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I've been getting black soot coming out in the bathtub when the hot water hasn't been used all night. It doesn't appear to be broken-up rubber. It is very fine, black, and the large pieces will...

The crazy thing is, when we started getting the explosions, we had the water tested by a local company. Result was 2 grains of hardness!!! The tester remarked this was very low amount of hardness. ...

Is it safe to drain my 40 gallon water heater, fill with a few gallons of white vinegar, and then let it sit overnight? It is 8 years old (2004 model), and every day I hear explosions in it (scale...

Hackney, youre a funny guy when you have no idea what i paid for the tub, no idea how it was installed or what the credentials of the installer were. Following your logic, merely adding water or...

What shampoo bottle? I have no idea how it cracked. The man looked at it and said it was a stress crack, and Kohler agreed to cover it based on his diagnosis. I am curious why you would respond...

Welp, Kohler/Sterling sent someone to come and repair it. He cleaned and sanded the area, then used 2-part epoxy, and then spray-painted the area white with an official Kohler paint. Well, actually...

My Vikrell tub that we started using last July cracked near the corner of the threshold area, close to where the door sits. Tub was set in piles of mortar and never made a peep while using it.
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Welp, just ordered the Wingtite. You should get a commission! Thanks for helping me not rip out my shower pan. I like that if it ever leaks in the future, it will come out and can be resealed. I...

Wow. Have you used either of those? Which one do you prefer? You just saved me a ton of work (although cutting out the old drain will still take a little time!).

I assumed that you were talking about the Davke 4000? The one that gets epoxied to the shower base? The one that shrinks your drain to a non-code-compliant 1.5 inches? Is that the drain you're...

I used the Oatey plastic drain, and yes, I did put lots of mortar underneath. The base is very solid. Looking at it more closely, I think the problem is that I was not able to tighten the large nut...

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I have an acrylic shower pan that I'm using with an Oatey "no caulk" shower drain. I installed it as advised by the instructions, but it's leaking between the top flange and the shower...

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Turns out both toilets are siphoning one another. Neither will siphon the other to where it breaks the trap seal, but to the extent where only the minimum amount of water necessary to...

I thought I would follow up here just in the nature of better understanding the layout of my initial post. I have since completed it, with both bathrooms tiled and toilets installed, so I can...

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One of the white porcelain undermount sinks that came with my granite countertops isn't quite flat enough around the drain flange area. Thus, even after I installed the drain flange with...

Sounds like I need to add a vent in there just above the combo-wye, then.

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If toilets don't need vents, then why does HJ infer that I need one here?

http://www.terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?43016-Two-toilets-on-4-quot-drain

Can I do this, and will it work properly? The (blue) drain is 4" pipe where it attaches to each closet flange and ties into the main stack which goes up through the roof. The black fitting is a...

Hey guys, I've got a great little plumbing shortcut you can use to add a vent to a toilet drain. I learned about it this afternoon when I removed my home's original toilet in bathroom #2. All you...

This was the pic when I cut out the old pipe. I would imagine the rest of the pipes in the house look similar. Pipe integrity seems OK. Does this look like rust build-up? The gunk has sort-of the...

A few months ago, I had cut out my bathtub trap and replaced it with a tubular plastic one. The old one was cast iron, and about 50% blocked with a rusty-buildup on the bottomside of the pipe. I...

OK fixed. Thanks for the help.13473

Turns out the bottom-most threaded portion of the galvanized tee is where it is leaking. How would you pros repair this? Cut off the galvanized pipe, couple to a mission coupling and then run PVC...

And we're back again with an update. Busted out a few bricks to see what the matter was, and found the cast iron drain hub pretty soaked. Not leaking at the joint as far as I can tell, but water...