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What’s the best way to fix this drainage hole?
I have this water outlet from down spout that opens up in my backyard. Because the water collects here and during rains it comes with good speed and causing a sinkhole here. I have filled the hole ...
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Why is there a hole in my sink tailpipe and can I replace it?
I'm replacing my water filtration system. The old one used a dedicated drinking faucet. The new one connects directly to the main faucet.
In removing the old drinking faucet, I found 3 lines: input, ...
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Can I legally connect a water heater pan drain to a shower drain?
I'm remodeling a bathroom that has a walk-in shower. Adjacent to a shower wall is a closet containing the water heater. The water heater has a pan beneath it but it's not connected to a drain.
While I ...
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Drainback system for a cabin on piers
I have a cabin on stilts in Maine where the frost line is 4ft deep. I’m looking to make a system to supply water to the house that I could use in the winter. Seeing as the cabin will not stay above ...
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How do I get the water to completely drain from my tub with a drain in the end wall?
I have an old school bathtub where the drain is vertical at the end of the tub instead of flat and in the middle. So the all of the water doesn’t roll down all the way and some of it ends up sitting, ...
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What type of 1" electric valve can I use in a line with no pressure? [closed]
I am looking to attach two 1" valves to a drainage line I have coming from my gutter. I would like the option to select which channel the rainwater flows down, using valves. My hurdle right now ...
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How can I prevent my ice maker from allowing water draining to back up into my pipes and flooding my kitchen?
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Our ice maker occasionally floods the area between the LVP and slab as well as the top of the floor with water. This is because water comes up from the PVC and floods the area just outside of ...
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Why is water from my sink going back down the dishwasher drain tube?
After dishwasher drains and finishes its cycle (no problem draining), if we run water in sink, it trickles back into drain tube and builds up in DW, even with high loop. Strangely, if I disconnect the ...
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How can I drain water from a bucket into my kitchen sink without lifting it?
I have a portable washer from which I drain water (from its hose) into a bucket and then must lift the bucket (from off the floor) to pour the water into kitchen sink. This bucket-lifting is getting ...
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Is it safe to have a drain in the floor out to the septic tank with no trap?
I had a contractor add an additional bath. When we were planning out the project, he mentioned my lack of a water heater valve drain pan. Instead, he installed a drain directly into the septic line ...
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French Drain: Why do I need 3" of rock bedding beneath the pipe?
I'm having issues with a leaky basement in the Portland area. There's dirt, mud, and vegetation outside of my foundation wall, and it's absorbing lots of rainwater. 4 feet of it is inside my property ...
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Remodeling basement: water, heating and drain pipes running in parallel?
The piping in our basement is arranged in a way that it is incompatible with our remodeling plans - and the drain pipe also looks quite shoddy, so it needs to go anyway. Also, due to a furnace upgrade,...
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Water Heater cold water inlet pipes water directly into a drain?
I just moved into a home I recently purchased. One of the strange things is this with water heater
It makes a lot of noise
It drains water from the cold water inlet directly into a drain on the floor ...
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Gurgling and sudden water through pipes noise?
Just about 2-3 days ago I've noticed a couple of strange things:
When I flush my toilet our shower drain (I believe) which is right next to the toilet makes a weird gurgling noise after the toilet is ...
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Connect small diameter poly tubing to 4" PVC drain pipe
I have a wastewater output from an RO system that I need to drain. The RO system is located in the basement, so the only drain pipe available is the 4" main drain for the house which is PVC.
The ...
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