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Anyone else having occasional issues with the side effects associated with chloramine disinfection by their local water purveyor? Certain types of rubber fall apart at the sight of it. I wonder what it's doing to our plumbing, both internal and external?

This came in today from a friend who has a house on Coronado, near San Diego, that stays vacant part of the year. Any ideas as to the cause of the problem???? "Approimately one to one and one half months' ago I arrived here and the water spurted out of the faucets thru out the house as if the...

http://www.cwwa.ca/pdf_files/Map%2011th%20Edition%20Full%20Report1.pdf Testing for one thing only, Not testing for quality, or repairs down the road.

I have a customer who has a leak in a shower wall. The back side of the wall is plaster and would have to be completely redone if any holes were to do made in it, plus it has plywood underneath. The shower has a steamer, so it has bituthane behind the tile and the wall's insulated top to bottom...

I have a question for those of you who are installing these units. Are any of the code enforcement people in your areas requiring emergency pans under interior tankless installations?

Recently had a Toto Guinevere SS224 closet seat with a defective hinge bolt, like the rash of them we had with the SS113-4s some years ago. My rep said we were the first to complain, but we found that they were aware of the problem at their US headquarters.

Here we go again. It is looking like copper is going to take a crazy ride this year. Less than two months ago the copper tube manufacturers were telling everybody it was going to go down. Well, guess what? It has done the exact opposite. The Comex went from $2.41 in February to over $3.30 in...

I've been asked about problems associated with tankless water heater installations by a writer for a trade magazine who's doing research for an article on water heaters. Basically, I'm interested in any quirks in these appliances any of you have found which have caused you to make...

I hooked up two new lavy faucets yesterday. Before testing them, it is wise to remove the spout aerator. In this case the aerators were factory tightened a bit too much. Not to worry. Some years ago my brother, Todd, came up with a great idea to remove aerators. He cut a piece of 7/8" dishwasher...

Has anyone had any experience with this unit. It's an oven that requires a water supply and a gravity drain. Their installation instructions show the drain being hooked up to a sink y-branch tailpiece. They don't seem to know that in many kitchens the sink and the oven aren't on the same wall...