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Hey all, It's been 6 weeks since I flushed out my bathroom sink with baking soda and boiling water. That made everything shiny and the water flowed just fine. Now, it's got a bunch of black goo that looks a lot like grease on the drain and stopper. Any idea what causes this stuff and how I...

Hey all, My tankless water heater is in a crawl space that gets pretty cold during the winter (we're in San Francisco, so that means the 40s, but sometimes it can get into the 30s). Since they're pretty long, I thought it made sense to insulate them. I found what appear to be pretty good...

Hey all, For the past few weeks, my Kohler toilet fills every 25 minutes or so, and stays on for about 15 seconds. I did some online searches, and the consensus seems to be that the problem is the result of a bad flapper. I turned off the shuttoff valve, and inspected the flapper, and it...

I've got a Noritz N-069M for my two bathroom home. It mostly works, but there are a few problems. Specifically, it takes about 30 seconds for hot water to come out of the farthest fixture. And as far as I can tell, the dishwasher and clothes waster don't get much, if any, hot water unless I turn...

Hey Everybody, I just learned that the tankless water heater in my home wasn't installed with a properly fitted gas line. The line is one-inch and probably travels about 50-60 feet to the closest gas appliance. In addition to the Noritz N-069, other gas appliances are a 4-burner stove and...

I just moved into a house that has a Noritz tankless water heater (model: N-069M). It works fairly well for things like taking a shower, where there's a continuous need for hot water. But it's working less well for things like the dishwasher and washing machine, where the need is intermittent...