Category: Plumbing
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How To Buying Water Supply And Waste Line Insurance
It has been getting pretty common for water companies and other third parties to offer you insurance that covers your water and waste lines both in the ground and inside your home. The coverage should repair any damage you have but are the costs of the insurance worth having? Repairing the water and waste lines…
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How To Deal With Floor Joists That Need To Be Cut Or Moved For Plumbing
One of our friends asks about a bathroom remodel they are doing and while replacing their toilet the installation of the new waste line means they need to cut into a joist more than they should. When doing this you will be weakening the structure around an important area that needs to carry some weight.…
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How To Clean Out Your Main Plumbing Waste Line
For many people cleaning plumbing clogs is not something the want to get involved with but if you have worked with basic plumbing before this is a job that you can perform on your own and save yourself a large amount of money. Normally when pipes clog in your home it will happen in the…
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How To Water Company installed Larger Supply Line now my Water Heater Pressure Valve is Leaking
A friend of ours writes that the water company dug up their road and installed a new larger supply pipe in his street. They also installed a Check Valve to reduce Back Flow. Now his Water Heater Pressure Valve is leaking and he is wondering what he should do. The first thing to understand is…
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How To Fix A Small Chip or Hole Inside a Toilet
One of our friends asks how do they fix a chip in the bowl of their toilet that happened when they dropped something in it. Should they fix the hole or replace the whole toilet. This is a common problem in the bathroom. You wake up and by accident drop something heavy into the toilet…