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This may not be the proper place for this post, but I'll try it anyway. I want to run 4" underground drains for all my downspouts and sump pump discharge. The drains will empty into drainage ditch...

I'm installing a bathroom with shower in my basement. With the faucet pulled tight against the wall of the fiberglass shower unit, the pipe going to the shower head is not plumb. Between the faucet...

I know a toilet should be roughed in 12" from the finished wall to center of the drain pipe. Unfortunately, whoever plumbed our new house cut that distance short with the basement rough-in, and only...

I plumbed a bathroom in my basement and did not put in hammer arrestors. I've heard so much about how site-built arrestors (consisting of a length of copper with a cap on it at each faucet) become...

I'm not sure how the process works, but the guy who owns the car wash I go to said it takes two gallons of water input for each gallon that's output to the spot-free rinse.

I hate to sidetrack this thread, but speaking of the shower pipe: I'm installing a bathroom with shower in my basement. With the faucet pulled tight against the wall of the fiberglass shower unit,...

I'm looking for a 20 gallon polyfoam laundry sink the can be mounted on the wall. I've found a few on the Internet, but was wondering if anyone has recommendations. It must be at least 20 gallon...

I've discovered the fitting I referred to was patented by Basement Systems in 1996, and apparently is part of their basement waterproofing "system". I'm awaiting a reply from them regarding my...

I'm not a plumber...just a homeowner hack, but I've always been leary of using a compression-type valve for 3/4" pipe and larger. After reading many posts on Terry's website where people use and...

When our house was built, the plumber installed 3/4" copper runs to the bathroom rough-in in the basement. At the end of each run, he put a shutoff valve with rubber seat washers; the valves also...

There is a special PVC fitting that connects to the 1-1/2" sump pump discharge pipe on the outside of the house. The fitting transitions from 1-1/2" to 4" PVC, but the unique thing about it is there...