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Hi all, Hoping for some advice that might save us some unnecessary repairs and money! We are new to septic as of 2 years ago. The system is roughly 10 years old. We noticed water coming out of one of the 4 leach lines about a month ago, so we had our 1000 gallon take pumped. shortly after...

Hi all, I installed a new vanity in the bathroom and am replacing the p trap to the new sink. I might be using the wrong terms so please bear with me. The current setup is a stub out made of metal. Attached to that is a black PVC trap arm. The part that angles down to the p trap is flared...

I've noticed a leak coming from a PVC pipe visible in my basement. Water seems to be coming down the outside of the pipe, but is difficult to see where exactly because the pipe disappears into the floor (basement ceiling). This will be a drip, maybe one drop per few seconds. I can run toilets...

My water heater is 10 years old. About 5 years ago, I went out of town and shut off the main water to the house. When I turned the water back on, my water heater had a small leak, maybe 10 drops a minute. After a few days, the leak stopped. Now, 5 years later, I went out of town and shut off...

I remove all moisture/water from this area and after few hours I checked again..I see very small amount of water/moisture there ...but when I checked at the water meter ...meter did not move at all ...it is digital meter and even the last digit of 7 digit numbers did not change. Can it still be...

I just did a descale on my Aquastar 125blp tankless water heater. After cleaning the inlet water filter, I reconnected the inlet line using the old gasket. It leaks a lot. Wondering if an old gasket could cause a major leak like that or if I torqued the connection too much and damaged the...

I just went down to my basement before bed and found that my "potable water expansion tank" is leaking. Pretty sure it's the tank itself leaking and not fittings; I can see a spray out of one side of the tank and there's an actual leak out of the bottom. I know nothing about plumbing. I am...

One of our toilets started leaking (I did the food coloring test and found it was leaking into the bowl). I replaced the flapper a couple of times but it's still leaking. Probably because the toilet is old and there is no flapper valve seat. You can see the inside of the tank here. The flapper...

I have a builder-grade framed shower enclosure that is leaking water near bottom drywall and baseboard. Shower is 14 years old. I recapped suspected area on and around shower door and frames with clear silicone and then after drying 3 days water tested area and it did not leak. I thought I I...

I just a got a washing machine. Of course I want to see it work in my unit and I keep coming across a problem. Water is leaking from the hose at the connecting part to valve only on the cold water side. On the hotside it works fine. I replaced that hose on the cold side with a SS braided hose...

Hello, I have a leak below the tee in my tub drain/overflow assembly. The tee floats freely on that narrower inner pipe, where the seal is completely lost. What's the best approach to replacing this drain setup (PVC?), and where do you suggest I begin/cut?

Hi All! We recently purchased our first home and are very new to all things home ownership but particularly irrigation systems. We have 2 water meter boxes coming in from the city - 1 for the sprinkler system, 1 for the house. The meter box for irrigation keeps flooding with water, overflowing...

I’m supposed to repair the leak on my neighbor’s toilet and the standard 2” tank to toilet seal is too BIG-there’s a gap around the plastic nut(?) that is screwed into the bottom of the tank. The old seal is a soft pink rubber type, not the black hard rubber like the new ones. I cant find a...

The WattsRegulator gate valve, on pipes leading to the water softener, is leaking at the joint (possibly called bonnet and packing). Most of the DIY repairs for this show leaks out of the stem. How would one fix/replace this part?

I discovered a small leak coming from between this connector on my tub drain (see arrows on photo). I haven't been able to determine if it's coming from both spots or just one. It only happens when a full tub is draining -- and it's not much water, maybe a tbsp every time the tub drains -- but I...

My partner hacked some good holes through some 1/2" poly tubing while trying get rid of some weed roots. Irrigation was installed by previous owners, and they left no map of course, so we didn't know it was there. The leak is indicated in the pictures. It's right after where the pvc coming from...

Hello. Looking for a little advice. Just replaced a leaking Sloan flushmate system. Water was leaking into tank from a hole in the old flushmate. Relatively easy install but now that the new one is in I am hearing a dripping sound in the cellar under the toilet. Sounds like it’s in the PVC...

Hi Everyone, I have been struggling to seal a second story tub drain after I noticed a leak in the ceiling drywall. The bottom of the fiber glass tub is rather uneven and one side of the outlet appears to be chipped away (see photo). I tried using silicone to attach the drain washer but this...

Hi there, I renovated my whole bathroom last year with the exception of the tub. My new tenant was cleaning the drain stopper and while doing that, he decided to try to tighten the drain basket/flange. Whatever he did with this tightening must have cracked or damaged something because my...

i just bought a new cartridge for my tub, delta 1300/1400 series. I took the old one out & replaced it with the new one only thing is when the new one is placed water doesn’t come out of it at all. I took it out put the old one back in just to be sure boing was wrong with my line & the old one...