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I have a toilet supply where an angle stop is threaded onto the end of a chrome stub coming out of the wall. I know of FIP angle stops, but those are usually one piece designs. It appears that this angle stop has an independent nut on it that would allow the stop to swivel to the correct...

I have hard water with an electric water heater and thought I'd give a low wattage element a try because it was marketed as great for hard water. These elements fold back on themselves to gain the extra surface area. After 2 years I decided to pull the element to clean out the tank of sediment...

I am looking at a double sink vanity for the master bathroom. Of course, my wife must have a vanity with open space beneath the sinks (and a set of drawers in between). Kinda like this There are four supply angle stops that are located just off the floor and they will be just below the...

I have a 90-deg boiler drain valve in my washing machine wall service box. It is leaking out of the stem even when the valve is closed. Does this mean it is more than just the packing that has failed? I assumed yes, but have never messed with one of these before.

Hi there, I had two tests (one professional test and one home kit) of my well water show that it's 17.1 grains at a TDS of 320 mg/l. NO softener, and in doing plumbing work over the past few years, I've noticed absolutely no deposits within the copper pipes (the house is about 30 years old)...

I have an 80 gallon electric tank with sediment up to the bottom electrode. Dont think the previous owners ever flushed it. Since it's a 10yr warranty tank thats only 5 yrs old, I'd like to try to flush it out but even with a full port drain I installed, it's not coming out. Do any of you...

For electric water heaters with copper water supply systems, what is your go to make/type/configuration of flexible water heater connections and any shutoff valves? In my research, it sounds like corrugated copper is the way to go, so that seems to take fluidmaster out of play since they only...

Like the title says, what would you recommend at this point for a long-lived electric water heater? Am on well water.

Does anyone have any hands on experience with the Phyn Plus leak detection system? www.phyn.com/product and can comment on how well it actually works? I know of a few people in the neighborhood (same builder & vintage homes) who have come home to pinhole leaks in their copper, and I'm...

Does anyone know any significant differences between spun vs thermally bonded polypropylene sediment filters? American plumber offers both but doesnt really say what the differences are https://americanplumber.com/assets/uploads/products/resources/300026_SedimentCartridges_Rev_B_OC17.pdf

I have an american plumber WVC34 two stage whole house filter (25 and 5 micron spun polyproplene filters), and the 25 gets pretty nasty looking after only 2 weeks. Tan colored deposits that mostly cling to the filter and start affecting pressure after 4 weeks. Is this fairly common? I have a...

What is the design intent of using a steel casing in a well? I'm specifically talking about basic corrosion performance. How do casings stand up to the constant rise and fall of water within the well as well as condensation that forms on the inside face of the well cap in the winter. It would...

For SINKS, I have really only ever seen 1.5" p-traps that accept 1.25" tailpieces. Whats the deal then with the 1.25" p-traps I see being sold. Where exactly are these traps used and are they expected to be a constantly clogging condition? Are these only used when constrained by geometry or...

This is for a system that is pressurized with water (ie, not empty of water). When you take an air pressure reading on the tank, should it read equal the water pressure in the system? Thinking back to my old physics class, i thought they should be equal. I'm just curious if my air gage is off...

Submersible pump with a goulds bladder pressure tank. Is it ever ok to have a 14psi differential between the tank air precharge and the cut-in pressure? I'm asking because I had a well driller perform a check on the pump/well system and the tech upped the settings on my pressure switch from a...

Has anyone seen an instance where a cracked clay lateral allows a significant amount of groundwater into the pipe? ie, capable of flooding a dry-locked basement with a foot of water?

Like the subject says, what other things should be replaced when replacing a submersible? I believe I have a poly drop pipe with a pitless adapter. Does the drop pipe get replaced? Oring on pitless?

This setup is about 1 yr old, and I'm finding that there's about 5 to 10-degrees of slop when turning the posi temp handle from off to on. I believe it's the adapter that's twisting on the front end of the cartridge shaft. I tried a new adapter but no luck. Has anyone encountered this and...

I want to add a prefilter to my 4-bed house on well water to meet the requirements for my UV system (installed by the previous owner). The water clarity is pretty good with a turbidity of 0.1 NTU, but I do notice some silty sediment in the UV chamber whenever I change out quartz sleeves. The...

Is PVC pipe generally accepted at well pressure tanks? My setup, installed by the previous homeowner, has about 6' of PVC to plumb the tank from the service line coming from the well, to the copper to the house. Every time the well kicks on/off, there is as slight shimmy in this PVC plumbing...