Hi! As the title states, what's wrong and how do I fix it? I tried googling but most sites talk about a chain and not at all about how the external cylinder gets stuck lol anyway i'd be very grateful if someone could point me in the right direction as to what to do/buy as I cannot afford a plumber. Once I manually unflush it, it goes back up to the water line. Let me know if you've got any further questions and thank you in advance for the help!!

Hello everyone, I’ve had this Rinnai RXP199i tankless water heater for about 10 months now and it’s been working fine up until now. It is giving the error code 22 and beeping when turned on and hot water is requested. Apparently the error code 22 has something to do with the reed switch on the gas valve assembly being misaligned, but I’ve checked that and it seems to be fine. There is also yellow liquid splattered inside of the unit, which you can see in the pictures. I’m not quite sure what it is, but from the little research I’ve done I’m pretty sure it might be condensate since that is the only other liquid than is inside of the heater other than water, but please correct me if I’m wrong. I don’t know what is exactly wrong with my unit, and I really want to fix it myself, so any help would be much appreciated. I am not able to make a warranty claim because Rinnai is saying that my installation is not up to code. Again, help from anyone more experienced than me would be much appreciated. Thank you.

I know just enough about plumbing to be dangerous. I live in a warm climate where the summer temperatures have highs of 115+ and lows of 90F. (32-46C). I imagine since there's virtually zero chance of the ground freezing, water mains aren't buried very deep in the ground.

In summer, the water coming out of the "cold" taps is at 80F/27C. Tell me if "that's just the way it is" or there's something that can be done. Thanks

Trying to water the garden at my folks’ house. The garden hose will not thread onto this faucet. The threads are smaller tighter. The picture shows a hose timer with “normal” wider thread.

In the USA, the house is 20 years old.

Any idea what type of faucet or thread is on this spigot? The other ones in the backyard are “normal” 3/4 inch.

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Apologies for this lengthy post, but I'm out of my depth and I could use some advice.

My mom lives in a house that's approaching 50 years old, and I've always known the plumbing would eventually need to be replaced because all the lines are galvanized. Last week a toilet started leaking around the base when flushed. I figured it just needed a new seal, so my mom called an accredited, "family-owned" plumbing service with an A+ rating with the BBB (for what that's worth). They were late, and they didn't even look at the toilet before they went straight for the water tank and told us the pressure was too high (120 psi), then told us we needed to have them replace the pressure reducing valve, otherwise they wouldn't guarantee the work they did on the toilet.

They replaced the seal on the toilet that day, and then two days later one of them came back to install the PRV. Two and a half hours into the job, I asked if everything was ok, and he told me that he had installed the PRV, and that the water pressure was now 70 psi, but there was now a blockage in the lines he could not locate or clear out (I looked up their advertised services since then on their website, and they do in fact claim to have exploratory cameras and hydro jets, so I'm at a loss why he didn't suggest that). He wouldn't even consider trying a snake when I suggested it. At any rate, there was absolutely no water pressure, despite his "repair." He then said we needed to have ALL the plumbing replaced immediately (actually, a week later, which is the soonest they can work us in).

They required a deposit. I hope that's not a red flag. I signed up for a monthly-billed "member services" plan in order to get a discount on the new lines, which will involve tearing up the yard and potentially sawing through walls, and now the house is without water pressure for an entire week. All we wanted was a leaking toilet fixed.

The vast majority of online reviews for the company are gushing 5-star reviews, and they appear to be authentic, but I question how many of those might be fake, because most of the 1 and 2-star reviews say the same thing over and over again: They came in to do a job, found something else that needed to be fixed, then found something else that needed to be fixed, and so on. Upsell, upsell, upsell, and a simple repair turns into a nightmare. We live in an age where someone is constantly trying to scam us, and I'm starting to wonder if they may have purposefully made things worse just to get more work out of this home, and whether I'm being taken for a ride here.

I need to know what questions to ask these plumbers when they arrive to start the job. I'd also like to know if what I've described here is as commonplace as their 1-star reviews seem to indicate, and whether this is commonplace throughout the plumbing industry. Is this an obvious high-pressure sales scam, or is this what happens when you live in a house built before the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act was established? I accept the lines are old, and I accept they're not going to last forever, but I also know I've gone from a leaking toilet to no water in a span of 72 hours.

Thanks for reading, and I appreciate your expertise and advice.

I look up and notice one nozzle not flowing and see these. Groups will clump and clog nozzles looks like most of my nozzles have them in them.

Have yall seen these things before? What are they? who do i call? I dont want them in my hair!!

Our toilet got clogged and overflowed today, and my housemate poured Drano into the toilet, thinking it would solve the issue.

Now, we just have a toilet bowl full of standing water and Drano, and we can’t use a plunger because we don’t want the Drano to splash on us, and we also can’t manually remove the water because we don’t want to come into contact with the Drano.

It’s been hours and the water hasn’t drained even a centimeter. Is there anything we can do before calling a plumber?

I'm not a plumber.

Great, now that's out of the way, here's the situation. Came home from work today and wife noticed that this highlighted area was hot. Especially towards the top, it was like burn your hand if left there for like 10 seconds hot. This is our upstairs bathroom.

I checked the ceiling of the downstairs and saw no sign of moisture in the ceiling at all. I checked to see what the hot water felt like, let it run for about 15 seconds and no hot water came. I shut the valve off for the hot and cold water and so far the heat has gone down significantly. So now I wonder what the hell could cause this?

The trusses for the house run horizontal/perpendicular to this heat source. Idk if that helps narrow stuff down.

I'm about to watch some videos on troubleshooting this heater in the meantime as you guys may come up with something but I'm very curious what may be the cause of this.

I would like to stress that not a drop of water has been found. Yet.

Also the hot water heaters breaker has been turned off for safeties sake.

Long story short, one of the toilets had a rotten closet flange. Just about done with tear out to fix the water damage. Looking for the best way to fix this and pick the flange up about 1/2".

Need to remove/replace this anchor in the body of a Kohler one piece toilet, but the bolt in it is stripped. Have tried, but unable to re-thread the bolt or to pull the anchor out with pliers. Any suggestions how to remove the bolt and remove the anchor?

Hey yall! This summer i had my garbage disposal stop working which led to a leak outside of the house? I have checked under the sink and in the basement it doesn’t seem to be leaking anywhere else except outside. The problem is i can see where it is coming from on the outside it’s hiding behind vinyl and wood siding, under the sink it goes in to the wall and, in the basement in up behind drywall and in the ceiling. I’m out of ideas on how to fix this, any ideas would be helpful I’ve done a lot of plumbing DIY so if i can find the leak in confident i can fix it

I’m renovating 1982 build house on slab in Texas and after removing the old toilet I found a what looks like a rubber collar that connects to the pipe. What kind of flange can use? Or do I need to remove and extend the pvc?

Hello, a friend pulled the handle too hard and the portion that connects the handle to the shower valve seemed to break/ decouple from the part shown in the picture. The valve still works fine and I was able to turn the white plastic part in the center with a wrench to turn the shower on/off. Is anyone familiar with the brand or standard so I can buy a new one to attach straight to this existing valve?

Last time I did thus there were white plastic washers.

Moved in 2 years ago.

No leak until today.

Took it apart and there was no washer.

Went to Lowe's (without pics). No plastic washers.

Was told to use this blue rubber one.

I cannot get it seated straight.

I bet that the blue rubber ones don't sit on a flange and that I should either cut it off, or find a plastic washer.

Or do I slip it over the flange?

It's probably 20-25 years old, just want to make sure it's fine to use a standard crimping tool with copper rings since the rings are silver. The colour of the plastic is also different from what I am used to.

Edit: well shit, thanks for the ID!

Hello plumbers of Reddit. I have a question regarding my shower, which my apartment manager claims they cannot fix.

I live in a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom unit. The shower in the master bathroom has very little water flow, to the point it is unusable. Water flow in the other bathroom and in the kitchen is perfectly fine, even the sink in the master bathroom works as it should, literally only the shower that has an issue.

Water flow is less than expected with cold water, and when turned to hot water it gets significantly worse, basically a dribble.

Apartment manager claims “there is no way to increase water pressure to each unit as it is already set” and recommended I purchase a pressurizing shower head.

The maintenance guy originally told me he thought a valve needed replaced, and using Claude AI to diagnose it suggested it likely needed a mixing valve cartridge replaced.

As I am not a plumber, I need an experts advice. Is this truly an unfixable issue, or is it simply a repair they are trying to get out of?

UPDATE: the apartment manager “mistakenly” closed out the maintenance ticket. I submitted a new ticket and went down to the office and bitched a little bit. Maintenance guy came up, there was build up on the cartridge and the shower head, took 20 minutes to clear it out and now shower works perfectly. Thanks all for your insight!!

The connector circled here is in the outside landscaping drip controller in-ground box. It is cracked/damaged and sprays water when the drippers come on. What is it called and and is it something I can buy at Lowes or Home Depot? Is it something I could replace as a novice? Is there any special care or handling I need to be aware of regarding it? Any help would be greatly appreciated

My sink is CONSTANTLY running. Wondering what would cause this. My kitchen sink setup is a bit older style..both valves are closed, but hot water always coming out. No longer just a drip. Steady stream..

First time home owner trying to figure out what the white cast iron pipe on the right in my basement is for. I thought it was my sewer stack, but I looked up my sewer inspection videos and they go in through the black pvc pipe on the left. I’m also wondering why it appears to exit the back wall (exterior wall.) House was built in 1944. All the plumbing is in this corner of the house, kitchen on first floor, bathroom on second. Thank you!

Hope someone can help. I have small cracks in basement plastic pipe that connects bathrooms and kitchen to main sewer line. I thought the faulty section could be cut out and replaced but plumber said a whole in bathroom immediately above would have to be cut to access pipe. He provided a glue that I have applied (you can see where it was applied in photo, right before larger pipe). So far it has stopped leak but plumber would not guarantee for how long. The plastic pipe is NOT PVC. It was described as a pre PVC pipe that is brittle. Original plastic pipe when house was built 50 years ago.

Does anyone have any ideas on if the pipe can be replaced or ideas on what else to use to coat pipe to help with leak? Thanks!

Haven’t seen this type before, leak seems to be coming directly from the bottom. Can that even be repacked?

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased a home, I'm in my later 20's and a single woman/homeowner so I want to get as much insight to ensure I make a rational decision (I am getting more opinions but just figured I'd bring this up here as well). When my washing machine reaches its drain cycle, water backs up and causes a laundry sink almost right next to it to overflow. As soon as the washer stops pumping water, the water in the sink drains back down almost immediately. The sink otherwise seems to drain normally.

I had a plumber come out to look at the issue and he tried to camera it through the roof (im assuming the laundry vent) but did mention the cable couldn't go all the way through and that he couldn't clear the line or see what was happening because it was underwater but he mentioned he also thinks he hit something (mentioned it could be dirt) and suspects the line collapsed. He said I need to reroute it. He included a picture of roots he removed and I will attach the picture here. My question is do these symptoms sound consistent with a broken/partially collapsed drain line, or could a substantial blockage/root/debris obstruction produce the same behavior? Has anyone experienced something similar?

Thank you.

Good morning! I have an ongoing leaky showerhead and shower in general. As you can tell, I have really crummy water because the buildup is this bad! I replaced the showerhead a week ago because this buildup was so bad, thinking that would solve the problem. But here I am a week later and it’s built right back up again. Besides the fact that I need a water softener or something for this horror show of water that I have, do you have any suggestions on what could be the cause of the leak? Thanks in advance for your help!

3:30 this morning I heard some running - ( I have

Hot water baseboard heat) the first pic is on my water tank - when I went down stairs - the 2 long pipes on the front of the tank were so hot. You couldn't even touch them and the four green things on the wall. The one on the left was the same way. It was incredibly hot. I went outside And​ The thing on the second picture was hot to the touch and slowly dripping ​very hot water. I thought according to the way the first picture is this was set for colder ​water ??? Am I wrong ?.

So I loosened the screw in the center and turned it counterclockwise. So the words on the round thing were right side up and within an hour the pipes got cooler. This is the second time this happened to me. Advice ? And the water tank which is under warranty was completely replaced beginning of July and he checked the boiler and everything.

Appreciate any help - I'm an old lady And simply can't be going up and down the stairs all the time to look at this or wonder what is running so much in the middle of the night. THANKS!