Homeowner Forum / Plumbing / January 2004

Can anyone recommend a good book that describes IN DETAILS how to
build a new basement (full) bathroom?

I want to add a new gas appliance to my house.  I will need to have a
plumber ( I assume this is who would do this ) tap into the line for a new
connection.  My question is simple.  The area for the appliance is close to
where the line enters the house but the end of the line is on ...

Hi, I recently moved into a building in NYC that is 3 stories tall.
I'm on the 2nd floor.  Nearly every time I take a shower I am
alternately scalded and then frozen.  These are not slow temperature
changed but are rather sudden and pose a risk to me because I have to

I recently renovated my bathroom, the contractor rerouted some of my water
pipes, since then, turning on/off every faucets, flushing toilets, using the
washer, all these are causing the knocking sounds in the wall of the newly
renovated bathroom, I would hate to have to take the ...

I am constantly arguing with my coworkers about putting pipe dope on unions
and I was wondering what other plumbers are thinking or doing.  Please help
solve (or contribute) to this argument.
My View:

OK, please answer this quiz and help me out. I'm installing a new
Whirlpool Dishwasher.  It's leaking around the 90-degree brass
connector where the water line comes in.  I've tightened the brass
connectors as much as I can.  Leak is pretty slow (say a drip every

Good day,
looking for any input ...
I am remodeling  my 2nd story bathroom and intend on moving
a  washing machine upstairs  from 1st floor,

On good days (weekends mostly), pursuing a full-time career here in
the city and living well seems attractive. By the middle of the next
week, all I desire is a hut in the wilderness.
I need a job which provides for a middle-class lifestyle, that I

Are drip legs required for natural gas appliances in
California (Oakland) (PG&E territory)?

I have a gas boiler system. Recently, we were without heat for about a
week, while we were getting a new solenoid fitted to the filter on the
boiler. Since this was fixed however, when the heating is on, no heat
is getting to the downstairs radiators, while the upstairs radiators

I have a situation. The iron (1") water service from the street let go last
night just inside my house where it meets the meter. A neighbor/plumber
rigged up a temporary fix, a brass compression fitting, which holds up but
drips at a rate of about 2 drips per second, a rate ...

Dear Readers:
I have a vacation house out of state, and I forgot to bring home the owner's
manual for my Monitor GF-200 propane wall furnace.
Does anyone happen to know how high off the ground the air vent is for the

I have a problem that I think some of you guys could help me with.  I'm a
member of a cricket club and our oil fired boiler has died.  We are trying
to gauge what sized boiler we would need to replace it, our main requirement
is to be able to simultaneously supply 4 shower heads ...

I have a 2-1/2" PVC threaded male going into an in ground pool pump.  This
was leaking, so I pulled out the old piece, cleaned the threads, Teflon
taped up a new piece and threaded it in.  Damn if it doesn't still leak
(though, not as bad).  As a non-plumber I can sure appreciate ...

I replaced the kitchen faucet and used preassembled supply lines of metal
mesh over some sort of flexible tubing.  There is an objectionable taste
from these lines when the faucet is first turned on.  Most people don't
notice the taste, but some of us do.