Recent content by Drivesme

Thanks for the suggestions but I think I have found what I need. A 1/2 female to 3/8 male reducer in chrome from Ace for $15. hj your insults and belittling aside you clearly have no clue. But just for fun why don't you find me a "nice" (your word) shower head made of metal not plastic that...

I thank you for almost understanding what I have and almost helping me.

I don't have 3/8 in the wall, I have as I stated 1/2 in the wall. Yes I know that whats there, I installed it. What I do have is an old shower head with a 3/8 female connection that I would like to use again because the $40 plus (despite what smart ass hj says) shower heads are junk and I don't...

Thanks for that 'valuable' input and complete misunderstanding of the situation. I have a 1/2 riser behind tile, I need either a 3/8 arm with a bushing or a 1/2 to 3/8 reducer in chrome. Pretty simple and straight foreword. Clearly you haven't bought a shower head in many, many years. I suggest...

Thats what I am finding, lots and lots of '3/8 inch' thingamajigs but no shower arms!

Yes brass would be OK, but I would prefer a single piece solution. I have a nice shower head, thats why I'm here. I don't want to spend another 100 bucks or more for something I already have. Is there a chrome, I want to call it a bell reducer but I'm not sure if that's the right name for it...

Thanks, but I already considered that option, it's just a Shower I know but I would still like it to at least look like it's not a drunken plumbers left over pipe grab bag. Chrome would be nice.

Does anyone still make one? I picked up an new shower head about 3 months ago after the other 6 month old fell apart in my hand, today the new one came off while I was showering and busted in the tub. I've had it with buying $40 dollar plastic junk shower heads every 6 months! I have an old...

Nothing on top other than the inlet and outlet connections. Is BW a good brand? I know I paid a pretty good price for it, even though they claimed it was 'deal' when buying it and the new furnace at the same time. It was a new gas hook up so I had to switch to at least 3 gas appliances to keep...

I have a Bradford White and it looks like the dip tube acts as the anode, is that correct? If so how do I know when to replace it and what do I replace it with?

Excellent! Thank you for information!

So water heater 'maintenance' is not needed?

I have a couple of related questions, Do gas heaters have anode rods? And if so how often do you replace them? Flushing or draining the heater to remove the 'crud', is this done with the water supply shut off or left on? How often should this be done with 'normal' water conditions? Stupid...

Thanks all for the answers! You do a great service here! My next question is because a friend is really pushing me to use Pex, which I'm not too impressed with but, price wise it would make things much easier. Would the pipe size remain the same? Which brand is best? I know pex A is best...

Am I counting back from the shut off? Because it's in the center, the kitchen is on one side of the house and the bath on the other, with the main entering right in between. Looks like you are saying I need to bring 3/4 in then run it to the WH and kitchen and to the bath, reducing to 1/2 as I...