plumbing

A condo has a small drip on the water heater shutoff and really only found out because the water heater will be replaced soon. The primary shutoff is connected to 10 units. When speaking to one plumber, he mentioned that he could likely add a new shut off without shutting off the primary water...

I recently moved into a high rise building condo(36 floors) and within the first night I noticed a consistent knocking noise in the wall that is more frequent during early mornings and late nights, it is very noticeable and can be heard anywhere in the entire unit, it is driving my wife and I...

Hi I am looking to install a Natural gas Sub Meter on a granny unit I am building on my property to track how much gas the renters use. Does anyone have experience with this or know of a a certain meter they recommend? I have a good plumber that said he can install whatever I get, but he...

Hi, I am trying to figure out a design for a hot water recirculation system with a dedicated return line. Below is a rough drawing of my layout. The farthest sink from my water heater is the kitchen sink. The issue is there are three branches for my house. What I am looking to achieve...

I have had to call out a plumber 5 times since purchasing my home two years ago. It doesn't seem right that I keep getting charged for a job that is clearly not done right. I don't feel I should be paying them time and again for something that should have a solution, rather than nickel and...

Texas plumbing questions. How to repair plumbing leaks. Where is a main shutoff? Questions about my well Water heater questions Can I use Sharkbites to repair leaks, and is PEX a good repair pipe? What kind of pipe cutter is good for cutting out sections of pipe has split. You can check the...

Hi, So my friend has a home on a slab foundation in Southern California that was built in the 1960s. The pipes are cast iron and old, and it's clear if any maintenance or replacement needs to be done, that it will require breaking thru concrete, which is expensive. For example, recently the...

Hello, I'm a condo owner in SoCal and would like to ask for your help since I'm not too happy that the plumber used by the HOA ran the PEX pipe inside my small garage. My 1989 built condo unit in the Belfora Community is in a two story building and the slab leak happened to my next door...

Hello all, First time poster, but I've heard great things about the Plumbing advice here. Hoping you can advise! I have a long post on the JohnBridge.com forum on my bathroom remodel job, and they recommended that I post it here to get the proper plumbing advice. I'm at a standstill until I get...

Please bear with me - I am pretty handy but have limited plumbing experience! We just purchased a very old home to find lots of problems. Shortly after moving in, we realized our upstairs sink did not have a p-trap. The previous owners just connected the sink tail piece to the wall with a...

MOVED THIS QUESTION TO A MORE APPROPRIATE FORUM: https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/bath-dwv-for-2nd-floor-bath.92085/ I've been doing some research online and there seems to be a few ways to solve my problem, but I'd like to hear everyone's opinion on how to tackle this. I...

I am replacing my tankless HWH soon. I have a few questions related to the new unit. 1. My municipality provides 7 CW natural gas pressure for my residential line. If I buy a tankless HWH that is rated for 8 CW, will it run? 2. How often do I REALLY need to descale the tankless HWH with white...

Hi, I started to rough in the plumbing for a single to double vanity conversion on my bathroom remodel. I may have gotten ahead of myself, its come to my attention that I haven't set up my draining/venting properly for this set-up. Looking for some advice to get this setup done correctly...

Hi! We had to pull out our half-bath vanity to replace the wood floor below it and I realized that the faucet has a permanent supply line which cannot be replaced. I installed the faucet 7 years ago and am sure that the supply line has been reattached 2-3 times. Is it ok to reuse a rubber...

Hi: I have a bathroom sink that's fully of dirty water that hasn't gone down for days and I've tried heavy-duty liquid to get it unclogged such as Liquid Fire and Liquid-Plumbr (Industrial Strenth Urgent Clear) with no results except to have the air full of toxic fumes. I live in a mobile home...

Hi guys I have been designing the heck out of this but I never considered this issue. In the below picture I need to add 1.5" ABS pipe to build a drain and a dry vent (the green horizontal segments) What is the usual practice for this? How does one install the pipe when the studs are in place...

I am trying to add a shower drain to an existing tub drain. The existing tub drain is 1-1/2'' and has a dry vent. I am wondering if I can use a horizontal double wye tee with a slope to merge the new shower drain to the dry vent and tub drain. I know horizontal double sanitary tee is not allowed...

Hi! First of all thank you for the forum and help, I have learned a tremendous amount from everyone's generosity! I am in the process of building an addition, and am currently working on my plumbing design. I have the Master Bathroom laid out, and was hoping someone could critique my venting...

I'm adding a 4th bathroom to my home and need to update the waste pipe going to the septic tank from 3" to 4". The pipe coming out of the foundation immediately transitions from 4" to 3" leaving < 1" of pipe between the foundation and the clean out fitting. What would be the best way to cut off...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to decide where to put a sewage cleanout at the exterior of a house (my house). The tricky thing is there's a 90 degree turn around 10 feet from where the pipe (4" PVC) exits the slab. Beyond the 90 degree there's another cleanout around 30 feet away. As I see it...