Recent content by Joseph Skoler

Can someone please let me know which sidewall termination pieces I need for a Takagi TK-510U-I? The exterior wall that it mounted to (on the inside) is a wood frame (sheetrock inside, fiberglass insulation between studs, vinyl siding exterior) wall. This is a non-condensing unit, so my...

I don't know how long the insert on that fitting is. If it's not an extra long one, I'm concerned that putting another hose clamp on might result in it not being fully on the fitting's inserted section and maybe squeeze the pipe and thereby loosen the pipe on the fitting.

Just installed a CSV from @Valveman in a closet in a manufacturer home. The old pressure tank was underneath the house, in an unconditioned air space. This is a great solution.

With everyone's sage guidance and important inspiration, I present to you the main water feed, version 2.0:

I would guess there is not much weight on the pipe (force pulling it down). That is not the well pit -- it is a sleeve through the concrete for the well pipe to pass. The well is about 50' from the house. Does that change the recommendation?

Do you mean a riser clamp on the gray pvc fitting held into the poly pipe with the hose clamp (where the red line is)? I don’t think there is room for a clamp between the hose clamp and that insert fitting.

Would you experts try to put a new fitting in the poly? Unthread the existing poly fitting from the white PVC fitting just above it? Cut the sched 80 PVC where the yellow is? Something else? Thanks!

I have a sleeved poly well pipe coming up out of a slab under a manufactured home. The poly only comes up to the top of the sleeve, then hose clamped on is a PVC adapter to threaded, then another and another. I want to run 1" pex down from the house and connect to the poly, but I'm afraid that...

Got it. Thank you!

Thanks very much! Making sure I understand: The pex pipe should insulated airtight? I got the 1-1/8" diameter pipe insulation, slit lengthwise with a continuous strip of peel off backing tape. I believe it is r-3.1 or 3.3.

I have a mid-1990’s manufactured home in zone 4 that I’m renovating. It is built on a steel chassis/frame which sits on a concrete slab. The crawlspace under the house (between the floor of the house and the concrete slab, where the steel frame is visible) has skirting, and the previous owner...

Any downside to getting a stronger pump (3/4 or 1hp)? Or faster (20gpm)? I'm already using your CSV at this location.

Okay, I can pull the pump and replace it. I don't know anything about the pump (size/type) or the well (depth). It would be nice to have a new pump ready. Possible, or do I have no choice but to pull the pump first? Thank you.

Only when the pump is running. I haven’t put an ammeter on it but I have an electric usage monitor and I think it draws about 1000 watts when running (at 240v).

I am hoping someone is familiar with this sound and knows what is causing it? Thank you.