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Plumbing: Washer and Dryer Installation
Our washer and Dryer is currently in our basement. We want to put it upstairs in a closet. The closet is right over where all of the hookups are currently. Is there a way to hook
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That is great. Thank you so much for all of your help!
Plumbing: toliet running
we have replaced the insides (ball and chain and seal) i twice now. toliet works fine for a few weeks then starts running again. is there a permanent fix for this. why would it keep happening?
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I have also swapped out just the "tank" part . I have seen tanks for about 40 bucks but the ...»
Plumbing: Has anyone have any experience on a Magnetic Field to prevent "scale build up in Water Pipes" ?
I get weekly updates of products from Smarthome and this was included this week.
http://www.smarthome.com/92093/Trillium-Worl... ...»
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Thanks guys.....I hate to say it, but this puts Smarthome in a new category, ...»
Where can I get a shower head pipe extender?
I bought a double shower head for my master bath. The pipe that extends from the wall is very high, and I have been unable to find an extender for it. Went to Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. and they don't even know what I am talking about.
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If all else fails, contact the manufacturer. Sometimes these folks can be most helpful.
Home Maintenance & Repairs: drip sound coming from pipes after flushing upstairs toilet
Each time the upstairs toilet is flushed, i hear a blip, blip. blip sound from pipes in the ceiling as I sit downstairs. it goes away after approx 1 minute. Is this a leak?? or is it just the sound of water moving thru my pipes?
Cleaning & Organization: Sewer smell in very cold weather
Does anyone know what would cause a sewer smell in my bathroom just during very cold weather (i.e. under 15 degrees F)? It also happens a little when it rains very hard. Any ideas?
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Thanks for the replies. I should have searched for the topic even before I posed the question ...»
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A client of ours has a case of water hammer at just one shower within their home. Plumber ...»
There's a really fould order coming from my shower drain - hardly noticeable when the shower is being used (wet), but
very bad when the shower hasn't been used in awhile. I noticed the odor several months after re-grouting the shower last summer. Doesn't seem to get worse - water doesn't drain slow at
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Hello my daughters shower has similar problem, after the bathroom was re-tiled and the toilet ...»
Home Maintenance & Repairs: For quite a while, my kitchen sink strainer hasn't done a good job. I've been in this house since 1981 and for years it
did just fine. Then, for some reason, it needed to be replaced, so I took the old one to the store and got a replacement. This was just the part that lifts out, NOT the entire part that fits into the sink hole. But it didn't work effectively. It would close up the hole too much when I wanted water to drain out. So over the years I've had to buy others, hoping they'd work better but none do. I have to cock it to one side a LOT to allow water to drain, but then if a dish or something
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Yep, looks like I'll have to buy the $20 part, and that's not a bad deal at all. I got out my ...»
Home Maintenance & Repairs: Any info on the pros and cons of a teak fold up/down shower seat?
I would to have tiled: my 34" X 60" (2 shower head) master bath shower (currently a fiberglass 2 seated insert) to include 2 fold down/up wall attached teak shower seat, as apposed to a
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I have a freestanding corner teak seat in my shower that was ordered from Improvements.com ...»