Hello!

I have had several hot water lines leak the last year. I have PEX in my 2010 home.

Found out today my expansion take is full of water aka dead.

• hose bib PSI 60
• hot water heater drain 65 PSI
• hot water heater drain w/ faucet in 40 PSI.

Question: Can a failed expansion take cause issues with PEX downstream. ?

Note: I keep getting leaks in the hot water main within 10 feet of hot water heater ( inside stud, & elbow coupling)

I imagine it is for clean out, but what is that brown stuff? Do I need to seal this better?

I got a new sink but now the previous p-trap is not aligned to the kitchen sink hole. Any suggestions on how can I resolve this?

The main problem is the kitchen sink which is stopped. I tried taking off the trap/p tube and I do not think the problem is there. I was in the process of contacting a plumber, but then I noticed that the downstairs laundry sink has slightly backed up.

Could there be a single problem that is affecting both the kitchen and the laundry sink, but not the upstairs or downstairs bathrooms, or is it just coincidence?

Our bathtub/shower has a tendency to drain slowly occasionally. Now it’s consistently slow. We have tried drain-o and plunging it but nothing consistently solves the problem. Any suggestions?

Local plumber sent me a picture of his work. I plan to use him for some plumbing work.

Around our (old!) rusty circular garage floor drain is a little ring of water.

I flushed the toilet and it didn't get worse (as it did when there was a clog in the sewer line before).

Our entire sewer line has been replaced in the past two years (clean out to city line). Previously when we had sewer line issues, water would back up into the garage but I haven't seen it since then.

Is it possible that this drain is clogged and I need to have it snaked? Thoughts welcome!

Installed at my parents house for heated flooring. What do you guys think, am I nuts?

I'm trying to service my whirlpool water heater ( Whirlpool ES80H123-45D) and can't find anywhere to order parts online for this specific model.

The whirlpool website doesn't have a place to order parts as far as I can tell, just info on how to service a water heater in general.

In particular I need to order an anode rod.

Any help appreciated

As the title says, massive water bill. The bill says I used 138,000 gallons of water. I had a leak fixed on Thanksgiving, but I don't think it could have been that much water. We didn't even notice a pressure difference in the house. Any advice or thoughts? The bill is over $1,200.00 and I don't want to repeat this process. Thank you.

Does the drain pipe to this washing machine look correct?

Or does it need to be re-piped with a hanging drain pipe up top and a single p-trap down low?

Hi I've had some issues with my toilet. When I go to flush it the bowl fills up with water but doesn't flush. The water will then begin to drain out until almost empty over the course of about 20 mins - 1 hr. I've tried plunging it and using dish soap and warm water to no avail. I've added a picture of the tank. Any advice is welcome I've no working toilet and my apartment complex has not returned my calls. Thanks!

I recently hit a low income housing lottery so these are newly built units. I go in the bathroom to brush my teeth and the water coming out of the faucet smells like sewage. It’s also the shower too. I moved in last Wednesday. I’m not sure if it’s because of the new piping or what but this doesn’t seem normal. I’m going to ask tomorrow but wondering if I can get some answers on here. Thanks

just a question y’all, how bad is it for the vuse to drop into the toilet for plumbing reasons? like is it big enough to clog? 😭

Hi everyone,

We recently replaced our hot water heater ourselves about a month ago and everything has been working great. However, my husband noticed a build up of a white substance on the pipe that carries the water from the water heater back out to the house. Does anyone know what this could be?

Not sure what is happening but when I try to turn off the water, I can't get it fully closed. At a certain point, it over turns and opens the valve again. I took off the decorative handle incase that was slipping but the stem that goes into the wall is over turning. Does anyone know what's wrong with it? Is it a simple fix or do I need to replace the entire valve body?

Pics:

https://imgur.com/a/2TeqAmD

I installed a new humidifier last year and it ran fine without issues. This year when I turned it on I noticed the filter had a lot of white stuff (I assume calcium build up from the hot water tank) so I changed the evaporative filter. I also had it set to around 44% humidity. I noticed the next day the floor drain where I stuck the drain tube of the humidifier flooded. I read some advice online to use a wet vac and suck up all the water from the drain to get rid of the clog, so I did this a few times, flooding the pipe, wet vac, flooding the pipe, wet vac, until eventually the water came back pretty clear. Things were fine for a few days but eventually the pipe flooded again. I tried snaking it with a 25 ft long snake, but nothing came back and I had no real resistance going through. I've also adjusted valves #1 and #2 to limit the water flow now, and changed the humidity to 36% and that seems to fix things, but as the weather gets colder I think the humidifier might have to run longer and could possibly flood the drain pipe again. Is there anything else I can try to increase the flow of the drain? Switch drains?

We have lived in our home for 5 years. We recently had our main sewer line replaced and are now getting sewer smell in our 2nd story laundry room. The washing machine drains into the pipe on the right. I was thinking the smell is from lack of p trap, and perhaps we didn’t smell it before because the old main line had a belly that could have been preventing the smell from coming up? Any thoughts are appreciated.

Circulating Pump on Hybrid Water Heater

Hi - we are looking for a 65 or 80 gallon electric water heater, now the home right now has a 20 year old unit that is finished. We also added an extension to the home.

My choices I am contemplating are the following;

1. Buy AO Smith 80 Gallon LTE-80D and convert it to residential. The plumber said he can add a circulating pump that will help hot water get there faster to address my concerns about hot water getting to the home addition added.

2. Buy a Rheem 80 gallon hybrid but what I saw in some videos as someone was troubleshooting was that a pump of any kind is not allowed on these units.

Thoughts?

Thanks

I bought this 1500 SF 2-Bathroom house 6 years ago and had 2 new Water Saver 1.28 GPF toilets installed. The first 3.5 years were fine, then, 2.5 years ago (2022) there was a clog Between the House Waste Main and the City Sewer Main.

The city sewer is probably about 25 feet from the house. I had a service snake my waste main then and they cleared the clog. Just 2 responsible adults living in this house.

Now I have a clog again ( 2024) , probably same spot outside, .....I am starting to wonder if it's the Water Saver Toilets ( Kohler Elongated One piece Santa Rosa Model) and their low water volume.

The new toilets are 1.6 GPF and that doesn't seem like a lot more water. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Plumbers of Reddit, I recently installed a new shower neck and head. I noticed that even with a super snug fit, it leaks. It’s only a few drops per shower. Is it a good idea to use caulk to seal around where the shower neck screws in? (I did use the plumbers tape) thank you for any advice!