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Hi Guys, I've got some pretty solid plumbing experience but it's been a while since I've done much with it, and I'm running into a problem with the installation of a tankless water heater. First issue is that the flow meter on the remote control for it (Takagi, nat gas) doesn't show the flow...

Any help anyone can be would be much appreciated! Essentially I'm a homeowner/contractor, but I don't do much plumbing. In my yard I have a well of sorts...more like a reservoir, but it's a big 6' wide corrugated pipe buried in the ground, about 15 feet deep. It used to have a pump on top...

Hi all, First, thank you all for reading this, hopefully you can help! Here's the story. I live in northern California. In my yard I have a well...it's basically a big piece of 8' galvanized steel tube, buried in the ground. It's 8' wide on the inside, and is full of about 20 feet of...

I'm actually very good with this sort of thing in terms of the quality of my work (once someone shows me what I need to do), so I'm tackling this project myself. I'm moving a washer/dryer from the middle of the house to a room that backs up to a crawl space, and then an exterior wall about 3'...

I was over at a customer of mine's house last week doing an electrical job. I have my plumbing license, but generally stick to electrical. Ok, I was looking at her water heater, completely confused. The gas line comes over to the hot water heater, and then 90s straight up along the water...

Hi, My girlfriend works for a property management company, and the backflow devices on water lines at their properties keep getting ripped off for scrap metal (stupid meth addicts). Anyway, she needs to find something other than copper or brass or whatever it is. Do they make anything...

Hi, does anyone know of a good place to find the outer and inner diameters of pipe? For example I need to buy some hole saws, but for let's say 2" ABS, what is the outside diameter? As in, what size hole saw would I need? What about for cast iron? THANKS IN ADVANCE!

Hi, The project I'm working on is actually electrical, but the same question applies. I have a piece of galvanized 3/4" pipe going down into a roof jack on a garage. Right now it's sealed with some kind of tar or putty or something that looks like it's been there forever. I need to replace...

The situation. Grohe shower valve. One handle for the hand wand, one for the shower head. When the hot water is turned on, even though the pipes are copper and the water heater is VERY close, the water trickles for a while and then seems to build pressure after 30 seconds or so and then...

http://www.pipecat.com/plumbing/index.php Seems interesting. Looks like it cuts, brushes, and sands! They're a bit pricey though for the amount of copper I do, which isn't much. Looks like it would save a ton of time though. THOUGHTS? :)

Ok, I have a 1.5" galvanized piece of drain pipe sticking out of the wall (out of a santee I assume). We want to install the new pedestal sink a few inches over from the center of the drain line. I'm not sure of exactly how much yet. Can I just swing the trap over a few inches? If so, how much...

Hi, I wanted to start a discussion about the three types of copper, to see what people use each of the types for. For example, what type do you use inside a house? What about underground? Do the fittings work on all types? Besides cost and ease of cutting, is there anything wrong with using a...

Hi guys, I'm searching online for some kind of barrier or something that I can put between the copper pipe I'm sweating and the wall so that I don't leave burn marks on the wall. Does anyone know of something that I can use, and preferaby that I can buy online? Thanks!

Had a plumbing inspection today on a job with a friend and the inspector didnt pass us because the washing machine standpipe was more than 33" above the weir of the trap. Where does it say that in the UPC code book?

Hi, I'm took a quiz for a plumbing course I'm taking, and I swear I cannot find the answers to these questions. The quiz is based on the 2003 IRC. 1.What is the minimum size for a dishwasher discharge hose? 2. Gas piping test...1.5 or 2 X the nominal pressure...or something. I know it's...

There is a really bad hammering in the hot water faucet to the bathtub. Also transfers to the shower head. Hammering stops if we lower the water flow. I made an assumption (after doing some research) that it might be due to an old water heater. Does this problem sound familiar to anyone? Please...

I have a friend whose shower valve appears to be going out on him. The handles are hard to turn and crunch when they close, like there's rust and crap in them. The house has been re-piped with copper up to just below the tub, so the shower valve itself has galvanized pipes run to it. Can I...

Hi all, I just failed a plumbing inspection because we reduced a 2" vent down to 1.5" just before it goes through the roof. We have two vents very close to each other...I'm not sure which fixture's vent we reduced, but I think we did it order to use the old roof jack and not have to deal with a...

Can anyone tell me what kind of bucket and cover (if necessary) to use for a sump pump under a house in the dirt crawl space? Is a regular 5-gallon bucket with no cover OK? Does the drain line coming out of it have to be sloped down at the end? :confused: I guess I have to use PVC and...

Hi All, Thanks for reading my post! I have a question about sump pumps. Here in California there's been a ton of rain and a couple of my friends have water under their house in the crawl space and in their basements. I understand how they work, how to plumb them for the most part, etc., but I...