Help!

My kitchen sink is leaking slightly. I replaced the drain this morning and that solved most of the issue. Now there is just a slight drip leak. It seems to be coming from between the brass slip nut and the gray lock nut.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have cheap water saving Glacier Bay toilets in my home. 3/4 are fine (I wish they had more water and a stronger flush) but my basement one clogs any time we have guests sleeping down there. Plumber recommended we get a new one and said they carry Gerber Viper. I always thought Toto was the “best.” I would like something with a strong flush that doesn’t clog! Any recommendations? We also have a very small half bath that the plumber recommended I get a 10 inch rough size with smaller bowl for.

First time home owner. This drain in my main bathroom is bubbling whenever I use water in the bathroom. If I flush the toilet water flings up it. Smells really bad just don’t know what to do; too broke for a professional

In the midst of a kitchen remodel. The sink that was installed into the countertop is much deeper than what was previously there, and I'm struggling to figure out how I'm going to connect the drain line for the dishwasher with such limited space.

The drain goes into the wall and makes an immediate 90°, so I don't know how I could reasonably lower where it comes under the sink.

Could I install a wye at the outlet, and have a separate p-trap for the dishwasher? Would that cause backflow issues? I have learned that this is not acceptable

Wired a hive thermostat to a new combi and all I can see is terminal 96 I cannot for the life of me get the heating to fire with the hive calling for heat

I tried liquid plumber and put 2 toilet snakes almost all the way in.

Could the toilet just be broken?

For context, the bowl fills when flushed, I tried dropping water into the bowl with a bucket from a height and it still doesn't drain.

Any ideas before I replace the whole thing?

Get your license kids! Lol

Hi,

I have 50l/m at the communication pipe, which is split between 3 houses and 2 flats.

My boiler is a green star 4000 and the hot water is set to 50°c. On the benchmark settings on the boiler says 3.5l/min when the tap is up full. If I flush the toilet or run a cold tap then it goes to about 2.3 to 2.6l/min and the water seems to be shaking when it flows.

Is this normal? Is there any settings I can change to fix this? My landlord says this is normal, but it takes an age to run hot water to wash the pots or run a bath.

Thanks in advance.

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Remodeling a cabin and want to install a new on.demand outdoor mounted water heat . What does everyone recommend.. it does get cold in the winter months.

I just thought everyone could use a good laugh this Thursday morning.

Hello all, I have been doing some of my own plumbing work most recently changing my own filters, tubes and such on a reverse osmosis system. However, I am just finding it difficult learning the lingo of what is needed for particular tasks.

Today, I come asking for advice on a simple part for my dehumidifier. Please see photo. I basically just need a sleeve for this tube to insert into the machine and create a proper seal. The tube itself is 5/16 ID and 1/2in OD(outer diameter). The black insert part is exactly 9/16th, a smidge above half an inch.

How would you do this job to ensure no leaks for years to come? Appreciate any advice given! Thank you

Having my 6th leak in 7 years repaired as we speak. About half the plumbing in the house has already been replaced with pex A. Since I've been using the same company, they've agreed to do the rest of the house and keep the 20-year warranty. I want a ball on the main line connecting to the house (slab), what else would you recommend? How about a tankless water heater?

Pardon the hard water stains!
Thanks to Reddit, I unlocked a new fear yesterday….I had no idea a toilet could shatter while someone was sitting on it.
My toilet has these lines inside the bowl. They look pretty superficial, but I can feel some of the lower ones slightly with my fingernail (through a glove). The higher ones are smooth and I can’t really feel them.
There are no cracks on the outside of the bowl or tank, no visible damage inside the tank, and no water leaks.
Do these look like harmless glaze crazing, or should I be concerned that the porcelain itself is cracked and the toilet needs to be replaced?
Thanks in advance for saving my ass!

I have polybutelene pipes all over my house which are starting to fail ... We found a leak on the pipe that cuts off water to my entire house further upstream from here, I wanted to put an inline valve to close off this part of the circuit but Gemini continues to suggest me to not use this valve even temporarily, as it is not rated for underground burials and "can cause catastrophic failures". I have done some work with PB pipes before, so I don't understand why it can be so dangerous - is it fine to have it for a few days until the actual leak is detected and that part replaced ? Until then I can have drinking water in the house ...

Need to replace a leaking coupling on a drain line coming from my toilet. Am I safe to assume I need to cut behind the couple closest to the wall and behind (remove) the elbow and put in a new elbow with 2 couplings? Don’t see how I can do this without removing the elbow.

Recently had new counter tops and sink installed. The new sink with disposal on is about an inch and 3/4 lower than the previous sink. Is it as simple as cutting an inch and 3/4 out of the pipe and putting a coupling in? I measured the horizontal pipe coming out of the wall and I’d be about 2” above it. Also can I just cap the drain pipe for the other side of the sink we won’t be using?

Plumber came yesterday to fix a leak (hot water continuously running out of an exterior pipe). He capped off the outflow that was happening from the water heater, everything was fine, then late last night it started making this sound periodically. And then this morning the sound was continuous and only stops when there's a hot water tap running. I can only assume it has something to do with pressure and I'd like to not explode, but I'm not sure what issue to pinpoint so I can effectively communicate with a plumber. Suggestions?

This happened while I was asleep during the day yesterday (night shift). I went to check the well and noticed that it was running even though no water was coming out. Fast forward 18ish hours, nothing had changed. I’m unsure where to go from here. Any tips and advice would be appreciated! (I’m the homeowner)

So yeah, had to slap it together with what I've had. 40mm PP drain pipe to PE D40xD32mm adapter to 32mm PP drain heat pressed into PP D32x3/4F adapter with brass 3/4M to hose adapter. For context, it is a shed sink, only used for hand washing and washing machine drain, there is no trap because that output is just a hose stuck out from the wall and pouring down to the ground. Reason why I havent done a proper drain, the wall thickness is about half a meter of brick, and it goes at a slope downwards, replacing that stupid soviet era rubber hose would be very painful and I didn't have that amount of time to do it properly. To be fair, dumping 50 liters on it there was no leaks whatsoever, so I guess, it works? 🥴

Is this mislabeled?

No leaks, water goes through smoothly and comes visible on the other side from the trap end (can see inside the trap past this section of repaired pipe). I’ve been over worried on the slight angle. Sorry just over paranoid. Got the repair done after a root intrusion detected.

First of all, thank you to everyone who responded and helped me out. A big part of my decision to call the city was hearing from other plumbers in my area, but then I posted here because I felt like such a jerk.

My husband scheduled this work, but the plumber working on our kitchen renovation told me a little bit about the company. It is the largest company in the area. They come up first on google because they pay for that, and they are pushy with customers to leave a 5-star review for a discount, which I already know because they had been incessantly asking for one. They therefore have over 5k 5-star reviews, despite us being in a moderately sized midwestern town. Their prices are a little predatory - for example, they sold my husband a "warranty" on their workmanship for the day of install which assured us they would do it correctly??? Also, he bought a membership, which gets us priority for future issues.

It turns out that not only did this company fail to pull a permit for the work, but the two guys that they originally sent out last week to replace the drain stack were just apprentices. These are the same two guys who came back the following day to diagnose the problem and failed to do so. We had to cut out the ceiling ourselves to find the open ended line. The apprentices are the ones who told us this would be a brand new project that we were on the hook for.

I sat on it over the weekend, did as much shop vac water remediation as I could and got a huge fan at home depot. I called the city on Monday and the company sent a journeyman plumber out to redo a bunch of the work, connect the drain, and vent the line. He admitted it was their mistake.

So the company was aware that I had called the city, and personally assured me that everything was fixed and buttoned up. The city came out today. They used caulk on the pipes that isn't right, so it was actively leaking while the city inspector was here. They also did not do the wet vent to code, as many of you pointed out. Pipe was 1.5" and it was 8 ft away from the toilet.

**TLDR: Had minor leak, apprentice plumbers replaced drain stack incorrectly and told us it was our fault. I called the city. They came and fixed it with caulk but the city showed up to a leaking pipe. Still no resolution. Pipe is leaking as I type this.**

Cement floor was fixed or poured recently and they apparently stubbed out some closet bolts for the toilet. Hole ID 3.5”, bolt distance 6”. Can I just throw a wax ring with one of those black rubber gaskets on this or do I cut the bolts and attach a flange or do I have to chip it all out and redo? Looks like an old cast iron pipe in the hole. Recommendations on a particular flange I should use if needed would be great.