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I'm flipping back and forth about which pump to buy and whether or not to use a tank. IMO, I think I would be better with a pressure tank and slightly oversized pump. We are replacing a submersible pump with one that will mount on the pier in our lake. The submersible was installed with a...

I've had a little experience with installing new construction tankless water heaters. Now I have a customer with a leaking water heater. He has a large upscale house with two 50 gallon propane water heaters and a recirculation system. The furthest distance to a shower is 65 ft. There are 3...

My bud asked me to help him with his mobile home installation. He had failed to run a ground wire from the switch box at the meter to the switch box inside. The diagram on the box says the neutral has to be grounded and the ground wire has to be connected to a ground rod. Everything I've read...

I have a customer wanting me to design a gasoline delivery system so that he doesn't have to carry several 5 gallon cans of gas down hill and over a long walk way to his dock. Just looking for ideas, not necessarily looking for legal issues but safety is absolutely most important. I'd like to...

My apologies for not having a nice drawing program but I will attach a rough sketch and hope it is understandable... I'm mainly just asking for thoughts & ideas. Really need help with this one. I'm supposed to be putting in an ADA compliant shower in a bathroom which has a toilet & vanity...

Just want to run this by you to get good information. I've got a very small cabin for weekends. I want to install a couple of small propane radiant heaters and this tankless water heater. At least initially I'll be running them off of a 100# propane tank with plans to eventually converting to...

I'm by far not an irrigation expert. Though I've read a lot and have been to classes on irrigation there's a LOT that I don't know about lawn irrigation systems. So, will appreciate any knowledge I can gain from you guys. Here's the deal. I do a lot of maintenance work for this guy at his...

Hopefully we've got someone here who is familiar with gas appliances. We have LPG (propane) for cooking & heat. I bought a new stove to replace the old not so good looking one in the house. The old one I moved to the guest house. In order to plumb the LPG to the guest house I put a Tee and...

I've got about a 300 ft run of pipe that is leaking. I suspect a leak and have narrowed it down to about 50 ft. Would appreciate any tips on how to get extremely close to the exact location of the leak. I've got several ideas including injecting a dye or soap in the system. Just wondering...

I've worked on jobs where the plumbing had already been installed under/in slabs but I've done very little plumbing where slabs are to be poured. I've got a customer telling me to just lay the pipe on the ground. I've always trenched to set the slope of drain pipe and to protect all of the...

Can anyone tell me what is going on with this circuit? This is a circuit with two 3-way switches and one 4-way switch controlling a ceiling fan with light. In the dining room it is the same with two 3-way switches. With lights off I'm getting varying voltages of 34 to 60 volts. However, the...

I just wanted to see what you guys think on this. I've been doing a pile of remodeling and repairs on an old river cottage. The toilet is slow to drain. The tub taps in past the toilet and the tub is not vented... everything else is vented properly (tub trap gurgles when toilet is flushed)...

Posting for a friend because I want to know other's opinions and tho' I'm a very good and very experienced maintenance/handy man I'm still not an electrician. I live on a lake and most of the floating docks here are wired for electric lights, air pumps for floating boat lifts, and usually a...

Is there a solution to noisy pressure regulator valves? I was on a job last week that one of the customer complaints is a noise from the water heater. I found that the PRV is next to the water heater and is the source of the noise. It really makes a racket when the washing machine is...

I've got to replace the wiring to a stove, normal type installation, about 25-30 ft from breaker box. What would be the normal size breaker and size wire used for this type 220 volt circuit? It will not be run in conduit. It's just a normal stove with 4 burners and an oven.

I've only installed one tankless water heater so don't know much about them. Is there truly a "right way" to plumb a tankless water heater? Should there be an expansion tank, check valve, pressure gauge, etc.???

I'm in the process of tying rebar for a slab floor and never even gave much thought to the spacing of the tie wire. I do know that ideally you would tie it together every where it crosses. The re-bar is spaced 12" apart on a 32 x 32 slab. I'm thinking that all the way around the perimeter...

Problem: I've got to retrofit a new type of valve in a stainless steel sink in a jail. The old buttons that operate the valves will have to be replaced by new ones which require a bigger hole. So, I'll have to make the hole bigger. The only tool I can think of to do this is a knockout...

I've run into this quite a few times and have seen it plenty. I replace the diaphragm, install handle kit and a new vacuum breaker kit... put it back together and water dribbles from under the vacuum breaker nut... can anyone tell me what causes this or what to look for? I don' think it's the...

I'm swapping out a heat pump package unit. The information with the system says to use a 70-80 amp breaker. The circuit supplied to the unit is on a 100 amp breaker with awg #4 copper wire (rated for 70 amps). Inside the unit are 60 amp fuses. I am uncertain as to what kind disconnect to...