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We have a project at our Condo Association. We have a 3/4 Street meter. We are splitting the water that goes into a duplex. Now each Unit in the duplex will get their own feed in parallel as opposed to a linear circuit. We are thinking about putting in submeters inline but the submeter only...

The Plumber wants to bore under Slab of a Condo to by pass pre-existing galvanized pipes. It will be One Inch PEX. I have read that it's a good idea to Sleeve underground PEX but apparently it is not required by code in WA. It is required by code in CA. There does not seem to be any pre-sleeved...

At our HOA in Bellevue we have 19 buildings on 5 driveways. Pex pipe that goes up and down the driveways has just been replaced. Now we have one galvanized water supply pipe that enters each building under the concrete slab. Each pipe supplies two townhouses. This pipe is about 18 feet long...

I have some very minor flooding in a small commercial building. When it rains hard, about a 1/2 of water comes in from a 3 by 3 foot corner of the basement which is. The basement is only 1/2 underground. I was thinking about using Hydraulic Cement. However, I see it is mostly applied to cracks...

So we needed a new service line from the gas company from the Natural Gas company on rehab after a fire.. They asked me where I wanted the line so I said to talk to my plumber who was doing the rough in. I thought well maybe it would be moved up a few feet or back a few feet. Never in million...

We are trying to sell a house built in the 50's in New Jersey and they buyer found some kind of tank on the yard. They say it isn't a Oil tank so that leaves only a Septic tank IMO. If it is a Septic tank can we just pump it out, take off the cover and fill it up? That's what the State Code...

I am was trying to replace a shut off valve on a toilet in a condo in Bellevue WA. The condos are converted apartments. They were not individually metered.There are two floors of Units. The condo was built in the 60's but all the galvanized steel was replaced by copper at some point. I was told...

I'm installing a garbage disposal for a single sink. The Garbage disposal is directly in front of the drain. If I orientate the drain pipe of the garbage disposal in front of the drain, I am left with only a few inches, not enough for a P-Trap. The wall sanitary-T is a Female ABS threaded 1 1/2...

I told the contractor over many phone calls and emails to follow proper flashing techniques and to use Tyvek System. He agreed in writing. However, I just got the pictures and he completely ignored what I told him. Of course he immediately put up the siding before he sent me over the pictures...

I'm doing this so that I can use a modern thermostat and not have to rely on the very limited selection of line-voltage progammable thermostats out there. According to the instructions for the RC840T, it cautions about adding an overload protection and cut off. As this will be in my house, it...

I bought a 15 inch wide medicine cabinet for a bathroom that I was intending just to fit between the studs but this is going to make it a little to close to the shower. So I am toying with cutting out a stud but I won't do so till I'm convinced the house will not fall down! The wall in question...

I thought this might be of interest to some plumbing people LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZw6_tyu0JA&feature=related;);)

I just took off the shower arm from a shower stall. Instead the head of the pipe is a metal sleeve with the threads from what I can see. I can twist this sleeve in the pipe.I must have damaged this sleeve when I took it out. Now the original thread and new thread of a new arm won't fit in at all...

I am just visiting my 88 year father and his caretaker and I found out a local plumbing company in East Brunswick NJ charged him $14,000 to install a Weil McLain Ultra 155K boiler and a 50 gallon indirect with argo board valvue ans circulator (per the invoice basically a boiler and indirect...

I need to either get the wires out of this conduit or push the wires futher up as I accidently cut them to short while removing my old water heater which could have been 27 years old. I'm not worried about saving the thing if I have to drill it out. It is a Regal 9672 The top as you can see...

I'm in the process of putting in a new water heater so I have my hot water tank completely removed. Now when I run the cold water in my sink, I am seeing some water come out of the hot water intake line. Additionally, now some cold water will out of the hot water taps if I open them. Does...

Is putting a thermostatic valve on a new water heater the preferred method now? Is this part of the 2009 Uniform code? Are these valves adjustable if you feel the water is too cold? What about if you want hotter water for your washing machine? (I saw one diagram where they split the washing...

I that these kits to install new water heaters have two check vales in them. I understand why you would want a check valve on the cold water side but do I need one on the hot water side too (of course this is going in the opposite direction) ?