Homeowner Forum / Plumbing / March 2004

for cleaning the inside of my dishwasher. A hammer and chisel....
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How hot can a 9.5Kw instant water heater get and will it be hot enough for
general domestic use?
Thanks

Hello ...
I hope you don't mind a follow-up to my saga about the cracks in my
toilet. :-)
I have purchased a new Kohler toilet (Wellworth) and had it installed

Hello ...
I was wondering if someone might advise me.
There are hairline cracks in the pedestal part of my toilet -- the
part between the bowl and the piece that is screwed into the floor.

What is it with plumbing that all these people think they can do it pretty
well with a little information?  Do they post on a lawyers' newsgroup and
ask for free advice on how to represent themselves in court?   Do they post
on a doctors' newsgroup and ask how they can take out ...

I have a 75 gal 140Kbtu water heater serving a 12-flat. It seems to be
enough. When it comes time to replace it, would it be wise to use three
40 gal 34Kbtu units? They're a lot cheaper and they'll fit in the space.

Recently, the main water pipe to my house sprung a leak in my front yard.  The
pipe was PVC and buried about 3 feet deep--I live in Arizona, so freezing isn't
usually a problem.  I had the plumber replace the PVC with copper--my house has
copper pipes, but the main line from the ...

I have a 1 1/2 inch  galv. pipe that goes from my 1st floor thru the wall
then floor to an elbow aprox 2ft out of reach in the basement between the
floor joists (this 2 ft section is the problem) . This 2 ft horizontal
section was not pitched correctly and has rotten on the bottom. ...

I am updating my hot water / central heating from an old gravity fed system
to fully pumped. I will be installing the pump and 3 way valve in the loft
next to the H/W cylinder.I am running a 22mm from the valve down to the
central heating flow and installing a new boiler downstairs. ...

The pweor of the hmuan mnid
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch codnutced at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are tpyed, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit oedrer. The rset can be a

Hi all, I wonder if any of you have an answer to my problem ? Recently had a
new raven heat white star combi boiler fitted to my central heating
system.The problem i,m having is very cloudy water appearing from the hot
tap when partially open.A water conditioner is fitted before it ...

Hi;
I am living in a condo at downtown Toronto. Recently I purchased
Faucet Genie - hands free-automatic water faucet. I just wanted to
encourage my 3 year old daughter to wash her hands more often. As it

I have a Weil McLein 230 boiler.  It has one input for thermostat and one
output for circulator.
It's going into an existing structure with two zones, two pumps, two
thermostats.  No zone valves, pumps are on boiler input, so one running