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| moen faucet replacement | 8/2/2008 |
Q: I replaced two one control shower faucet cartridges. One is getting a good supply of water through ...
A: I had the same problem at my own home here is what worked for me. Take the catridge out try to get a ...
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| Basement floor drain | 6/28/2008 |
Q: I am in an older home. I am not sure how this type of floor drain works. There is a clean out plug ...
A: If you see water in the pipe, but the drain is working you have a p-trap under the floor. Is the ...
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| recirculating water from the water heater. | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I want to turn off or reduce the heat in my water heater. I realize if water is not heated it will ...
A: There should be a dial on the front of your water heater to control the temperature setting. Dailing ...
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| Blocked kitchen sink | 6/25/2008 |
Q: Our kitchen sink is blocked, despite spending over an hour taking off the U bend and clearing out ...
A: Your water coming out of the tap at the kitchen sink should NEVER taste like soap. It sounds like ...
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| sagging insulation under mobile home | 6/24/2008 |
Q: Let me say thanks for everything you do first. I live in a Mobile Home, 80X16. It's a 2000 model, ...
A: Yes it could be a water line. It could also be a drain line. I assume it is done in PVC pipe and ...
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| drain tile (pipe) | 6/23/2008 |
Q: My husband was digging a hole to bury our pet and crushed the underground drain pipe that attaches ...
A: Since this is just rain water, you could go either way. Over with bigger pipe or inside with smaller ...
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| fix a pipe from the shower | 6/23/2008 |
Q: I noticed in the kids bathroom when you turn on the shower , the water is suppose to be going all to ...
A: You need to unscrew the pipe coming out of the wall for the tub spout. If the pipe looks ok (no ...
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| drain tile (pipe) | 6/22/2008 |
Q: My husband was digging a hole to bury our pet and crushed the underground drain pipe that attaches ...
A: Just carefully dig around the broken pipe to find two good spots to cut it at. You can replace just ...
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| pluming issues | 6/22/2008 |
Q: My question to you is my kitchen sink is draining into my bathtub on the 1st floor. My second floor ...
A: Sounds like you have a clog on the kitchen sink line causing it to come into your bath tub.You would ...
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| Connecting new T-Y's... Where do we go from here? | 6/21/2008 |
Q: Have 2-Family Home and discovered that the BathTub Drain Mechanism (Trip Lever Style) was all worn ...
A: Unless code in your area calls for galvanized pipe I would use PVC. You can adapt over to it with ...
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| plumbing | 6/21/2008 |
Q: I have well water sediments restricting water flow throughout the house. I have tried to blow out ...
A: The only way I ever got water lines opened up was by replacing them. I assume you have galvanized ...
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| loud noisy pipes | 6/20/2008 |
Q: I just moved into a brand new home but has issues of loud noisy pipes with rushing water when water ...
A: Well if this is a brand new home, your builder has to stand behind his work. This sound like a ...
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| sewage smell in bathroom | 6/19/2008 |
Q: I am noticing a sewage/egg smell in the bathrooms downstairs when we shower upstairs. FYI all ...
A: Do you have a floor drain downstairs. How often do you use the bathroom downstairs. If you have a ...
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