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Thanks for your suggestion. A bit confused though, you said to reduce PH with vinegar but to not use vinegar with bleach?

Hi everyone, I live in a tiny house on wheels and I'm planning to sanitize my lines soon. The water is starting to smell when filling a cup of water up (but smells fine straight out of the external water filter system). I'm curious if flushing with bleach is actually safe to do or not? I'm...

I am just going to do it myself so I was going to use sharkbite push connect

Ok thank you! Sharkbite also makes Pex A https://www.lowes.com/pd/SharkBite-1-2-in-x-100-ft-Blue-PEX-A-Expansion-Pipe/5001460723 I don't have any of the pex tools so are there any other fittings I can use besides sharkbite push connect? I could dig a little lower but pipe will be insulated as...

Ok thanks! I will stick with 3/4". A few other questions I have for anyone willing to answer: 1) Would you reccomend Heatlink Pex A over brands like sharkbite or Apollo? The plumber I spoke to locally made it sound like it's far superior. 2) Besides running the line, adding shut off valve...

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Oh ok gotcha. Yea that regulates it betwwen 40-60 psi. What size line do you reccomend I run? 1/2 or 5/8 pex?

Hey, so what is the pressure switch? And what is the downside to running one? I planned to run a seperate line that will have 1_) Shut off valve 2) Sediment filter 3) check valve 4) Water filter

I have a tankless electric water heater so do not need an expansion tank

Ok thanks. Yea so the main house on the property is quite old and due to old pipes there is some heavy metal in the house water. But the water tested at the well is great. So I think I will just put something on like this to be safe...

Ok. So it's not possible for water to run back into well? Or water line from main house to mix with this new line?

Hello, I am going to be running a pex line underground (insulated) to a tiny house on wheels directly from the well (not external hose bib). Do I need a check valve or backflow valve? I want to make sure none of the water potentially mixes with the main house line. Here is a photo inside the...

Interesting Are you saying apotential sock around the sediment filter? Or somewhere in the pump? Not sure why a sock would be left around the sediment filter.

That's a very interesting theory. Are root spouts common in well water? Yes there was a bit of black staining, but it really felt like a fuzzy fabric, not roots. It basically felt like the black material on hepa carbon filters. Is there any chance this specific filter had some sort of carbon...

Basically I just want to find out what it is and that the water is safe. Besides a water quality test, what would you reccomend I do? Hopefully not asbestos since I have been showering and doing dishes in it for 6 months.

I can try to check. What would that tell you?

Yea which is why I am at a loss what this is? There is ALOT of black sediment running through water when i take the sediement filter off. What could cause shavings to come off like this?

Moved into a property that hasn't had well filter cleaned/replaced in ~5 years. Originally, I thought this was some sort of carbon filter material, but I do not see anything like it when googling (and rusco carries no filter with this black material, as far as I know). Cleaned it out by rubbing...

Hi guys, Had my plumber install my electric hot water heater. He installed it on the hot water line. From what I am reading online, most do it on the cold line but it doesn't really matter too much. Pros of the cold line are that it will have a longer lifespan. Is this correct? Any issues with...

@MASTERPLUMB777 Oh I would definitely see it if water was coming out. It's very visible and I would see it just as easy as if it came out through wall. Why would the floor rot if the pipe is ran through the floor and comes out past the bottom of the trailer? There would be just as good as...