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I came home today and my wife told me there was water under the sink and on the floor. I looked and found some water on the mounting bracket (the thing you turn to attach the garbage disposal to the mounting ring), so I figured the water was coming from above, rather than from the garbage...

I found a tube of this in a bin; supposedly the solder is mixed in with the flux and it is all you need. Sounds goofy; does it actually work?

Lowe's website says that houses built since 1985 have backflow preventer built into the water meters. Googling seems to say that only houses with sprinker systems have them. Which is true? Before I put an expansion tank on today my pressure would go from 50 (where the PRV was set) up to 90...

This faucet hasn't been used in at least 8 years. I tried to turn it and it doesn't want to go either way. So two questions.... 1) Which way to open it? I see it says "shut", but I don't see an arrow on either side. 2) If it is this hard to turn, if I can get it open can I keep it, or should...

I installed a PRV because my water pressure was 90 psi. It is now 55, but when the water heater comes on with no one using water, the pressure goes up to 80. I take that as a sign I need an expansion tank. I have a 3/4" cold water line going to a corner of the basement with a threaded faucet...

I am going to replace my PRV tomorrow. I bought the same model, so hopefully it is just a matter of slipping one out and the other in. But... 1)If my main shutoff isn't as good as I hope it is, can the valve before the meter be used? If so, how exactly. Don't want to puzzle over this with...

My house is 15 years old. I have lived here 8 years. 10 days ago there was a strange hum/moan noise that I traced to the kitchen faucet. Turning it on ended the noise. The noise came back when I turned it off. After about 5 minutes it ended. A couple days later the noise came back; my wife...