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I haven't started this yet, but the reason I wanted to go Sharkbite over compression is due to lack of room. There doesn't appear to be enough space to manipulate two wrenches (wrench and...

I'm thinking of replacing my old soldered-on toilet shut-off with a Sharkbite - available at HD.

Once I've cut out the old valve with my tubing cutter:

How much of a stub-out is needed for...

I found that it wasn't easy to clip, even before it was installed. It took a bit of effort.
Once installed, though, I could not squeeze my hand between the fill valve and the inner wall of the tank...

I finally got around to installing this Korky fill-valve.

I was unable to install the locking clip without removing the whole fill valve and reinstalling it.
Is there any danger of the height...

Good information, but this particular slumlord wouldn't listen.
I think he enjoys going around to his various properties and turning down the boiler temp. I don't think this manager will last long...

The "building" is a row of ranch-style apartments, so it is not high at all. The end units tend to be very cold when the boiler is set to the "normal" temperature. On cold days, it is hard-pressed to...

The boiler for my apartment building is located in the laundry room, and occasionally a tenant will try to raise the high temperature limit. Normally the temp. fluctuates from between 140-160, but...

Thanks to you both.

RE: the Korky website, I looked at all their videos on troubleshooting and maintenance of the 528 Quiet Fill, and they don't mention this problem of "delayed fill".
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A family member has a Toto toilet. He says, when it is flushed, there is a delay of more than six seconds before it begins refilling the tank. After the long pause, it refills quickly. He said that...

I shut off all the breakers except for the bad circuit. Then I followed that cable in the attic with my non-contact volt tester, until it disappeared down a wall far away from where the power was...

Cacher, I have examined and tested every device and every visible connection behind a device on that circuit. Next step is the attic, where I will hopefully find a junction box with a failed...

Here is what I've learned so far:

The portable electric heater is fine. It's working perfectly on another circuit and has never overheated.

The breaker is also good. There is power coming out...

I ran my electric space heater this morning and the power went out on that circuit. I checked the breakers and none had tripped. I reset all the breakers, but still no power on that circuit. I have...

I'm guessing that this old style Watts 288A is over 40 years old, which is why they no longer support it. Perhaps that was the only back-flow preventer at that time?

In any case, the irrigation...

This is for an irrigation system, and it clearly says Watts 288A 54-49 SA 1001 on the cap. I just can't find any number stamp for the size: 1/2, 3/4, etc.

I just called Watts, and their tech...

My parents' Watts vacuum breaker was seeping, so I bought a repair kit, which contained an o-ring and a float. The galvanized pipe feeding it looked to be about 1" od and 3/4" id, and the repair kit...

Actually, my old HP is still humming along just fine.
I made a "recovery" DVD, when I first bought this and there is a separate hard drive with the same thing I think.

As for replacement parts,...

Thanks. That's a big help!

At the time (2005), it was one of the best available. I think I paid a grand for the tower alone at BB. [My mother just bought a new HP with 5x the memory and HD space for $400.] Aside from the...

HP Pavilion a824n
Windows XP SP3
530J Pentium 4 processor w/hyper-threading technology
3.0GHz Speed, 1MB L2 cache, 800 MHz front side bus
1 GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM Memory
200 GB 7200 RPM serial ATA...

I'm curious what happens when a CPU, motherboard, or hard drive goes bad. Do you get any warnings/messages on your monitor, or does the screen just go blank?

A used CPU that matches mine is about $10.00 online. I just thought if I could find a similarly cheap motherboard, I could keep both as spare parts. Being out of work, I could not afford to buy a new...

The tech-support manager at HG told me that it was impossible for their cartridge to cause the kind of cross-over situation I described. But before we hired a plumber, I decided to try to...

Thanks Jad and Ckl!!

So, I guess all the hot water that I'm not getting out of the shower is ending up in the cold water line.

I've actually tried to remove that cartridge, but it is very...

My HP desktop has many USB and fire wire ports, and I use all of them. It also has two disc drives, and I love windows XP. When my CPU cooler died a while back, someone loaned me a newer tower, and I...