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Hi, A few years back I bought and moved into a house built in 1978 in a nice area. It was a foreclosure so a great price, but I received no information from the previous owner. I have replaced a lot of the fixtures, including installing a Toto Drake from the great information in this Forum...

I can't figure this one out, so I am hoping that someone has an idea... Today, I turned the kitchen faucet to hot, and the flow slowed to a trickle. There was plenty of hot water at all other faucets, and no leak below the sink or under the house, so I removed the hot water supply to the...

I am currently going back and forth between two entirely different houses in typical snowbird fashion (although in my case it is due to waiting for the housing market to pick up in order to sell our first house). One house has well water and a septic system, while the new house has city water...

Hi ! As mentioned in previous posts, we moved to a new place (basic structure from 1979 with some modernizing). Anyway, my wife has decided that the master bathroom sink is too low (32 inch), but fortunately, before we had the thing ripped out, I inquired further and found out that only the...

The previous house owner had installed a water softener and then removed it. The water softener was replaced by a flexible tube, and everything has 3/4 inch connections. It would be very easy install a G.E. or equivalent Whole House Sediment Filter Housing where the water softener used to...

Hello, I received some good advice in another thread, on winterizing my house while I am away for an extended time. I will likely have a local plumber drain the water, and put RV antifreeze in the traps and appliances. But what other effects might occur due to the house being frozen ...

Hello, I live in a small rural town where it can get down into single digits in winter. My house has the usual 3 br, 2 bath (both with shower), kitchen, dishwasher, washing machine. The water is provided by a well with an underground (submersible) pump and a pressure tank under the...

This is a question for professional plumbers only, please thanks. Suppose a home with an attached garage, and the gas water heater is in a closet in the garage. One morning, the resident finds about a half gallon of water on the garage floor, that has seeped out from the bottom of the...

Does anyone have any method for finding a good local plumber ? (Finding out that a randomly chosen plumber is incompetent, can be very painful in an emergency.) Thanks !

Hi ! Previously, I replaced an ancient malfunctioning toilet with a Toto Drake using existing information on this site, which worked fine (many thanks). Now, I have moved to a different house with two bathrooms, each with the same relatively new looking Gerber toilets. Prior to my...

I just purchased a new home, which has two relatively new identical toilets in the two bathrooms. The home was a "short sale" (bank owned), which took so long, that the toilets (and everything else) had not been used in 6-12 months (or possibly even longer, it is hard to get any information...

Hello, My new Toto Drake has been working very well. About a couple of months after installation, it has started to pause in between the flush and the fill of the tank - about 3-5 seconds in between. What causes this, and can it be easily fixed ? Thanks for any help !

The only area not covered in the instructions for the Drake is cleaning, so I emailed Toto to ask what they recommend and the reply was: - Liquid dish detergents such as Ultra Dawn or Soft Scrub without bleach - Soft cloth or Scotch Brite green cleaning pad - Toilet brush with soft bristles...

Hello, I just finished installing a Toto Drake - this forum was an invaluable help ! Many thanks to Terry for the site. I have a couple of comments about Jamie's installation guide at: https://terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?t=743 - First, a nitpick: he forgot to mention...