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Thanks, will try that and report back. I would imagine there's no crud in the cap after 1 month of use, but I will check.

We had the Corky 528MP for about a year without issues. After a year, it started making loud whining and grinding noises, which I assumed was from the gasket. Since it was under warranty, I contacted them and they sent a new one. About a month after installing the new one, it's making even...

Very sorry to hear this. This forum alone shows what a great person he was, and I hope you all are doing well.

thanks everyone! I didn't go missing... I tried the first suggestion of a 1.25" trap, but that didn't make any difference. my wife says she can smell it even when the water isn't running sometimes. @Reach4 it's not coming from the bowl since I smelled that by itself when the stopper was down and...

Hi John, yes, it's a 1.25" tail into a 1.5" trap into the 2" drain on the wall.

Hi, I redid the plumbing on my bathroom sink, and the new sink is about 4" higher than the old one. I installed a new ptrap as part of the remodel. my wife says she's smelling sewer gasses when she turns on the water. since it's new piping I didn't think it could be biofilm, and the ptrap should...

Thanks Jeff! I've been monitoring the PEX connection and the go/no-go looks good. There are no leaks that I can tell. If I could go back in time I would have used PEX the whole run and just swallowed the tool cost, but such is life. I still plan to keep the back of the shower open for a few...

I ended up doing a hybrid approach and just bought a pex crimping tool, then sweating the adapter into the valve and the shower head pipe. After doing this it seems the leaks are gone, but now my diverter valve doesn't work. I took the plastic parts out before sweating, so it shouldn't have...

So I fit the pipe into the valve and ran it up where the connection is. As you can see in the picture, it's not a straight line, which makes getting the coupler on way harder. I have the coupler on the top piece, and for the life of me I can't slide it down because it's not in a line. What's...

Well, I tried the shark-bite method as mentioned, but in doing so I moved the bottom copper a bit too much and the solder joint on the valve broke. My new plan is to do as you all suggested and unsolder the copper that's leaking from the valve, get a single big piece of copper and see if I can...

Thanks for all the tips. Much appreciated. I think I'll go the PEX route just due to the amount it wants to bend, and I like the suggestion some of you made to rid of the 90s entirely. I'll leave the wall open for a few months just to monitor leaks anyways.

Hi Wayne, The looks are slightly deceiving. There's a diverter valve at the very bottom of the picture, and about 30 in from there to the brass fitting at the top. I could probably have gotten away with just sending the copper straight up, but I remember it being slightly difficult due to that...

Thanks everyone! I'm comfortable soldering, but I'm not as comfortable trying to shimmy copper pipe in such a small space. As Reach pointed out, the top is fixed into a stud with screws for the outlet, so there's not much play in moving it towards the top. I'm not an expert solderer, and I did...

Hi, I have a spot behind the shower where there is a small leak in one of the copper joints where two 90s were used to move the copper about 2". The leak is in one of those 90s connecting to the longer piece going to the shower head. My question is I need to replace this to stop the leak, but it...

Hi, I think I got the second question completely resolved, but the first I have another question about. I just got the tub today, and the visible drain parts are all metal. This will connect to the ABS drain under the subfloor. What is the usual method for connecting this ABS to the metal? Just...

Thanks for responding James Henry. I attached two more pictures of the fittings with annotations. The one without writing is what the fitting looks like from the manufacturer. The other picture has red arrows showing what I think I need on all the fittings, but wasn't sure if there's a better...

Hi, I decided to make a new thread since these questions are unrelated to the tub drain slope. Question 1: I have a clawfoot tub with overflow drain that I'm installing where there used to be an alcove tub. A picture is attached of the current p-trap from the previous tub. The rough-in appears...

Thanks Terry and Jeff!

Hi Terry, it's an exterior wall right there. Attached is a slightly better picture. showing down below as well.

Hi Terry, thanks for responding. It does look like I might be able to lower it a little bit. Oddly enough, it looks like they notched into a floor joist all the way through with some kind of saw that made circular indentations. Picture is attached. I will have to look there's enough clearance...