Homeowner Forum / Plumbing / July 2005

Hello. A new kitchen sink was just installed in an apartment that our family
owns. I installed drainage pipes to connect the drain on the new sink to the
existing drainage pipe that goes into the wall (then goes outside).
It's the first time I've ever done plumbing so it was a bit ...

Location: Miami, Florida
Property location: About two miles from Atlantic Ocean, soil is sandy.
Property is single story, on monolithic concrete slab 8" thick.  Via video
inspection determine line is broken about 5 feet inside from an exterior

  I just returned from Istanbul.  Did I miss anything??

Guys,
 I was working on a clogged bathtub.  First of all, some moron put in a
tubular chrome trap, and my cable broke through it.  I had to break into the
wall and fix it (it's a slab building).  The bathtub's drain ran more about

I would like to know what the typical cost would be for a plumber to replace
the plumbing behind my washing machine.  The work would involve cutting
about a 12"x12" hole into the wall for access to the copper pipes and
cutting into the copper pipes about 6" down and rebuild back up ...

Can someone clear this up!  Can I fit a non - condensing combi to my
property ( 35 years old )?
I ask this because of the new laws which came into effect in April 2005. And
the way I read it is that only condenser type boilers can be fitted to NEW

When I run the kitchen tap for a few minutes the downstairs toilet goes
"blup blup blup" with big air bubbles, also after a few flushes the water in
the bowl is higher than normal. When I check the water level a bit later on
it's lower than it normally should be. Last week there ...

I need help finding a name for and a source for flexible water supply line.
I have the following information:  It is:
Reportedly wholesaled out of Reno Nevada.
the cold lines are blue and the hot ones red

Hi we are looking to replace our hot water heater and were wondering what
kind we should get. It needs to be a 40 gallon short model (up to around
32"). I noticed that some specs say steel glass lined tank and some list no
information about the tank. Is there anything ...

My Ariston Combi boiler SX 20 ( 8 years ) as started to give me problems
with leaks and the flow valve so I've decided to have a new boiler fitted.
The local plumbing supply tells me all new boilers fitted from April 2005 in
the UK have to be of the "condenser type" and "Vokera" ...

My question is about maintaining the air bubble in my (old style) galvanized
well water storage tank.
There is a fitting about midway up the tank to allow me to pump air into the
tank. My background in hvac permits me to understand why the bubble is

We've just moved into our new home and the toilets are American Standards
with the "streamlined flush tower"
http://www.americanstandard-us.com/plandesign/performance/BestFlush/best_flush.asp
The date stamp on the tank is May, 2004, and the tower has already failed.

Has anybody had any experience with either of these software packages?
I'm looking at PricePoint right now, cuz it seems to have everything
Wintac does. Is there another similar software app that you prefer?
Thanks in advance!

Has anyone had the problem of connecting a modern 110 mm toilet pan outlet
to a clay (1960's) soil pipe which seems to be about 7 inches diameter?
Is there an adapter available ?(so far the plumbing factors I have been to
dont know!)

Have removed an old rad in one of my rooms, so now have two pipes side by
side coming out of the floor.  What do I need to close these off, as
although I don't need the heating - can't repressurise it anyway, I still
need the hot water from the combi boiler.  If I turn on a tap, ...