connections

Hi- I recently bought a house that has a fleck metal bypass valve plumbed in for the water softener connection. I have a rheem rhs32 softener that came with a plastic bypass valve that exposes male threaded ends. What’s the best way to make the connection between the two? Can the fleck valve be...

Recently installed an inline water filter in crawl space. On a well. Mfg provides a black plastic/poly type coupler on each side of filter. 1 inch threads into filter, and 3/4 on other end for pipe connection. I connected a 3/4 pex brass female NPT to the poly coupler. Wrapped with about ten...

Hello everyone first time posting, Not sure what I got myself into, but it's too late to turn back. My laundry room originally was designed to stack the washer and dryer, we decided to take out the non bearing wall seperating the restroom and the laundry room to give us more space and have the...

Hi, I found dampness in my garage and investigated to find that there's a leak where a copper pipe connects to a pex tube. How should I replace that fitting? Looks like it goes from copper to pex to another pex. Was that done just to bridge the gap? Also this is the house hot water supply line...

Seeking second opinions on whether joints/connections look secure. Recently had a plumber do the following: (1) Remove corrugated copper pipes and solder on male adapters for stainless-steel connector. (2) Remove old cold-water supply shut off valve and solder on lead-free copper-alloy ball...

Today I finally caved and had a plumber replace my main 4” cast in the basement. On top of being very messy and not cleaning up, they left me with a leak. I assume they caulked this with lead and oakum. Is this the preferred method? Why not just cut it slightly before the wye and use a Fernco...

Need some advice. I'm a DIY handyman-type (taught myself drywall, tiling, etc.) but have never done any sort of plumbing install. I am updating my kitchen cabinets. I am replacing a 36" wide double sink with a 24" wide fireclay sink (wife's choice so changing that is not an option.) The issue...

I am planning to retrofit the ½” copper water lines in my house basement (typical mid 60s suburban home) from the entrance line after the water meter (in the basement) and all the various runs in my basement joists to the hot water tank, stationary tubs, to the vertical risers that supply...