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I checked the reviews at the Home Depot site and most people complained of leaking. So, it's a defective piece of crap...

I'm installing a new American Standard single lever, single hole, bathroom faucet. It's a cool thing with a cable actuated stopper. I put it all in and it seemed to be working until I saw drips...

Okay, the water heater answered my question. It toggled down to the bottom element. Seems that the bottom element makes noise and the top one does not. That doesn't mean anything right?

My main...

I installed a new GE 50 gallon electric water heater recently, replacing a very similar unit (not GE, and it lasted about 16 years). While it has been working, we've noticed we run out of hot water...

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Not sure what you mean. I just mean that it seems like every time I replace something, the fittings are in a new place. In this instance the inlets/outlets were closer, making it impossible to...

Thanks. I think my newer ones are Moen from Home Depot or Lowes, the rest are 70's vintage originals. I'll try shutting them off one at a time to see what I can find. Does it hurt anything?

I replaced my hot water heater this weekend, and all went well outside of the usual leaks and kinked hoses. One thing I noticed, however, is that water would flow out from the hot water pipes in the...

Definitely not in bypass. The programming could be wrong, but doesn't that just affect how often it regenerates?

I just installed a new softener with brand new resin out of the bag(s). It's in service and we're not really noticing any difference. I realize the hot water heater has a supply of hard water in it...

Well, I decided to try it. I dug a big hole and filled it with rocks. We'll see how it goes.

I'm installing a softener and the install point is outside far away from any convenient drain. The Kinetico guy was going to go up onto the roof and drain into a vent. We live in the desert here...

What else does an on-demand meter do? Do you just use it like a timer?

No, I didn't find the Mesa one.

This is a little off-topic, but wouldn't an on-demand system (Fleck 5600 SXT) with only one tank virtually guarantee that it would try to regenerate in the middle of a shower or load of laundry, thus...

City water. I got the impression that the guy did the measurements and asked questions, but in the end he had one unit to sell anyway. Maybe I misunderstood. If I could find a Kinetico for $1200...

Where do I go for a reconditioned unit? Dealer still? We had a Kinetico at our old house and we liked it, but I also like the idea of being able to do my own maintenance and repairs. The Kinetico...

You guys make it sound like it's not realistically possible to have an outdoor softener, even though people do it all the time around here. The plumbing is on the north side of the house, maybe...

Only the brine tank would get hot though, right? I guess there's some water in with the beads, but that can be flushed out relatively quickly I'd expect. In any case, it's just the way they do it...

Yes, I'm liking the idea of getting a low voltage unit with separate transformer. I can plug it in on the roof or inside the house and run it through an existing hole for cable TV.

Now, any...

Is low voltage the norm, or will I have to shop for that specifically? Running skinny low voltage wire from my roof would be pretty simple.

We have a brick house with a flat roof, so wiring involves either fishing wires through all the roof boards (and the brick side) or running something around the whole house on the outside. Or...

We're looking to install a softener and we are pre-plumbed in a "remote" location (outside the house on the side). Running electrical to this spot would be either extremely difficult or cosmetically...