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Hello, I have a 2nd gen Valley/ Eljer tub faucet. I ordered part Valley VP-1964 BG ( same as Danco VA-4). According to the plumbingsupply.com website , this will fit my faucet. But when I received it, I noticed that it is missing an O-ring, see pics below from plumbingsupply.com website, and it...

I am re-doing my bathroom and starting to dry fit the PEX pipes. I am using the Apollo brand I purchased at HD. I noticed as I was dry fitting everything with one length of pipe I was using, the fittings/elbows were easy to slip in and out of the PEX, to a point they were falling out of the...

Hi all. I made a visit this past Saturday to the apartment building I manage to check on the steam boiler , and walked into boiler room to find big puddle on the floor with water spitting out of the Watts 009QT backflow preventer valve that is connected to the water feed. I believe this...

I know there is a debate between using plumbers putty or silicone to seal a shower drain, and I have used putty in the past with no issues, but I think this time I want to use 100% silicone to install my new shower pan for my bath reno. My question is which one do you guys use? I've seen the...

RE-doing my bathroom and want to install a new vent through the roof about 2-4 feet away from an existing roof vent. Any restrictions on how close plumbing vents can be ? It is well away from any windows or roof ventilation caps.

Re-doing by bathroom and also trying to correct some mistakes previous contractor did 30+ years ago with the venting . Currently there is an existing 1 1/2” vent (tied into main 4 inch vent stack) for the lav. Due to this bathroom being on an outside wall, and with the way the wall studs and...

Hi all, getting ready to renovate my small 6X6 master bathroom, and it will be a total gut. I am putting down new 3/4 Plywood on top of subfloor, but was wondering if I should install the shower base first with mortar directly over plywood, and then install Hardi-backer on rest of floor? Or...

Hi all, I am laying out my design for my bath reno coming up. The lav already has its own vent, but I am re-locating the shower and toilet, and wet venting those off the lav may be a challenge. Can I leave the lav as is, and run a new vent just for the shower and toilet ? (The shower will be...

I am redoing my bathroom soon, the venting was all done wrong from previous owner 30 years ago. Currently there is a 1 1/2 inch vent off main 4 inch stack that serves a lav. Can I re-purpose that 1 1/2" vent to wet vent the entire bathroom ( Convert to 2 inch once it drains lav). Or does it...

Hi all. I am planning of redoing the 2 bathrooms in my house, they are next to each other, one's off the main hallway, and one is a master bath, I am redoing all of the DWV since previous contractor did a hack job 30 + years ago. I plan on putting a net new vent through the roof. What size is...

As title says. I am re-doing a room in my split level home. I wanted to re-do some of the plumbing in my wall while its open. I installed a new Double wye recently to my main stack, and wanted to re-run kitchen sink drain more directly into the new 4 inch drain, but up above I also have a...

Hi all. I am re-doing my den in my split level house , and I have my wall exposed now that has my main 4 inch stack in it. While the wall is open, I wanted to cut in a 4 inch double wye for future projects to re- do my bathrooms in my house. ( the bathrooms are on the floor above these pics...

Getting ready to run new PEX lines for bathroom reno on firs floor. First time dealing with PEX. Replacing old copper lines that ran under slab. The new PEX will run in overhead between the ceiling joists, and just wondering do I need to insulate the cold water line to prevent condensation in...

I am roughing in a new Delta shower valve. I am just curious as to what the best method is to rough in the supply lines I am using PEX, but how should they be connected to the shower body? The body has male fittings if I wanted to use a Female adapter PEX fitting, or I can sweat in copper- to-...

I am remodeling my bathroom, and the 30 inch vanities I have been shopping for has split configuration for door on the left, with drawers on the right , similar to below. Almost all of them I have seen, I noticed clearance issues if you were to rough in the cold water supply at the conventional...

Hello all, first time poster. I am redoing my bathroom that previously had an improperly wet vented shower . It was previously drained directly into the 4” stack underground, wet vented off the lav and toilet See pics I would like to re-use this connection into the 4 inch main if possible...