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Hello everyone our toilet is 20 years old, beginning to make strange hissing noises again. is this old sty;e stuff still available? we do NOT want an insides that is water savors etc that do not flush properly. A plumber will do the job. during covid we want just one visit. not come see and come...

I know there is a tool to tighten the nuts on the pipe. what do I buy? being old during covid we don't want a plumber in the house. so we have the faucet for the plastic utility sink and want to replace the old one. presently there is a leak at the back, probably not the faucets problem! just...

No we have not found a snake but lots of dust like we have never seen before, even on the wall behind the tank!! and on top that water thing where the water comes in. will a thorough clean help? the other tanks is clean as a whistle! toilets are used frequently so it is not lack of use...

Os this a Moen 4600 or maybe 1600 model? could be 15 years old it does not want to turn off. does it need a new cartridge? hopefully it is something I can do during COVID. thanks everyone stay safe

The house came with an underground sprinkler system. we had it expanded underground. But he also installed above ground drip hoses. do these need a pressure reducing valve? Is it usually in the distribution box? what does a pressure reducing valve look like Can winterizing, blowing the water...

The plastic bits in the old one fell apart so we bought a new one. Kitchen faucet/tap. we vaguely remember the last time we did this we had to remove bits of the inside of the new one to get water pressure. any ideas? thanks for your help

why would this tap leak from underneath? yes we checked the aerater and nothing is dribbling down the outside probable Model: L4625 series we bought an allen key and took of the top and made sure the grey thing was tight.(see tap bit below) thanks all

this a photo looking upwards from the vanity under the sink. see those three holes? when the tap(faucet) is fully on it leaks from there. we tried tightening those nuts on the hold down brackets, but i doubt that is the problem. it is a moen tap. it is not dribbling from around the aerator how...

we bought 2 water pressure gauges and they always say around 70psi. so we wanted to turn it down (new water heater does not like 70) so i adjusted the bolt on the top. it adjusted the water flow to a trickle but the water pressure is still 70ish. does this make sense to you experts? Watts think...

i did not see which forum this fit in! please move it accordingly. our water pressure regulator woes continue. city water. i adjusted the pressure reguulator to reduce the pressure from 72psi. the nearest tap is on the laundry tub and the gauge fits it. after adjusting the guage still read...

a few months ago we replaced our gas water heater. the 'overflow' pipe often has water dripping out and it sometimes splashes on the floor. i thought we just needed a longer hosepipe. but we twice phoned RHEEM. first reply "that is normal" second reply ' you need a thermal expansion tank" not...

the makers of our UG40-36LE-N1U gas water heater wrote that the anode should be checked every 2 years. nobody we have spoken to have every heard of checking the anode. the water heater is 13 years old. what happens when they wear out? are there signs when we should replace it? little leaks or...

is it a leak? thanks

the last couple of weeks we have had to turn the shower control to hotter than we would usually do. to get the same temperature of water. gas water heater is 10 years old. what could cause this problem? thanks all

if this is on the wrong forum, please move it to the right one! the exterior faucets are the kind for cold weather, so they are about a foot long - inside the house. the shaft the handlle is on has a little hole in it. on one, that is where the water comes out! what is wrong? thanks

This 4 year old faucet is in our RV. it has suddenly drastically reduced the amount of water coming thru the hot and cold sides. thinking of replacing a cartridge -if it has one. yes i went to the moen site - could not find it. we had to have pink antifreeze (non toxic) put in the water...

Hi we have a 1650 sqft one level house. two bathrooms and 3 outside taps when we go away on a vacation (snowbirds) the insurance company says we have to turn off the water and turn on the taps/faucets to drain the system. any idea how long that takes? an hour or several hours.? and will...

last year we moved into a 5 year old house. the insurance people say if we go away for a month we have to drain the gas water heater. we looked at the drain valve and there is a hole in the floor under it. handy we thought - till we realised it just emptied into the crawl space! we store...

The pic shows the type of toilet, it is 5 years old. several times a day you hear water running for a few seconds. many days nothing happens. ghost removal ideas welcome! thanks

Our outside taps are cold resistant. that is the washer part is about 10 inches inside the house. they squeak when you turn them. what do we oil them with - without damaging the washers? thanks