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Which is better? and is this proper? (note there are no other fixtures in the bathrooms)

Is there a code for a certian amount of flush valve toilets where you have to increase the size?

We live in a place where water is not an issue and we dont have water meters installed on are houses, the company i work for does not know anything about toilets, and they order mansfield toilets, I guess cause they are cheap, Im looking for a alternative to that which is a decent price to...

When a sink comes with the grey plastic basket strainers, do you guys use them? or use the stainless ones? and when a basket strainer comes with the rubber gasket, do you use that or putty or silicone? and when a kitchen sink comes with the peel foam strip around the sink do you use that or...

Help me with condensate line, I was told to just run it through the wall outside, but i hear storys of the line freezing and plugging up. and i heard the condensate eats away abs pipe. I put a neaturalizer filter inline, and a over flow if it plugs up, there is a floor drain close by to, if...

Whats the proper connection for this joint to joint, I find a mj clamp dont work so good cause of the diff in OD, Once you start getting in the 3 or 4 inch, the mj sucks!

Think this is ok? or is there a better way of doing it? i know that back to back kitchen and basin is sketchy, so i just stuck an auto vent there. I probly should of vented the inbetween the connections and looped it up to the 4". Quick sketches of how you would do this, oh and there is one...

Im changing a 13 year old heat exchanger in a furnance, and was wondering why it rusted and plugged up in the first place? Its the second heat exchanger with the smaller fins.... My only guess would be if the unit was slopped backwards and condenstate built up there

Have a carrier furnace, draft inducer comes on, glow stick lites up, burner comes on then blower then the flame rollout switch trips 2 mins later. I checked with the company and it is a L250, ordered and replaced it, same thing. Blower runs fine, its a 2 or 3 stage furnace. Theres 4 wires...

Is this ok for venting... bar sink and laundry tub are back to back

Please tell me i can do this

My boss asked me to do this in a small appartment building.... This just seems wrong. Am i safe with two 2" stack vents... 3 groups per vent

help can i do this

Im curious about this situation, please help. and explain why

I live alone and have a bath everyday, I have my tank set so I only need to turn the hot water one to fill the tub which uses 3/4s of the tanks water. Would it be cheaper to turn up the setting so i use 1/2 cold and 1/2 hot when filling the tub which im assuming would use 1/2 the tanks...

To get a good seal on the trap does anyone use teflon tape? I hate metal to metal connections on drains. Or is my boss just buying cheap ones? Are there ones with the beveled end coated in teflon? or a rubber gasket?

I'm wondering what people use when going from cast to ABS, or copper to ABS. I have my ticket, but in are town we are limited to what we can get locally. I find the clamps i have used even if specified CU x PL clamp, never go on straight. The OD of one pipe is always bigger I always find...

I had to pull a toilet and remove a full thing of garlic, by then I had snaked it a few times and crushed it a bit. Garlic and #$#) dont smell to good together. Could not eat garlic for months after

For the life of me I can not get any reliable info on sharkbites. I hate using them and only use them when I have no choice. I live in B.C. Canada Can someone answer these questions for me. Does code accept them? Behind walls? underground? Soft Copper? I told my boss I dont...

This has happened twice now. New hotwater tank installed, and get a callback saying water is white. Go there to find out that there are millions of micro bubbles in the hot water. Fill a glass and its milky white, let it sit for a minute and it clears up. Anyone else have this problem?