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Hey guys, I was called out to a house to add a zone off the boiler loop for a new bedroom. At first glance I thought I was dealing with copper. As soon as I started to shine up the "copper" so I could cut it and solder on a new fitting I noticed that the "copper" was shining up silver! I asked...

Hey guys I got called out to a boiler today that wasn't working properly. So I get there and see it's an older (~13yrs) Weil McLean with what is basically a fan-control relay controlling it. (The standard ones with RWYGC). Anyway the thing was basically an electrical nightmare looking like...

Here is a list of some FAQ questions regarding the National Plumbing Code of Canada: Potable Water Does my house require a thermal expansion tank? Probably. If you have a check valve, PRV, or backflow preventer on your system you are required to have an expansion tank. What is the highest PSI...

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Hey guys, I am installing an in slab radiant system for a winery. The area of the room being heated is about 1600 sq feet. Because of the size of the area I am using 3/4" pex to reduce the # of zones needed. However I am curious as to how far apart you would space the loops? I am thinking...

Hey guys, Have any of you ever seen a gas HWT installed in a crawl space? A customer wants to move his furnace and gas hot water tank to his crawl space. The furnace shouldn't be a problem but I would really like to find a gas HWT that is meant to be installed on it's side! I only have 52"...

Hey guys. I am looking for a couple of outside opinions on what size/kW rating for a motel I am doing a job at. The hotel room has 20 rooms. What would you recommend? I was thinking maybe 2 John Wood 50 gallon tanks with 27kW inputs... what do you all think?

Hey guys. I have 1.5" coming out of the pump feeding 20 hotel rooms. However immediately out of the pump the piping reduces and the WHOLE building is feed off 3/4" copper. So I have an idea and I want to run it past you experts. I want to divide the building in 2 parts. One part will be...

Hello everyone, I got a call from a client a while back telling me that his domestic water smelled like rotten eggs. He is on a well system and I was at that time not 100% sure what the problem was but I was pretty sure a carbon filter was the answer. So I did some research and even started a...

Hey guys, First off I would like to say I am a journeyman plumber so I am not new to this game but I must admit water quality is not one of my strong points! So here I am! I got called to this motel today because their well water smells like sulpher. Right away I knew that a carbon filter...