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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Is it risky to have soak pit of septic tank near building
I have series of soak pits connected by pipe and this soak pit takes grey water from Kitchen and bathroom only.
I have to call septic tank lorry frequently to pump out the filled up septic tank. ...
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Pressure spikes causing water heater TPR valve to drip/open
System is a AO Smith power vented 50 gallon gas water heater about 8 years old. 2 gallon Amtrol ST-5 expansion tank (charged to 65 psi) on cold water supply side was installed in December 2022 to ...
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How to clean a toilet water flush "limitator" (bump?)?
Apologies for the non-technical expressions, I am not a native English speaker.
I have the following embedded water flush:
The problems with that water flush are the following:
it usually flushes ...
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How could I run a residential water line across a creek?
I'm looking at a new location for a house, and all utilities will need to cross a creek at some point - it's about 10 feet wide, 3 feet deep at the lowest spot. Due to the proximity of it to the road, ...
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Well line cover is leaking in heavy rain. What is the likely fix?
My well line comes in at this point below. The water line itself is just the Pex but it’s wrapped in a PVC-like cover. There is water coming in from the PVC cover in heavy rain.
It’s coming through ...
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Swimming pool as water barrel for irrigation
I have a 60 year old concrete swimming pool still in good condition but not used as a pool for 20 years. It is now a nature pool good for fireflies, bats, toads, ducks, etc. The original chain link ...
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Is there any easy and cost effective way to build inhouse water treatment facility
My apartment produces approx 1800 litre of grey water per day.
So I'm thinking may be I could build my own ( DIY ) water treatment facility which will remove the dirt and remove the smell so that I ...
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Mountain top drainage issue
We live atop a large hill and due to how the driveway is I constantly have water and mud on top of a small area of my driveway. This area is supposed to be a low area to care water down the driveway ...
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Both hot and cold tub knobs leaking behind the wall
Okay, so I may have solved this problem but I want to know if my solution even made sense. We recently bought a house and soon realized (due to the ceiling being soaked downstairs) that our upstairs ...
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No Water from Reverse Osmosis water system
I recently replaced my filters and membrane in my Reverse Osmosis water system and now there is no water coming out of the filtration system to the tank. The tank is at the correct pressure, and is ...
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Why is my slab still warm 24-hours after turning of in-floor heating?
Looks like we have a slab leak in our house. I noticed warm tiles around the laundry area where we have pinpointed the hottest point and the warmth seems to spread about 6 feet outwards.
The weird ...
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Turning the faucet just a little bit makes the water too cold?
When I'm showering the faucet is usually turned well towards the hot side. Everything is fine and dandy. But sometimes I realize that the water is too hot so I turn the faucet ever so slightly to the ...
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Possible cross over issue with water lines
About 2 weeks ago our hot water started getting less and less hot, now it is completely cold. If I turn the cold angle stop off at the sink, so only the hot water line can feed the faucet, and turn it ...
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Installing a sump pump to reduce relative air humidity
I have a damp basement. There are really no big water issues because the house sits on sloped terrain, it's just damp and musty. I've been running a de-humidifier, but that doesn't seem to be taking ...
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Why is there no water in the kitchen?
There is no water flow hot or cold in kitchen. It works everywhere else in the house. The temperature has been between 0-20 in Northern VA.
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