Hi Team,

Whilst cleaning the shower drain as it was smelling of 'sewage-like' in the drain, I've noticed that this piece has broken off.

Unfortunately the shower is on the ground floor/on a concrete block so I'm unable to check if it's leaking from the drainage pipe

Will this need to be repaired? and is this something that can be DIY'd?

Thanks!

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I have a leak in my kitchen, and I think it’s coming from the pipes feeding the cold water supply for the faucet, which are located in a wall behind the sink cabinet. I hired a plumber to look at it, and he told me that he needs me to hire someone to remove the cabinet and the granite counters before he can cut into the wall to look at it. Is this typical? Can you not just cut through the back of the cabinet and into the wall?

Can anybody help me identify this connector and how to disconnect it? It looks like some sort of quick connect but I haven't found anything that looks exactly like it. Thanks

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Good morning all. I discovered a leak under my kitchen sink last night. I bought the house 2 years ago and no issues with this until now.

The red highlighted section appears to have dropped and no amount of tightening will now keep it sealed, so drainwater is flowing out of where the pipes join.

Is it a simple case of replacing the section or is this entire plumbing a bodge, and I should take advantage of this moment to get a plumber to redo all of if?

I think the washing machine drainage is the green. Im not sure what the yellow is but it heads towards the combi boiler.

Thanks for your assistance this morning.

Hi! I am looking for women plumbers for a research project! If you’re interested please drop a comment or DM me!

What is this tube (labeled red) under the bathroom sink? Behind the wall is the fridge in the kitchen. Is it the drain from the fridge. The fridge doesn’t have water fountain though.

Also, I used zip ties to hold the lower part of the drain tube because it doesn’t get tightened to the white part since they’re different sizes. Not sure why the previous owner used 2 different pipe sizes. The white tube coming from the sink is smaller in diameter than the lower grey one.

Do I need to replace all the pipes to make them same size? Is there an easy fix for this.

I noticed it when water leaked today.

I have the following situation:

1.5 years ago I finished building my house and from time to time in the bathroom I could sense some light sewage smells. Sometimes it's there, sometimes not. I managed to narrow down the source to the built-in toilet, inside the built-in part. I added a picture before the plasterboard and tiles were set and the current state.

My assumption is that maybe the builders when they installed the plasterboard, by mistake have put a hole in one of the pipes or something. This is at 1st floor, beneath it I have the technical room and I don't see any water leaking from upstairs to here.

The only solution I can think of at the moment is to remove the cabinets, toilet, break the tile, plasterboard and see what is happening there with a plumber, fix it and then put again new plasterboard, tiles, etc. It is a complicated procedure and I wanted to see if there are other solutions or way to identify the source of the problem with less work.

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ripped out everything down to the subfloor. don't want to disturb/trim anything based on the age of the plumbing down to the cast iron. no noticeable movement or play with 4" metal sleeve that runs down to cast iron and is around 1" from top of subfloor. been underneath to do inspection of any water damage and all minimal with no noticeable effect to subfloor or framing. will add another cross section brace under toilet area just for added effect and because its minimal effort to do so. will lay felt, 3/4 marine grade plywood and a glue-less (?) linoleum (haven't researched flooring yet but can't afford tile and heard you can lay some linoleum down without glue....not sure i this is correct so lemme know if u can).

So to my question, will the flange (linked below) work ok and will I need to do any inner/outer prep to the metal nipple extending down to the cast section considering its shape, warping? I even thought about maybe grinding off the hammered lip but I am seriously worried to vibrate/loosen anything below it and would rather look at other options to ensure a proper seal.

The flange I'm looking at: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Oatey-4-in-PVC-Open-Toilet-Flange-Replacement-43539/100139480

TIA!!

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Don't know if it matters but live in Canada.

Need shower head raised 8". Plumber stated if I have galvanized pipes that the job would cost more because he would need to go in the crawl space. It was hard to understand him. Is this true? Tough to find forums/videos on how to raise a shower head with soldering.

Hesitant to call him back. Looks like hes not licensed etc. but im curious why this is necessary.

The current drain pipe is too long and makes the vanity stick out over an inch from the wall. I need to cut it, but don’t know how to add the threaded piece back on appropriately. I suppose so could tape it back, but that doesn’t seem like a good idea. Flexible coupler with clamps could be another idea, but I would prefer to have it threaded. Is there another threaded piece I can attach securely? Other ideas / options are welcome. TYIA!

Would anyone in Arizona, preferably in the metro Phoenix area have the ability to teach me basic plumbing? I’m a roofer by trade, but I really want to learn more and pick up more plumbing skills. I know this is a big ask, but I really can’t afford to start over with school and step away from my journeyman roofing status, let alone to pay for a traditional training program. I will help you on the weekends and work for free! Thank you for your consideration.

Sink back flowed last night and woke up to this. I put maintenance request in this morning but they didn’t come today, is there anything I can do to get it to go down?

I've only recently found out you can replace the anode rods in a hot water tank, and I'm wondering if it's worth the trouble for a 12 year old unit - I was only expecting to get 10-15 years out of it anyways.

Doesn't sound too difficult to replace myself, but I've never flushed the tank either and I do have relatively hard tap water where I live, so I'm wondering if it's worth the trouble to do either or both.

We're planning to sell the house later this year as well but A) don't want a surprise bill right before selling, and B) don't want to leave a timebomb for the buyer, like the last seller did when I bought the place 12 years ago.

Natural gas tank if that makes any difference. Thanks!

Hello,

Does anyone know how much efficiency I lose by upping my Rinnai from 120 to 140? Or even 130? Just wondering how much more I'll be paying to turn it up. Thanks for the help.

Hi there,

I'm looking to replace the shower set in both my washrooms. The bath faucet and handle are still installed and they are a discontinued brand called valley. What brand do you suggest I replace these with? Nothing too expensive as I plan to do a full renovation of both washrooms in a couple years.

Hi all, so I’m getting my first annual maintenance on my hot water heater tomorrow. Hired a company to come out because I work two jobs, so I don’t have time to watch videos and try to figure out what to do on my own. So a couple of questions:

1. What is the proper etiquette when having a service guy come out? Should I leave them to it? Can I be in the room and ask questions so that I can learn?

2. My house is in really messy (not like biohazard dirty, but like things just all over the place). I recently moved in and just have not really had time to unpack most of my things, which is most of the mess. Will the maintenance guy care? Or are they usually desensitized to it? The area room with the hot water heater is completely cleared, so nothing should be blocking them from getting their work done, and they won’t see the mess unless they had to go and use the bathroom.

3. When doing hot water heater maintenance, is it normal to check the anode rod? I completely forgot to ask this company, and the companies I talked to before to get a quote said that the only thing they do is drain the tank. I did call the company that’s coming out and they said “the service tech will go over that with you”.

Thank you for your time. Super nervous about owning my first home, but trying to learn as I go.

I’m staying at an Airbnb in the mountains and there is a shower that is raised about a foot and the shower head is only 4’ high. I can’t figure out why they didn’t raise the shower head proportionally.

It’s driving me insane because after searching Google, I couldn’t find much information. Please help, I need more information.

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Just curious if you guys think what I did will clog, specifically the 3inch 90, just a shop bathroom.

Idk if that makes much sense but i believe it’s only when dishwasher or kitchen sink run.

A little background. Sink was clogged around November. I snaked it and cleared the clog. We started noticing a sewage smell every now and then. This weekend I was doing yard work and noticed the smell outside and followed it to the sump pump discharge. I found a pool of nasty water. We then pumped the nasty pool water out and all was well. Then tonight the smell came back. When I went out I found another pool in the same spot. Pumped out again, then when running my dishwasher after the basement sump pump turned on discharged more water. And now I am here.

Other than that all drains work fine and no flooding.

Thanks in advance!