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  1. Ryan Hampton

    Septic smell in new home

    I purchased a new 3bd 2bath Norris by Clayton manufactured double wide home in September 2024. Installed: 1,000 gallon plastic tank (3) 6ftx90ft perforated pipe and gravel leach beds **Not chambers Distribution box with levelers ****NO GRAY WATER BED it is plumbed into the septic tank as...
  2. D

    Valve on an opposite wall, help please

    I'm working on a project with a client and my go to guy is on vacation. I'm hoping to get some help here. My client is remodeling their bathroom, and they would like to put the controls on a wall outside of the shower, but they will need a diverter on the inside to operate the shower head and...
  3. P

    How to identify tub fixture brand

    Does anyone know what brand of fixture in this 1970’s condo in Florida?
  4. B

    Tankless water heater vent location

    I am installing a new tankless water heater which requires an inlet and outlet for air I'm unsure what the code is, as far as where I can place the vents in relation to my furnace vents. In the picture you can see my furnace vents. The location of my new water heater is right in the center...
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    The kitchen sink drains slowly or when the garbage disposal is on; the drain snake does not help

    I hope someone can help me figure out what's wrong... last night, after dinner, I found the sink only drained when the garbage disposal was on, and then the water would back up when it was off and then drained slowly (it does drain!). This is the first I had problems with it, and I just got this...
  6. O

    Bathtub P Trap Help

    I have a cast iron tub and trap got clogged so I cut galvanized drain line on one side. When I did the other side of trap near drain fell out. It looks like it was just shoved up in there because it had a washer that couldn’t connect because there was threads on both sides. I tried new pvc trap...
  7. K

    What might this be? Help.

    Hi everyone I'm new not to remodeling or handyman work but to the forum. I needed to reach out. I am working in Chicago now and have run into an odd predicament. The plumbing upstairs was so slow and pooling to 4" to 5" of water while taking a shorter shower. So the water was draining slowly...
  8. G

    Sick of mopping up the floor

    I have been having trouble with my washer machine drain overflowing after large loads . The grey washer machine hose drains into the 2” standpipe which sits about 1 1/2 ft higher than the washer. After a few overflows, I tried a new, taller standpipe and that did not help. Above the Sani-tee is...
  9. B

    Leaking septic

    Hi everyone, this is my first post here. I bought my first home last November and have had problems with my septic tank since. It's a closed tank (no weeping field) of 1500gal. The previous owners emptied the tank on Nov 15th and I took possession on the 28th. By the 23rd of December it was...
  10. M

    Help with General Auger

    I have a nasty clog in my toilet (i’m assuming someome used too much toilet paper) and I own and have tried using a general auger to no avail. It gets about halfway into the toilet hole/U-trap only to stop completely and no amount of turning will help. All I hear is the sound of metal scraping...
  11. B

    Please help

    Hey everyone. just bought a new house and it has a ventless fireplace. I would like to my tank this weekend and connect it. I have one problem though the flex pipe is coming out of the house does not have a gas fitting on it. I am not sure what to use to get a proper seal. Can someone help me...
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