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For the time it's gonna take, why not do the hose test, and if the water still disappears, then you know that suction isn't even a part of the problem.

If the water still disappears with the hose...

No, I understand that automotive antifreeze is gonna be different from antifreeze you use to winterize a cabin, and that's gonna be different than the antifreeze you might use in a heating system.
...

My jug of Prestone II says if your coolant is 50 percent antifreeze and 50 percent water, you're good to minus 34 degrees Farenheit.

At 70% antifreeze and 30% water, you're good to minus 84...

Do you know if this toilet was added after the house was built?

When was the last time you had the main drain line from your house cleared with a snake or jetter?

If the answers to those...

Nbulko: If you're adding antifreeze to protect your heating system in case your boiler ever breaks down in winter, the better option would be to drain your heating system and refill it after the...

The first place I'd try to get a replacement seat is Kissler.
1-800-KISSLER
http://www.kissler.com

Kissler has a $250 minimum order, but their accounting department can tell you who they...

How far out of square are they?

If you're planning to tile those walls, then the walls can be out by quite a bit because the thickness of the tile backer board, thin set and tile is gonna add up...

Piezomot:

You asked:

Welcome to Toiletology 101:

A toilet bowl works on exactly the same principle as a siphon hose. With a siphon hose, you suck on the end of the hose to fill it with...

Yeah, as soon as I hit the "submit reply" button on that last post, it occured to me: Why not just cement a new valve in. That way it doesn't matter if we can't find the original shut off.

I've...

OK, according to the long range weather forcast, it's not going to go below freezing at night for a week to 10 days yet, so we have some time.

The ceiling is finished in his basement, and I'm...

My nephew just puchased a house that's about 9 years old. He has a metal water hydrant on the back of his house, but the handle to turn it on is at an angle to the exterior wall of the house, and...

Shorecat:

I thought I could help you find an alternate knob for the existing spindles in your faucet because I remember this web page:

http://www.faucetpartsplus.com/

Basically all the two...

I just use 1 1/2 inch rubber plugs that I buy from my local wholesaler who orders them in bulk from Master Plumber.

They're simple, reliable and easy to repair be replacing them with a new one for...

I think Gary hit the nail on the head when he said "It would appear that someone... ...didn't do something they should have done,..."

The plumber would have shut off the gas to hook up the stove....

It might not be a bad PRV. It might be possessed.

Maybe see how much a plumber would charge to change it and compare that with what a priest would charge to do an exorcism.

I don't know about water based fluxes, but conventional soldering fluxes contain a chemical called "zinc chloride".

At soldering temperatures zinc chloride becomes acidic and it dissolves copper...

No, that's not how it works.
I don't know anything about the key system the OP asked about, but regular Weiser and Schlage deadbolts have 5 places on each key where the key can be cut to one of 8...

If it wuz me, I'd see if I could get an overhaul kit for that valve and just repair it. You'll get a new screen and you can keep your old screen as a spare.

If you want to start replacing the...

Kissler & Co. Ltd. is a plumbing parts supplier that specializes in parts for older faucets.

http://www.kissler.com

You can contact them by phone at 1-800-kissler.

Maybe download their...

Most likely the problem is a clogged filtration screen on the valve.

If your pressure reducing valve kinda looks like this:
...

This web site won't allow the character string e b a y.

If you want to see that picture, copy and paste that url into another browser window and replace **** with the 5th, 2nd, first and 25th...

No, I wouldn't cement the two halves together.

Please don't cut a big hole in your concrete basement floor.

For just the cost of making that hole, you could buy yourself a top quality pair of jogging or running shoes and run outdoors where you...

I expect I probably did tighten the middle one first, but I'll try again, this time being sure to tighten the middle one (that is the union) first.

If that doesn't work, then I'm going to silicone...

I removed an adjustable ABS P-trap under a bathroom sink to clean out the sink overflow with a plunger. I've got the P-trap back on now, but it's leaking at the union-type connection between the two...