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My grandmother just had her water service upgraded as the old one was leaking. Now has a 1” supply. Since this, she has noticed that her electric hot water tank keeps spitting water from the relief valve. There is no expansion tank. From what I can tell (all visible pipe) there is no check...

Thanks Wayne. So I did read this portion, but what seems debatable to me is that this building is connecting to another building (the main house) not the city sewer. Its not even worth getting into it with the inspector and will just buy the 4" pipe.. I have 3" stubbed out of the foundation and...

I have two questions. 1. We are building a detached suite with full bath/kitchen etc. The main sewer is 3" ABS. this is plenty per code, however, the inspector has told me that it needs to change to 4" where it leaves the building. I'm just wondering if this is true where we are connecting the...

Thanks for the reply. Can you explain why it would be cheaper to go around? Would I have to upgrade the existing service if its a 4in pipe now? going around the house would be 150ft run and would require digging up the drive way. Connection to the house would be a straight run through nice...

Look to provide service to a new outbuilding on the back of my property. hoping to get some general guidance. The out building will have a full bath, washer, dishwasher, kitchen sink. It is 160 ft from the street connection. I would be looking to connect to the the house's sanitary line which...