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I'm helping my daughter remodel her first home, a 1975 townhouse. The original tub/shower was 60x32 fiberglass and had cracked around the drain so it's history. We were planning on a cast iron tub with tile surround but of course budget is raising it's ugly head and we're now looking at an...

Here's the situation: There's a gas line run thru the floor of the kitchen where the customer wants a base cabinet. It's newly run with some of that flexible line under the house and comes thru the floor with a nice flange around it. It's a 3/4 line that has a 3/4-1/2 adapter right about at...

Work has slowed so much, so long, I'm forced to work on my own house. Hopefully I can explain this clearly.... The first pic below shows the layout of my bath. The yellow area is the floorplan of the master bath which backs up to the hall bath. The circle with X marks the main drain...

I'm trying to figure out how to set a toilet on a flange that is 1" below the tile floor level. Original plumber just stacked wax rings and of course it's leaking. The ply subfloor has pretty minimal damage as far as I can see. The flange is pvc. There's a finished ceiling below over...

I have a customer who has a ~1990 era house that was plumbed with Polybutylene with plastic fittings. The first fitting just failed and it fortunately was in the basement bath so damages weren't as bad as they could have been. It's a finished basement though and it's still a lot of damages...

A customer of mine is considering a Houzer sink in her kitchen remodel. I can't find any info on these forums but I've never heard of Houzer sink before. Any opinions/experience for Houzer? It's the Houzer PGS-3122-1 model which is 18ga single bowl. Thanks, John

I'm going to tile a small bath floor in a rental I own. The flange is set uneven in the concrete floor and the high point of the flange is about 1/8" below the level of the concrete. The low side of the flange is about 1/4" lower. The tile I'm using is 3/8" so with thinset, I'll be raising...

I'm looking at installing a used Toto in one of my rentals and I'm wondering if it's worth the effort. The tank is stamped ST703 inside and research shows me that that tank has been discontinued (as of 2007). A search here seems to mention a CST703 as a low grade builders model Toto that...

I can't find any id info for two Kohler toilets. One has the following inside the tank: K-37-07-0103 The other has: Kohler Co K 45 AA .6gpf / 6lpf 7 27 95 2 96 Any ideas? Are these too old to be found in the Kohler id system? Thanks, John

I have a chance to pick up an American Standard 1.6 g flush toilet to replace one in a rental unit. The tank is stamped : 4023 Standard Made in Mexico By American Standard and the guy who has it says it was manufactured in 1993 and that it has a 2.25" trapway. I gather the 4023...

Is there some basic trick to test fitting pvc before gluing? I was running 3" drain lines in a fairly tight configuration yesterday and was wanting to dry-fit it all together to make sure of fit. Getting the pipe and fittings to seat together dry was a bear and taking them back apart for the...

I'm a carpenter not a plumber but I understand the basics. I recently installed a replacement vanity top for a friend in her 2nd floor bathroom. The top was a used cultured marble one from Habitat and it had faucets on it already. I tried to swap them out with the ones she had already which...

Hi all, I'm new to the forum and found it by searching for code information on Water hammer arrestors. I understand what the arrestors are and how they work but I haven't been able to find if and where code requires them. Some one told me they were required on every fixture but I find...