steel bathtub removal
how can i remove a 60"steel tub that fits almost perfectly between the walls without tearing out all the drywall. Can it be broken up somehow?
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Novi American Jetted Bathtub Parts?
I have been searching to find the manufacturer of Novi American bathtubs. It is a whirlpool tub and the plastic housing for one of the water jets h...
5 days by BV001062
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Slow leak at main water shut off valve
I turned off the water to the house at the main shut off valve while I was fixing a faucet problem. When I turned the main water shut off back on ...
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Pool Heater Issue
I have a Laars Lx 400n pool heater. My problem is that it will run for about thirty minutes or so and then stop heating,showing AGS (automatic gas ...
15 days by BV000988
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plumbing redo
I recently had a water pipe breakage and was told all my plumbing is bad. I am on a slab and have many vaulted ceilings. I had heat/AC installed ...
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Bob Vila's Plumber's Secret Refills Available?
Bob's compressed air drain opener was a useful product, but after a few years I have run out of compressed air canisters. Does anyone know if the ...
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How do I unclog septic tank leach field?
My leach field is 25 or more years old and seems to be clogged. The ground is firm and there is no smell so I believe the leach lines themselves (p...
22 days by BV000929
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Plastic smell when I turn water on in newly installed bathroom sink.
Just had a new vanity top with integrated sink (cultured marble purchased at Lowes...style selection)installed in my bathroom. When I run the wa...
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Hot Water Heater basics
Hey all - This is so basic it almost hurts to write it Just moved into my first home.....managed to get the pilot lit on the heater but still no h...
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Very low pressure bathroom sink faucet
All my other faucets and the bathtub work fine, so i'm guessing my bathroom sink faucet is messed up somehow. It's one of the ones where you lift ...
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Sewer smell when open windows
We're having a problem with a sewer smell only when we open our doors or windows. We thought it was a gas smell but there is no gas leak. The gas...
26 days by BV000898
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trying to turn a closet upstairs into a bath in a 100 yr old farmhouse
NEED HELP! We are running into an issue on a toilet ordeal. Everything else will work (sink, tub) but the 3" pipe for the toliet will just bare...
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water pressure low in only two places after de winterizing.
Hi Bob, My son and I bought a foreclosure and run a bed and breakfast on Hatteras Island. We have never had a water pressure issue and the house...
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Best Water Softener
What is best type of water softener? Does anyone have experience with any type of salt-free water softener that actually works?
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Water under slab foundation
There is retained water under my house slab foundation (no basement). The moisture from this water caused some damage to the hardwood floor that ca...
about 1 month by BV000802
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Bathtub drain stopper missing from linkage
About a month or so ago I replaced the trip lever cover on my tub because it was pitted and ugly to look at (due to a tub spout leak always drippin...
over 2 years by the drizzle
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Slow hot water on maytag neptune model MAH 5500 BWQ
The hot water seems not to run fast like the cold i pulled the hoses off and they seem fine no clog the hot water seems to be cloged????????
about 1 month by BV000787
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"Popping" Drain Vent Pipe?
I have a relatively new house (>2 yrs) with a head-scratcher. When I run water continuously at one side of the dual vanity for more than a couple ...
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Please help.Toilet flush twice everytime I flush.
Toilet flush one time and before the flapper closes it would flush again. I replaced everything in the tank and the problem still exists. If I ad...
about 1 month by BV000193
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copper repiping cost
can anyone posibly give me a ballpark figurefor copper repiping.my house is only 1400 sqft . the pipes are totally excessable under the house in a ...
about 1 month by BV000731
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