unfortunately, when he turns on the heat for either zone the whole house heats up. He...

Who makes a small tub, I have 55" to work with. Anyone?

I just installed a neoshower pan and it gives a little when you stand on it. The plastic pan has a ribbed underneath and is pretty solid, the floor that the pan is going on is slightly unlevel so the pan had to be shimmed. When you step in the pan it gives a little so I'm wondering if I should...

My client wanted to extend his forced hot water heat into the back bedroom. I usually only use copper but this was tight so this was an ideal situation for the PEX tubing. I'm concerned about the fittings. I used 3/4" sweat x 5/8 PEX, easy, fast. It was a crimp connection that seemed fine...

How do you install the drain to a copper pan and what do you use to cut the hole in the copper pan?

I just took out a 3" brass toilet flange, about 1 1/2" deep. When the new tiled floor goes down the brass flange won't be deep enough to fit down on the 3" copper. My question is do they make a deeper brass flange, if not can you pack and pour a cast iron flange on the copper?

Someone I know wants to get rid of their tankless system and go with a standard gas hot water heater. Do you just pull the coil on the burner and put a plate on it?

I have a friend who has a small colonial in Boston. It has forced hot water for heat, the boiler is a very old peerless, it's oil-fired. There are 3 zones on the boiler, and 2 circulators for all 3 zones. the circulators are on the return side of the boiler. 1 for six rooms which have cast...

I turn the handle on the shower valve and the hot comes out 1st, is there a simple way to repair this?

On installing a new c.i toilet flange do you think it is better to twist the oakum before you tamp it in or just jam it in?

Has anyone out there added a power vent to an existing (gas-fired and gravity vented) heating and h.w system. A friend of mine owns a 2 family and the 2nd floor has a separate forced hot water system and h.w heater. The 1st floor has the same exact system and vents into the chimney, however...