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Handyman, thanks, all good common sense suggestions. The wife would be fine if I explained the reasons for just staying with the shower curtain. She's a sensible sort. The problem is now that I've started looking at this, I've gotten gotten myself invested in the notion of fixing it and...

Bummer. But many thanks as always, Terry. Especially for taking the time to read and comment on a Sunday night! Edit - here's a thought (maybe a bad one). Build up a "wall" from the ledge using 12" glass bricks. Five of them would bring the height up to the header bar of the shower doors...

Hi All - appreciate any help. Wife said "go work on your son's shower" (he's 16 - I avoid his bathroom). Then she says, "Hey, I hate dealing with his moldy shower curtain. Why don't you hang some shower doors?" In the photo "shower-tub", you can see I've got a raised ledge at the back end...

Great, Terry, thanks much for your help. I do plan to get the puller tool this time. I think I replaced that cartridge about 12 years ago (and should have written down the model somewhere!) and at that time used a vice grip and levered off a piece of wood against the tile to back it out. But...

Hello Guys, Does this look like it is or could be replaced by a Moen 1222 cartridge? I haven't tried to pull it out yet because I have folks needing to shower yet this evening, and I'm a 90 minute round trip from my big box store. So I wanted to start fresh in the morning to give me time in...

Thanks both Reach4 and fitter30 for your additional follow-ups. For the blower compartment, if I needed power while I had it open I just taped the switch closed. Not terribly professional but it worked. Thanks for the info on Payne=Carrier. I do now have two "used but works" for the...

Thanks both for your continued comments. The TL;DR version of the story below is it seems to be running after I polished the flame sensor. To respond to some of your comments - I can hear the difference between the draft inducer (barely can hear) and the blower because the return duct is right...

Hi Fitter30 - thanks much for your reply. Unfortunately I'm on the road most of the day so can only give a bit of information for now. The door switch must certainly be pushed in/close, because as mentioned, I can run the blower motor on fan mode and also on AC by toggling the thermostat. I...

Hi all - my upstairs gas furnace will click to system "on" once the temp goes below set point, but it doesn't actually kick on. It will sit there as the temperature continues dropping showing "on" at the thermostat. No fault codes in the LED window - light is steady on. Some background -...

Thanks. That second one you linked is what I used for "I also installed a cold-side SharkBite slide-on ball valve heading into the WH, because the original piping did not have any cold water shutoff at the WH". What I used 10 years ago was their shorter, direct couplers (not "slide-on", as...

Okay, here's what I'm thinking (assuming diddling the adjustment screw gives no joy, which based what I've read, it won't). I'm thinking to cut out the old PRV and old gate valve between the points I've labeled in the one photo as 1 - 2, and just hard pipe that part with copper (whether with...

Wow, thanks, that looks great for a DIY-er like me. But do you guys trust SharkBite stuff long-term? I'm getting photos of my current get-up and planning to upload and post here for thoughts on how best to re-arrange everything at the current PRV setup - mostly, getting the PRV down from a...

Hi Reach4. I'm not sure what else you are looking for, since I had already stated in #14 of that thread that the model was a 3/4 inch Watts N35B, discontinued it looks like 10 or more years ago, and no current rebuild kits that I can find available.

Hi again all. I installed a new expansion tank (ET) which I pre-charged to 55 psi. After installing the ET, and with the WH off, I still have 120 psi static which drops to 90 with a tap opened to low flow; it returns to 120 psi in 2 mins after closing the tap. It drops to 55 within 2 mins of...

Thanks everyone for your helpful inputs; I also enjoyed the side discussion on valve types and found it educational. I haven't done any work today what with Easter and a family birthday but will get back at it tomorrow - both the original work I'd planned, the testing described by Phog, and I...

Hi all - I was getting ready to do some work on the water heater pipes when something I read skimming threads here made me think to check my water pressure. I'm getting 120 psi inside (utility sink) and outside (hose bib). Rut-Roh. I'm in a hilly neighborhood at the bottom of...

I found this thread mentioning a direct-installed TPR valve (i.e., on the water heater itself) and then another TPR valve installed along a pipe leading away from the hot water outlet, with TPR about about 20 feet away from the hot water heater, and terminating in a drip pipe outdoors. (quote...

Thanks fitter30, none of those. Just this pipe runs straight from the water heater to the exterior wall, then down the wall, then the PVC drip tube below it leaking hot water.

Thanks Reach4. It does stop it (edit: although it took a while). But unfortunately (didn't want to go into all this in the initial post) the thing is set up backwards and I have to turn off the whole-house supply to stop it. What I mean is, the original plumbing placed the shut-off on the hot...

Hello all. First, thanks for this resource. I've spent a lot of time reading threads and have learned a lot. My issue: I noticed a ground-level PVC drip pipe recently began flowing, about a quart a minute. First time in 20 years. Not huge, but enough that the patio and ground around it...