Studor Vents
A auto-vent is not, however a studor air admittance device is in many areas. Some areas you can pipe a whole building using these without back venting. In this ca...
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Gas grill conversion
They make a new hose that connects to your bottle and the other end is 3/8 female flare. Gas grill places carry these and I even found them online as well. The l...
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Tempering Valve?
Do you have a tempering valve? This is a valve just above the hot water heater mixing hot and cold water to extend the hot water. Do you mean the bath faucet? Let...
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Battery powered pump
Prices for installation vary all over the country depending where you live. A Baltimore plumber charges on the average of $120.00 where some rural PA areas they a...
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Shower Valve
What do you mean not working? If you are talking no water at all then someone turned off the valve at the intregal stops. I have a new Condo myself and Moen fauce...
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Moen repair
All that you should need is a replacement cartridge that you can purchase almost anywhere. If your faucet pulls out and turns left and right, you would need a 122...
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Pipes in concrete
First of all I know that it isn't because pipes are touching. The water travels fast on the cold supply and would not have time to transfer heat that fast after a...
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Greasy sludge?
This I haven't run into before, but if this was my home, this is what I would do. If this was a city water supply, I would ask my neighbors first if they are havi...
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Water Problems
You have two issues here. Let's begin with the hot water taking so long to get to the kitchen sink. You are wasting alot of treated water first of all. You can ad...
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Metal Sink
Plumbers putty is fine or you may also use clear silicone caulk. Putty would be easier and my choice.
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Bad tube cutter
I have to agree with what Doug said 100%. If you are wasting a good amount of copper then you are using your tube cutter for more than a weekend project. Invest ...
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Sewer gas
Hello mjbmom ... Here is a little something to help narrow down the problem. First go to your local drug store and ask for peppermint. They sell over the counter ...
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Bad noise
You have a bad venting problem. This can be corrected by placing a Studor vent in the line as close to the tub as possible. Studor is a brand name and should not ...
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Cold water leak
When you say cold water turned off, I take it that you have a two or three handle tub faucet? They made two different types of faucet stems for those models. The ...
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Luke warm water
One possible cause of this could very well be that you may have a siphon from the very source of your hot water. It could be that your cold water inlet feeding th...
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Mistressell is so wrong!
Look Mistressell... this isn't the place for this, but you couldn't be so wrong! Where do you get your information? You must be new to the industry and shouldn't ...
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Mansfield Question
First of all, allow me to ask this question? How old is the toilet and are all of the parts original? Mansfield toilets come standard with a special water saver f...
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Kohler Faucet Leak
The problem could be with the vacuum breaker kit in the faucet. Because the spray pulls out and could be left down in contaminated water,the faucet has a built in...
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Water leaks
Heather ... Save yourself some money and call a plumber if you can't locate the problem area yourself. A home inspector will charge you and tell you to call a plu...
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Sewer Gas.
If venting was a problem and not installed right in the beginning, a simple flushing of a toilet can siphon the traps of water seal. They make a simple device cal...
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