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I'm planning to install a recirculator pump in my domestic hot water system. I have an older Noritz tankless water heater which provides a power tap for the pump. The pump I'm looking at is stainless steel and I will need to install it in a copper supply line. The manufacturer (Aquamotion)...

I find myself living in a new home that has two problems with the domestic hot water system, and I’m hoping for either encouragement or else alternative suggestions on my ideas about solving these problems. We moved in less than a year ago, and what we’re not liking is that the on-demand hot...

I recently moved into a rental home where the main ventilation blower runs 24/7. I asked the landlord about this and he thought that this behavior was by design. It's not a design that I appreciate (when the furnace cuts out, the vents blow air that feels uncomfortably cool because the fan...

On the third try, I've finally received an undamaged Sterling Ensemble four piece tub-shower unit. Today I ripped out the old tub and tomorrow I hope to begin installation of the new one, but a couple of surprises have come up... The old tub was set in place on 1/2" plywood, and then the...

I'm replacing a fiberglass tub that has stress cracks in the floor which occasionally leak. I'm hoping to install a Sterling Ensemble (if I can get my hands on one - just returned two of them to HD in the last couple of weeks because of defects and shipping damages). The existing tub is...

I have a boiler with a tankless coil that uses 1/2" pipe. Currently, the cold water supply line is 3/4" until about 10 feet from the coil, where it drops to half inch. The hot water piping coming off the coil and feeding every hot water sink and shower in the house is 1/2". I'm wondering if I...

I have a recent model American Standard low flow toilet, installed on a very much out-of-level floor. The toilet works great, partly because it's got a much better design than the first generation of low flow flush toilets, and partly because I went to great lengths to ensure that I installed...

It it weren't for the hardness introduced by the calcite filter that brings up my pH, I probably wouldn't need a water softener for most of the year. But since I do have hardness induced by the calcite filter, apparently I do need a softener for most of the year, and there are a few months out...