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Your major hardware stores have libraries. Obviously I can't use their names, it gets deleted. Good Luck Raymond VinZant Plumbing Prof.
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A good source.
I direct people to ********** or *****. They have a library of books you can purchase on home plumbing remodeling. I personally like the Black an...
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Odors
There are a number of reasons you can get an odor from a kitchen sink. One is a trap is loosing its seal everytime it is used. This happens becau...
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Sour Batch
What you're probably smelling is the chemicals that are mixed together to make the marble. In addition, sometimes the amonia is mixed a little hea...
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Frost Proof Sill ****
It won't be as effective as if you had it on the inside. It will depend of course on how cold your weather is and how much insulation is preventin...
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Pipe Knock
There are a number of reasons why pipes knock. One of them is excessive pressure. Anything over 60 psi is enough to cause pipe knock. In additio...
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Shower Drain
Two things. The leak is probably coming from around the flange of the shower drain. When drains were originally installed in pans, many plumber...
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O-Ring
You can buy a rubber o-ring that will fit on the outside of the pop up to convert it to the 1-1/2 American Trap. You have to take the popup to a c...
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Low Water
If you are talking about water in the bowl being low, it can be caused by a couple of things. The first is the fill tube from the float valve to t...
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Yard Hydrant
The hydrant usually has to go after the pressure tank on the inside. Installing it on the line from the pump, will not work. The pump only comes ...
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Silicone and Granite
Every granite sink I ever installed was done with silicone and I've never had a recall or a leak. I checked my manufacturers web site for the righ...
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Debris in faucet
Kat: It will depend on the tools you have and your mechanical ability. If you have a pair of water pump pliers, a phillips and regular screw driv...
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Steel Pipe
I agree with MistressEll and Eric that I prefer steel, but on outside situations, I like galvanized rather than black. If its underground, wrapped...
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plumbers puddy
If you don't use a sealer on the installation of a lavatory drain, it won't hold water when you try to fill up the sink. The stopper may hold, but...
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Trap Nuts
You may want to simply pick up a plastic trap (around 3 dollars) and remove the old trap. Often times it saves a whole lot of trouble to just comp...
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Water Pressure
If it was me, I would disassemble the faucet, removing stems and/or cartridges then flush out the faucet to see the volume coming out of the faucet...
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Kingston brass
Kingston Brass has only been around for 7 years. Many of the faucet manufacturers have been in existance for more than 70 years. Kohler, American...
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Galvanized Pipes
Some areas of the country did not legalize copper piping at the same time as other areas. Many of the old east coast areas of the country resisted...
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Life Expectancy
The problem is there is no set life expectancy. Everything depends on the type of water that flows through the water pipes. The class action laws...
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Low Pressure
It sounds like you may have a problem with the pipes in your house. You can only get water flow if the inside diameter of the pipe is large enough...
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