Recent content by Doug Henningsen

Living in the bone-dry state of California we typically save "cleaner" kitchen water in a small container in the sink to water plants. I'm considering replumbing one of the double bowl kitchen sinks (w/o the disposal) to collect gray water. I would install a 3-way diverter valve after the P...

Good point on the siphoning the trap! Thanks

A decent thought but 1) temporary is probably a year+/- 2) I could seal up the bathroom walls and just leave part of the temp utility room wall open. Thanks for the input!!

I'm in the midst remodeling project including installing a new bathroom in the area once used for a washer and dryer. Until the new utility room is built, can I temporarily drain the washer into the bathtub DWV? The washer is temporally located on the other side of the bathtub so it is...

This is for a bath addition in an existing house using PEX pipe. Is there any reason I shouldn't drill joists larger for the hot water supply for pipe insulation vs run insulation only between joists? Naturally, this assumes space allows and the holes don't harm the structural integrity of a...

Not load-bearing so good idea ...and I like the stacked holes thought too. Wayne - huge thanks for your help.

Thanks Wayne (for the bad news...ok, better now than later!). Below is what I've got now (dry fitted). This is a wall-mounted unit so I have limited space behind the unit due to the tank, even framed with 2x6. However, I have two options I suppose. 1) use 45's as you mention - good idea...

Any problem using a medium sweep 2" elbow on a (verticle) toilet vent?

Huge thanks Wayne and Jim for your insight. Wayne, thanks for the references to the code.... I need to get friendly with Mr. Code, and that helps. Doug

Thanks Wayne. Regarding the joists (#2) - and I should have addressed that in my question. I lucked out...the joists run from front to back of the house, so I'll run the vent between the joists. And I think #2 is preferable - more distance between a vent and skylight is better. Under...

Yes, the skylight opens.

If I understand the code (UPC in CA), my choices are: Run vent line >3' above the height of the (opened?) skylight. If I do this, from what I've read, it's advisable to paint ABS pipe to protect it from UV rays - correct? A 3' pipe would seem to need a brace but properly secured below the...

So, if the floor IS level, you glue the legs to the existing floor? No mortar bed. Or, is it with a mortar bed in piles and no ledger board?

Outstanding article. Looks like we need to replace the aluminum anode rod. Thanks!!

My dad has a 2018+\- Lochinvar gas water heater on city water with a water softener. When we flush from the bottom we get rust-colored water with what appears like sand in a translucent jell or scum on the sand. We have flushed it a few days in a row and the color is much lighter but still...