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I've seen ardex 8+9 on amazon. About 80 bucks shipped. I guess that is the way I'll go. Thanks for the hand mixer tip. I'll just have to do it when the wife is out of the house. She'd kick my ass if...

So kerdi col and ardex 8+9 are more or less the same thing? Is there a price difference? If not, I guess I will use the col as I can get it where I bought the kerdi membrane.

I now have most of the kerdi up. Kind of wish I had gone with the cement board as I don't trust my seaming abilities. I am going to go with ardex over them for a little insurance.

I kind of like that Ardex stuff. I was thinking putting it over the kerdi along seams and corners might be a worthwhile bit of insurance. Does it apply over Kerdi OK?

Wow, looks like my thread came back to life in a big way this past week. Here is where I stand.

My shower is drywalled, ready for the kerdi. Haven't hung a single piece yet. Have an expensive roll...

john, that was my thought as well, but the kerdi dealer says sheetrock is fine. i think it might have to do with the cement board sucking the moisture out of the thinset too quickly.

I am building a walk in shower. the Sheetrock is up, time to start putting up the Kerdi.

In demo video, they band all corners and lay sheets cut to each wall. Is there any reason I can't use...

yeah, i realized that after i cut it, but it shouldn't be too noticable. afterwards, i realized i could have ordered a pre-made one that would have been close to a perfect fit. i think it was 60x36....

I am building a walk in shower that measures 56x46 with a ft wide bench along the back wall. This gives me a floor that is 56x34. I bought a 48x48 shluter presloped floor and have cut enough away so...

Yes, it probably does make sense to install a good quality valve now. Any recommendations?

after thinking about it a bit, I tried backing down the hot limit adjust so that the pressure did not drop off when full on. I now have nice hot water, so I think I'm all set.

Jimbo, they are both open fully.

Looking at the inside of the cartridge, there is the chrome disc with the slots that let the water past. The disc looks good. The spring loaded rubber O-rings look...

A few years back, I roughed in the plumbing for a walk in shower. I am finally getting around to finishing this much overdue job.

I finished the last bit of plumbing from the valve up to the...

I'd probably take a crack at for 100 bucks, but, the guy wants 300. Probably pass just because I don't know enough about it myself.

So, is it just a matter of servicing? If so, how much would I expect to spend?

What are the odds that an 8 year old fleck is getting near the end of it's life? Will it nickle and dime me to death...

what do you folks think about this system for sale locally....

FLECK BY PENTAIR WATER SYSTEMS,NEUTRALIZER SIZE #1054,SOFTNER SIZE #948

150PSIG 120F 32F POLY GLASS VESSELS, WITH SALT TANK, TIMED...

100, no. 1000? yeah, maybe. I don't know much about H2O systems, but, I fix electromechanical stuff for a living and am comfortable working on plumbing and electromechanical gizmos.

From what I...

kind of what i thought. what do you think about buying older good quality stuff? there is a fleck system on CL that is about 8 years old. my guess is if I can get it cheap enough it might be worth...

Should I stick with companies that specialize in this sort of thing like fleck, aqua pure or kinetico? Are they superior to kenmore or GE or any of the other brands you can get at the big box stores?

Got back water test from CUNO. Here are the results.

pH - 6.26
TDS - 252 PPM
turbidity - .14 NTU
Hardness - 7.6 GPG
Iron - <.05 PPM
Manganese - <.05 PPM
Copper - .11 PPM
Sodium - 31.1 PPM

thanks.

any recommendations?

Well, way past time actually.
Over the last decade, I have repaired numerous pinholes in copper pipe, replaced a new bock indirect heater (coiled corroded causing potable water to pressurize the...

Well, the epoxied impeller is working like a charm. The pump is nice and quiet, all the hot water i can use. Is this likely to hold up indefinitely or at least until i get stupid and let the pump run...

I dug a little deeper into the pump and believe I have found the problem.

I removed the winding, then grabbed hold of the metal housing inside of it, expecting I could unscrew it.

It didn't...

I have a vaughn indirect water heater and an armstrong astro 50 circulator pump.

Last week I was in the basement diagnosing a bad air vent. Anyway, after reinstalling the vent and purging...