Questions tagged [water]
For questions relating to the water system of a home or other building, including plumbing and fixtures, water heating, water filtering and treatment, and irrigation/sprinkler systems. Questions regarding swimming pools and spas should have the additional tags "pool" or "spa".
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Preventing water from forming droplets at the rear of wooden exterior stairs and rusting riser
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I have exterior stair that lead up to the second floor in a triplex that I purchased. The stairs are to be redone by sanding them and repainting them. The steps are wooden and the risers are ...
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Hague 3500 RO system lost pressure about 2 months after I changed the filters
I was having issues with my RO filter a couple of months ago, changed all the filters, and that seemed to fix it. But then a couple days ago, we seem to have lost pressure in the kitchen spigot from ...
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How to find source of running water outside property
There’s a constant running water sound near the drain pipes on the outside of my property. I have turned the water off inside but the water flow continues outside. Any ideas what the problem is? Do I ...
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Hot Water Heater Clogged?
I’ve been having a problem with my electric 40gal AO Smith hot water heater. The unit is four years old and was working fine up until a few days ago. This all started when I turned the main water ...
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How to remove grout seal around a shower panel + difficulty replacing entire panel with another?
I currently have a shower panel installed in my bathroom (this one) that needs to be replaced as it's broken. I bought an almost identical model (this one which has the same hookups/plumbing according ...
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How do you prevent 4x4 fence post from rotting on the bottom?
I have to replace 8-10 posts due to rot. Some of these are set in concrete, some are not.
I have read you should seal posts with tar or oil based sealant on the bottom before setting in concrete. I ...
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Is Pex an acceptable pipe material for extending copper lines? [duplicate]
We see that our plumber installed new plastic water lines to our existing copper water lines (please see picture; connection is near floor). 1. Is it ok to connect water lines that are of different ...
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How to fix steam-damage on cabinet
I set up a bottle sterilizer and tried to test it out, but it just exploded steam upwards. I quickly moved it out of the way but the damage was done. My cabinet now has two swollen/bubble spots. Not ...
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Water pump running for 30 minutes before stopping
Our water tank /well is losing water quite fast, much faster than usual. We switched off the water pump for 15 hrs to check if the tank was leaking but the level never moved. After turning the pump ...
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Outside Hose Pressure 3/4” to 1/2” Spigot
Will get far better water pressure if I install a 3/4” inch spigot on my 3/4” inch supply line that comes straight from the meter that is linked to my irrigation line.
It’s city water. The pressure is ...
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Water Shutoff during vacation
Water Shutoff
Please advise. I am going on a 2 week vacation and planning to turn off the water supply and gas water heater to pilot mode.
Could someone please tell me if I need to do anything other ...
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Replacing Main Water Shutoff Valve / Handle
Maybe uniquely, this is what my home's main water shutoff is like. It's the one with the red handle that is askew when completely open due to a pervious owner re-orienting the handle (yes, annoying). ...
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How do I fix my clogged sink with black flakes coming out?
My second floor sink in my bathroom is clogged and I have black flakes coming out every time I plunge it and the water doesn't go down. I don't know what to do to fix it. It's not happening anywhere ...
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Water Leak from Sink for 9 hours, anything further necessary? [duplicate]
After replacing a bathroom sink on 2nd floor around 8pm, we didn’t tighten one of the water lines all the way and didn’t realize it. Around 5AM the downstairs ceiling had a leak and the fire alarm ...
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Strange water leak on front porch – how to find the source?
A water leak has appeared on my front porch, right under the railing. See the pictures. As you can see in the pictures, only this one spot on the railing is dripping water—everything else in that area ...
