plumbing

Just had a completely new sewer line installed made of PVC. I can now hear a sound coming from my shower drain. Not sure it’s flowing water, it’s a little like the sound of a seashell when you put it up to your ear. This is present even when there’s no water flowing or draining. I’ve checked all...

Hi, My wife and I are working with an local architect group here in South Florida on a new home for our family. The home is approximately 5500 sq ft under air and will be on well water and a septic system. One ask I had of the engineers/architects was to try to a utilize heat pump water heater...

Hi there, this is my first post ever on this forum, and I couldn't find any rules sticky, so I'm just gonna be respectful and follow typical forum ettiquette :) I have just bought my first home, and I have black iron pipe coming from my meter, running through the dirt, underneath my brick...

I tried posting earlier. It doesn't look like my post made it. So trying again. I live in Bay area(California ). I need to fish a wire across the doubled up 2x4(Eventually I wanted to use the vent for a washing machine in a room to the right of laser line. But based on what I am seeing here it...

Hey everyone! First time using this forum so super thankful for any advice. I am looking for recommendations and affirmation to a plan I have for getting water to my offgrid cabin (on posts) in Litchfield Maine. My property has a spring fed pond (beaver pond about 5 acres) on it and the...

I purchased this Cadet Pro model: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CH4PF8Y?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 And noticed in the installation guide that it does not come with the wax ring. And cannot find what type of wax ring I would need for the installation. Would appreciate any advice.

I found this done. I thought sinks could not enter below the laundry in the stack? Also, couldnt you use a double sanitee and eliminate the sink revent altogether? I’m sure this is an easy question for the plumbers. But I can’t seem to find these answers anywhere. I’m getting ready to put in a...

When pressure switch demands water, deep well turns on, runs for 30 seconds and turns off for 2 to 2-1/2 minutes. It repeats this cycle several times until water pressure reaches the shutoff limit (60 psi). 240v pressure switch is closed throughout this cycle (never opening) and 240v is going...

All the planning in the world, and somehow my DIY decision making went awry. Instead of using a drop ear that would allow me to screw in a shower arm, I simply stubbed out the 1/2" copper with an elbow, while securing the pipe to a cross backer board below. Do I need to cut out the drywall or...

Hi I have an older pfister shower model and when I went to pull on the temp adjustment to turn on the shower it turned on like normal but the nob refuse to push back in I could really use some advice on how to fix this if anybody knows how. It won’t let me add any pictures

Hello everyone! I have no professional plumbing experience, I'm just a diy kinda guy. the white pipes/ tubes are for a sprinkler system. The valve there that is taped off with black tape was used to turn on the sprinklers to water the front lawn. The lawn has been removed and the sprinkler...

Please help Identifying this American standard Tub/Shower trim. Cartridge is what I’m looking for to replace for a client. Any insight with a URL link to order would be greatly appreciated! Plumb On!

Toilet flushes in one particular bathroom always try their best to suck nearby traps dry. Now that I'm renovating that bathroom I want to take the opportunity to install proper venting. The attached files show the existing configuration, and my (incomplete) proposed changes. My questions are...

Our master bath shower had two shower heads. One was leaking/dripping so our plumber changed both cartridges since he was already there. That fixed the leak, but ever since one side gets too hot and the other side only stays hot for 5 minutes before slowly getting colder and colder. Our plumber...

Hi there, So, I'm beginning to think that I'm experiencing a one in a million situation.... Lol. Here's what we are up against.... Hopefully SOMEONE out there has had a similar situation... We just moved in to a mobile home that was sitting vacant for 20+years. Drains were an issue from day...

Hello, I am having an issue with my shower and I was hoping to get some advice on what could be causing it. Every morning, I make sure to push down the diverter valve after turning off the shower valve. However, lately I have been noticing that the diverter valve is being found in the closed...

Hello. I removed a large light structure from my 1990s kitchen ceiling in order to install canless led lights and learned the p-trap from the shower in the floor above rests 5" below the joists preventing me from installing drywall flush with the joists. I am wondering what my options are for...

Hello, I’m installing an electric tank water heater (Rheem Marathon) in a conditioned space. The hot pipe will be insulated all the way. But how many feet of the cold (supply) line should I insulate? The pipe for it goes up 6in, sideways 8in, then down 6 *ft* through a floor. CA requires...

Florida plumbing repairs after Hurricane Ian, What advice can we give you? Watching the news on television about the recent storm damage, I can see that Florida has much to do in the future. Some of it will be total rebuilds and some might be minor. Lot's of in-between too. On these pages...

My bathroom (house built in 2002) is on the top floor of the home (3 floors) and I was able to remove the existing bathtub and now I'm preparing to put in the Kohler Underscore 60x30 bathtub Of course with my luck there seems to be a problem. There is a black pipe (vent stack?) that is going...