OR it could be
1- Exactly like Bill said OR 2- Your own piping is ferrous metal and starting to give up the ghost 3- A cross connection where someone ...
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What project are you working on now?
Started doing new constuction again,. 50 family homes for middle income
What is your favorite tool?
Sewer and drain cleaning equpment
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about 7 years by Sylvan
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Sylvan Tieger
Good luck please keep me posted , hopefully the extractor will work and remember your using the tool to remove the threads thus backing out the e...
about 7 years by Sylvan
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What you have IS
hydraulic shock waves WATTER HAMMER normally caused by solenoid or other quick closing valves... You may need an air chamber installed or a wa...
about 7 years by Sylvan
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For a plumber No
But if this is a wall hung type then it may prove beyond the scope of a handyman A floor type also is not to hard if the existing floor flan...
about 7 years by Sylvan
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NOPE wont work
What will work is one of the following 1- get a 1/2" extractor (easy out) they call it in most hardware stores 2- Get a hack saw blade gent...
about 7 years by Sylvan
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blockage
Normally a plumber will connect the dish washer to an inlet opening (after knocking out the plug) to the garbage disposal Now if the plumber ha...
about 7 years by Sylvan
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Many times
Many times the handyman or unskilled will cross the hot and cold water lines especially on back to back installations. Some manufacturers reali...
about 7 years by Sylvan
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main sewer /stack
Sounds like a possible stack or sewer stoppage either way you will need the services of a plumber who knows how to snake out or water jet these l...
about 7 years by Sylvan
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YES
Yes you can get the ball type at faucet replacement parts places and you may also consiider a flow restrictor instead of total replacement if you w...
about 7 years by Sylvan
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The problem is
You hired a home inspector not a professional licensed master plumber. NOW contact the home inspector and ask him /her for their insurance carriers...
about 7 years by Sylvan
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Slip joint Nut
Lamp wick NOT Quick wick stops these leaks and if you cannot locate Lamp wick try Teflon tape around the rubber three or four turns should do it.
about 7 years by Sylvan
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Why would anyone
Why would anyone want to impede the venting of methane and other carcinogenic and explosive fumes from the vent terminal? There are several sect...
about 7 years by Sylvan
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FIND a new home inspector
I like the way other folks know the prices a professional would charge and how long a given task would take. Anyone who uses the word "poopy p...
about 7 years by Sylvan
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Call a licensed plumber
Rather trust a GC why not call a licensed professional plumber / electrican?
about 7 years by Sylvan
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I read Quik John
Figuring he was mentioning a toilet I assumed it would be a soil line not a sump thus he would need a vent. Many folks call sewerage ejector se...
over 7 years by Sylvan
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Problem
I never used an 11/4 trap smallest one I ever used in "plumbing" was 11/2"x 11/4 inlet Then I use either a swivel or J bend trap and or doub...
over 7 years by Sylvan
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Perfect job--
That is exactly what the vent stack is supposed to pick up. The 4" VTR is perfect just make sure you run full size vent from the quik John. ...
over 7 years by Sylvan
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Ah the old cast handle break again
Many times we by pass the handles on a hose bib and just use an 8" wrench or vice grip on the spline or a Crescent wrench if the spindle is squar...
over 7 years by Sylvan
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