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Thanks Jimbo & Hardt!

I will try re-caulking, but what I failed to mention in the original email was I stuck a scrap piece of Kerdi between the gutter and fascia to act as a shield - very much...

Greetings. I realize this is somewhat tangential to plumbing in its purest sense, but it pertains to water control & caulking - things we deal with often here...

I had rain gutters installed a...

We do have a call into the tile store. The first guy we spoke to said he "thinks the sealer will take care of it." I am fairly skeptical of how a chemical that is applied in a thin film at long...

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I hope I can get some advice rapidly. I have two major concerns:

1) We selected natural slate tiles (12x12) for our 25 sq ft. bathroom floor. The installer is coming next week. When I...

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I'm looking for suggestions on insulation for my hot water pipes. They reside in a crawl space of my Los Angeles area house. No need for freeze protection, I just want to keep the hot...

I have noticed during my extensive DIY adventures that unfortunate events which have zero probability of happening, happen with regularity. That being said, one could never count on getting that...

I just spoke the folks at Kohler (and called Grohe about a similar setup) and the first person at Kohler said it needs to be exact GASP. Gimme a break. Some academic had their way with +/-0 inch...

HJ, I'd like to know where those came from as well - maybe they did come from an engineering model of the taper on the thread and max. allowable distortion of the metal... or maybe they were...

Hmm, very cool. Where is this data from? That would suggest there is almost 1/4" in slop there. Some hope...

Oh joy. Thanks for the fun weather report :rolleyes:

I installed a couple of Hansgrohe thermobalance valves last year in my other bath and I thought those were a certified P.I.A. For all that $$...

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I'm going to be roughing in a Kohler handshower / slide bar (K-8520) in the next few days. The installation manual can be found at:
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Thanks for all the advice. The job went smoothly - actually better than I thought. I sealed the room off with plastic sheeting and that kept the entire house clean. :)

The I used...

Oh yeah, and there's some wire mesh to help dull the $30 diamond blade and add sparks for fun.

I would put the box fan in the window but I don't think my neighbor would enjoy the dust. I'll leave...

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I need to demo a tile bath tub surround this weekend. The tile is on a mortar bed about 1.5" thick. Behind the mortar bed is some tar paper then a 2x4 wall. Here's the tricky part...

My Rinnai 94LSe that I just installed is amazingly quiet. Its barely audible from 10 feet away and standing right next to it it is still very quiet. Its about 7 feet from a bedroom window and I...

I saw that clamp - it just seems to be a pretty light weight system for securing a 120V cable. My folks have a Rinnai and their installer routed flex conduit directly into the chassis, but this...

My Rinnai R94LSe has two electrical connectors on the bottom, one is a ~1" diameter white threaded plastic connector for the remote, the other is a ~1/2" black rubber grommet - I assume for the...

Does anyone have a thought on this? I'm surprised no one has offered an opinion!

I'm working on plans for switching to a tankless system and I'm pretty sure I will need an expansion tank due to the city water meter likely having a back flow preventer. (I couldn't get a straight...

A few years ago I hiked up 14,252 foot White Mountian in California. At the top there's a University of California research station with a bunch of weather equipment and... internet of all things. ...

My bathroom was remodeled about a year ago, with a new 20A line pulled from the panel. The lights and fan are on the line before the GFCI outlet. We leave a rechargable tooth brush plugged into the...

Here in Southern California, or anywhere for that matter, water waste is a shame.

Before me & the Mrs. hit the shower at the end of the line we put a clean 5 gallon bucket under the tub spout and...

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Thanks for the various feedback. My "alley" is a 5 foot wide path that runs between my house and my property line. No cars, just foot traffic - and its fenced off from the street.

I...

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I am planning on moving my gas water heater to the exterior of my house (in Los Angeles) in the near future and have begun researching tanks & sheds. I am leaning towards a Bradford model...

Why does the copper pipe only need to be wrapped as it exits the ground? I'll call my local inspector to check on L or K.