I’m going to dig out more, clean the pipe up, and mil tape all copper underground

you can smell the inside from the outside 🤮

Got the well fracked yesterday morning bc it was refilling slowly and we kept loosing pressure. Ran the hose a few times for about a half hour each throughout the day, let it sit over night and flushed it again via the hose outside for another 40 mins today. Shut it off when pressure started to weaken.

We wernt really left with any instructions on how long to do this for. Water is still coming out murky and iridescent.

It wasn’t shocked either.

Looking for some directions on how to proceed without damaging the pump.

7 people in the house and all the kids desperately need a shower lol wondering how long it’ll be before I can bathe the little minions too

Thank you!

I’m trying to sell my house in St. Louis and the occupancy inspection dinged the plumbing for my garbage disposal.

(P-TRAP SHOULD BE DIRECTLY UNDER DISPOSAL)

Question wouldn’t this be grandfathered?
He’s making me have a plumber pull a permit
Just to fix the issue. This seems a little overkill to me.

Looking for advice from Ontario plumbers!
I’m renovating my second-floor bathroom in Ontario, and installing an acrylic shower pan over a 2-inch ABS drain. My living room ceiling is directly underneath, so I won’t have access from below.

I purchased an Oatey ABS no-caulk compression drain, but I’ve been reading about people experiencing leaks with these drains. Some plumbers seem to strongly prefer solvent-weld drains for long-term reliability.

Would you personally use an Oatey no-caulk drain in this situation, or would you go with a solvent-weld drain?

If you recommend a solvent-weld drain, how would you actually install it from above when the P-trap is already beneath the subfloor and there’s no access from below?
I’d appreciate feedback from plumbers who have experience installing both types.

Thanks!

Im a first year apprentice and I have a few terrible coworkers. Show up late smell like weed get yelled at and treat everyone like crap. One is a 3rd year apprentice and tries ordering me around when every job he's on he f's something up. I just don't listen to him. Im told by my boss im the most reliable guy they have and I like management just hate the other coworkers. Is this shit pretty normal in this world? Forgot to mention they are felons

I'm having carpet replaced in finished basement room. Is this a floor drain? The old carpet was cut around it but in 30 years it's never been used. I can't get the lid to budge.. I'm the original owner of the house but honestly never known what this thing is for? It's on the opposite side of basement as the furnace, water heater and sump. I think that kitty litter stuck in the lid.. not dirt! Thanks!

Just opened this wall panel in preparation for a new washer/dryer delivery. Noticeable gaps with blue PVC cement around the fittings, and the AAV (Studor vent) is sitting on the vertical line right above the Ptrap.

I don't really know anything about plumbing or much home maintenance stuff. I took photos and this was an analysis given from them. I'm just checking with y'all to see if it's actually okay, or something I can fix on my own, or hire a plumber for.

Hope the photos helped. Even with the nut removed (it's just hang in on the u-shape) on image 1, it won't budge at all.

Although after unscrewing the white nut, the vertical piece can wiggle up and down.

This is a photo of the fresh water supply coming into the building. It appears to be copper. This is a house from 1927 but has had a number of upgrades over the years. All piping inside appears to be copper.

My partner is concerned that there's a lead pipe connecting us to the city water main (Toronto), but all I see is copper. We've tested the water twice through the city with no elevated lead levels.

Short of paying for a new connection to the water main, is there anything you'd suggest to allay my partner's concerns?

Would there be any case where this pipe is copper, but there's lead pipe between me and the city?

Hi all. I am in the market for a new 30*60 alcove tub. It will also be used as a shower. Open to any material. I’d like it to be durable, deep enough for an adult to bathe in, but accessible for a young child to bathe in. Please let me know if you have any suggestions and thank you in advance!

Hello all, I’m in dire need of help. My wife and I just moved into a house and have had a terrible sewage smell lately. I crawled under the porch (had to take my prosthetic leg off first lol) to investigate. At the end of the porch where it meets the house is a footing made of concrete blocks and about 6 feet beyond it is the picture I’m attaching. My question is: did this pvc pipe just rest in the ceramic pipe and come undone?
There isn’t enough room vertically to crawl under there and I was wondering if I could just grab the pvc with a pole and stick it back into the ceramic pipe.
I realize this isn’t the proper way to fix it but I can’t afford to pull up the floor right now.
Thanks

Hi all. I am in the market for a new 30*60 alcove tub. It will also be used as a shower. Open to any material. I’d like it to be durable, deep enough for an adult to bathe in, but accessible for a young child to bathe in. Please let me know if you have any suggestions and thank you in advance!

First problem was finding a rubber donut, found a fernco abs T joint gasket and silicone kwik sealed it in. Definetly a shitty job, applying for drain tech jobs where I can learn how to do shit the right way and up to code

Slight leak before shut off in picture. Soaks a towel put at the base after 6-8 hours. I was told there's nothing they could apply until the repair time. Would stopping the leak just cause more water to build up outside the foundation instead of coming through the wall

This morning I was half asleep hand washing some items and one of my liner socks slipped out while pouring out the water from the washbasin I was using. My slow ass reaction time led me to discover the sock was not in the sink (because of course my sink doesn't have a stopper- I'm renting and this is how it came and I haven't gotten a new one please don't judge 😭), and removing the tubing underneath I found it wasn't there either. So now it's somewhere in my pipes. A frantic Google search this morning told me to use a shop vac to vacuum it out, but I'd have to purchase one. I also only have one of those short plastic snakes and my husband isn't able to get it past the bend at the wall.

Tldr: a thin liner sock was flushed down my bathroom sink and past the p trap. I know this could cause a clog down the line, do I just ask my landlord to help or do you think I can snake it/shop vac it out myself 😭

I am in the steam room and I believe the gate valve is what’s making this noise. Any idea what this sound is and how to go about coordinating a fix?

Professionals cant identify the noise, so maybe Reddit can?

Installing a Sitka 60x32 alcove tub with a cable drain kit. The drain kit instructions seem to call for 100% silicone on both sides of the drain shoe rubber gasket as well as the overflow rubber gasket. It doesn't go into detail wether they are little dots to help hold in place or continuous beads. I thought this was frowned upon, but this is the second tub I've done recently that calls for silicone on one side or both sides of the gaskets.

The other was a Kohler.

I had a new tub with this drain put in several years ago. You push down on the top to plug it and then push again when you want to drain the water. The last few years I repeatedly have to take it apart to drain the tub. I clean it. It works for several weeks and then it gets stuck in plug mode and I have to take it apart. Does the rubber piece wear out? Should I replace it? If yes, where would I find it?

Plumber helped install a new bathroom vanity, drain, and faucet. He says the sink drain pipe doesn’t come out far enough and there isn’t much room due to the drawers so he installed this accordion corrugated pipe that I’m reading isn’t ideal for long term use.

Is there a fix without opening the wall?

I'm not a plumber, of course, but I have changed things like fill valves, flappers, and removed and set toilets while working on the floor. My girlfriend has city water (I have a well) and I have never see such harsh water. No stains like my water, but eats fill valves every few months, and seems to destroy flappers. Even the shutoff valves no longer work completely.

I have the slow leak presumably around the flapper. Changed flapper with a couple different, same results. This occurs every few months but this time I cannot get to stop. Tried the new putty/flapper ring which didn't help.

Bought a tank rebuild kit and looking for suggestions on what to look out for.

Thanks for looking.

I'm trying to turn off this radiator, but this one doesn't have the control valve with numbers on it like others do.

Is this something I can use to turn it off? I tried turning it and it's really hard, like completely stuck. Is it safe?

There are also 2 valves on the radiator, so I'm not completely sure which is the correct one.

Toilet was wobbly and I noticed that the the bolt on the left hand side was very loose and it came out with not much effort. Covered in gunk which I assume is wax. The bolt came off with the cap as well and whatever is tightened under the cap to the bolt. No water is leaking from underneath the toilet as far as I can tell. The other bolt on the right hand side is tight and seems to be fine.

Would I be able to fix this DIY with tools and kits brought from the local shop or will I need to actually call for a repair? If I can do it DIY, what would I need to get, and what would I need to do? Idk what the hell I'm doing so any help, resources, and guidance would be much appreciated.