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I’m looking to add a bathroom laundry room to the basement. The house footprint is 30×20 feet and the main line is located in the middle of the back 30 foot wall. I’m looking to add a bathroom/shower to the left of the main line and the laundry room in the front left of the...

I got a SeeSnake mini and CS10 monitor not too long ago. Ive never been able to locate with it very well. I use a LF2200, never had a issue with this locator on other camera. Does the SeeSnake Mini just have a week signal?

Not too long ago I installed a Toto drake toilet in one of my bathrooms which I remodeled not too long ago It has largely been unused but it will be getting used more soon as I begin to remodel the other bathroom. The care sheet that came with the toilet calls for cleaning the toilet with dish...

Hello all We have an older smaller home with an unfinished basement with no floor drains. I was looking for an easy, practical inexpensive way to prevent basement flooding should there be leak when I’m not there (freeze,boiler PRV letting loose, washing machine hose etc) i have cut a hole...

So we have an RO system that was only giving us about a glass of water before dripping at a slow rate (what it used to do when the tank was empty). I think this is the normal flow rate of the membrane or filter. Anyway, we had plenty of pressure for that 1-2 cups before it slowed down. After...

Doing a kitchen redo/makeover and making a bigger kitchen passthrough. I have a pex line that comes up from the concrete foundation and acts as a water line for fridge. I’m looking to move it 7 ft but a doorway is in the way. Should I go up into the attic with the line and drop it down (...

Information: Granite Countertop with under the counter sink. See picture. Water leaking from the countertop through the faucet hole into the cabinet beneath Problem: Random water on the countertop is leaking through the faucet/countertop hole into the cabinet below. Countertop hole for the...

I’ve had two of these for (I think) ~2 1/2 years now. I just had my first failure; the funny rivety thing the flip up shade/cover pivots on failed. I replaced it with a pop-rivet; back to work! Otherwise just does what it’s supposed to. I have some minor complaints. The beeper...

The sump pump in my sisters house discharges into the house drain. In her town that is allowed if its for laundry, water softener that type of stuff. Until the thaw the last few days we thought that was the only reason it was in the basement. Now its kicking on with storm water too, about ever...

I was wondering what kinda job I am looking at to install plumbing and drainage in a garage and whats is involved? Also, being that it is Ohio, how can the pipes be protected in the winter from freezing? I would like to be able to be able to wash the garage floor as well as keep the cars clean...

Hello, I have a 3 stem setup in my shower. The stems I am using are Danco 9B-3H/C/D. The spout was leaking, so I inspected the spout, and it had no issues. So I replaced the diverter stem (homeowner before me was actually using the incorrect stem). However, the leak is still the same. ...

I have a PVC kitchen vent pipe that I recently took out to fix. After throwing it away, I realized I should have measured it to know how long to extend it above the roof. I was wondering how far above the roof does the kitchen vent pipe need to be? Or actually, how far above the...

I basically know how a septic tank-leach field system works. Here goes: Christmas eve I noticed water seeping from the ground while my wife was draining a bath. I figured it was a leach field problem. I dug up the area and found that a PVC pipe was cracked, I figured it was the clean out and...

I was doing some repair to some electrical and had to remove a large section of drywall near my washing machine drain. I discovered that the P-trap was not even in the stud cavity above the floor. The washing machine line actually drains down below the house (pier-and beam house) and into a...

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So I thought I was ready to prime and level my shower area, now not so sure. The contractor-installed drain isn’t level Can’t really find any diagrams of what the drain is supposed to look like in a slab, lot’s of plywood examples which would be easy to deal with but I...

I have a saddle valve that runs water to my furnace humidifier and it seems to be clogged. I have removed the valve from the housing and stuck a thin wire in to unclog it, but it didn’t work. The valve had been closed for a couple of years. Any suggestions please?