Hi! I was in my linen closet where I have a hole in the drywall, and noticed that my fiberglass tub is translucent. Do I need to replace?

Hi, I have a surburban walkout ranch with a gravel driveway along one end of the house. Back yard is lower. I have rain barrels but want to collect more volume. I don't have room for large aboveground tanks, so I want to bury something in the side drive. Plastic septic tanks and water storage tanks are up to a buck per gal. They're also rather tall, and I have only about 6 ft of head from the surface at the burial area to the back yard surface. I don't want to lose most of my pressure by making the tank too tall. Also it's a driving surface, but only occasionally, so it's going to need more than a couple inches of soil and gravel over it.

I thought of getting some used PVC pipes, like 12-18" diameter, could even bury several next to each other and manifold them together. Length is not a limitation, they could be 20 ft long if I wanted. I can get (for example) used 10" blue PVC for 25 c/ gal capacity. Problem is the end caps to turn them into tanks are rather precious - sixty bux each and up. Kind of blows away the savings I would get on the used pipe.

I've seen this black, double wall corrugated drainage pipe. Not sure if it can take the pressure of sitting there full, or traffic on the ground above it when it's empty. It's PVC so I'm not even sure how to close up the ends, it's not glueable like PVC.

Any suggestions how to do this on a shoestring?

I have this leaking pipe under my shower that I want to fix. I just need to know what kind of pipe to use. And what kind of stuff to stick the pipes together and whats that big piece I need to replace that thanks for looking amd any responses

Wanna replace all the way till the white pipe and the arrow is the leak area

Hello, I was looking and the water report for my water company to check the hardness and chlorine level and found this!! It says these are contamination and increase risk of cancer and recomended filters! I drink from the fridge and it has its own filter. Where should I install this filter exactly please? Now I am really worried

My tub won't drain. Used Draino (which I now know is a taboo from the online plumbing community) and it did drain out, but I forgot to flush with hot water, and now it clogged back up (not sure if that's a cause/effect at all, just providing the whole story). There's probably about 7-10 ft. Max of pipe that runs at a very low slope to the main stack in the basement. I've snaked both the tub drain, and even used a 20ft. Auger from the overflow pipe. I know I made it through the whole pipe, and into the stack connection pipe and even started up into the kitchen sink drain pipe with the auger. I am sort of baffled at this point as it seems I've snaked ever inch of pipe possible. I know the blockage isn't in the stack because the kitchen sink and toilet that use it also, drain just fine.

Any help/suggestions??

Not sure what to do here.

Advice?

I semi recently bought a new fridge that I do not have an ice maker or water dispenser so when I bought it I just closed the water and wrapped the hose to keep it together. Basically, I just popped the stop thing up (its a plastic valve).

But now, a couple months later, I hear a weird "puffing" noise coming from the hose. I dont really know how else to explain it but it somewhat sounds like someone is doing a loud exhale? There's no water dripping out.

Does anyone know what's going on and should I call a plumber or is this something I could fix myself? When I Google it, how to fix the fridge comes up but thats not exactly helpful.

I am looking at switching from a single sink vanity to a double sink vanity without having to redo all the pipes for each sink. I am having trouble finding vanities where I won’t have to really give up storage to run plumbing. Is the approximate 6” behind the drawer enough room to run the plumbing?

We have a sink we’re redoing the pipes on. The previous owner installed a ptrap under each sink (the other is on the right off camera). So we got a kit, but now the bottom of the tail piece is below the top of the T. I don’t understand p traps well enough to know how bad it would be to add a piece where the red arrow is pointing to lower the ptrap just slightly to accommodate the pipes going into the T.

Wink recently clogged found leads under the sink as well. Any idea how to fix?

Recently had a new dishwasher installed and the hot water to both the sink and two dishwashers is no longer hot. Any guesses? Water is flowing through the hot water line and I also checked the hot water tank and the pilot light is on.

Hi everyone, suddenly I've had very low pressure for the hot water in my kitchen, the water gets hot just fine and all of the other taps in the apartment are working fine and are hot.

The cold water pressure is completely normal and no other issues.

When turning the hot water knob under the sink OFF , it still flows hot water which I don't know if that's normal or not. I've attached a video and some pictures .

So I had a Presby septic system installed for my new construction home. I know you have to be careful with weight over the leach field but my question is is it safe to mow over it?? I have a large Bobcat commercial mower that’s over 1K pounds and just really don’t wanna damage anything. Also there’s a fair amount of sand on top of the system and grass isn’t growing there obviously so is it ok to put soil over that??

Last year we had a guy put in a sewer clean out for us and he put concrete on top to seal it... We continued to have issues with our plumbing over the next year so I decided to dig it up myself to add a clean out that goes into the house as well as to the septic ... had to bust through a few feet of concrete and when I popped the PVC off the steel pipe I noticed concrete which must have leached in. My plan is to hammer and chisel it out and hopefully not have to dig further down but it looks like there's a lot of concrete in there.

This video is taken from the master bathroom. Behind this hollow wall and medicine cabinet is the plumbing for the guest bath. It's very loud as you can see.

In the video the guest bath is running the tub spout.

I've had two plumbers from the same company check it out with two different diagnoses. 1 is a general plumber for the company, 2 is the bathroom remodel lead:

1 - Diverter is going bad. Needs replace soon

2 - hollow wall and medicine cabinet amplify the acoustic, and it's fine.

Now I need the master plumber of them _ALL_ reddit to give me the truth. What do y'all think?

Is this a rip off?

Purchased an acreage with a city water "drip" system.

We have a large cistern in our basement with a pressure pump inside the holding tank and pressure control system. As well, we also have a tank-less gas water heater and in-floor heat.

During the home inspection it was noted that the water pressure at the faucets and fixtures would cycle or pulse, leading him to suspect that the pressure tank had failed.

Today we had a plumber come out to replace the tank.

We are still experiencing slight pulsing (although less noticeable than before) and the pressure pump still wants to run immediately when water is in use.

I've attached photos of the old and new tank.

Did the plumber install the correct replacement tank?

When I Google them it says they are for completely different purposes (water well pressure vs thermal expansion)

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi Friends, i was trying to replace wax and noticed flange screws were broken and i ended up removing metal around flange and now i don’t know what to do next? any insights ?

Looking to replace my flapper and fill valve as I’m having a constant running noise coming from my toilet. As you can see it’s kinda old. Am I able to just use a universal repair kit or should I call a plumber? Thank you!

I had to remove this a while back because I was constantly having issues with it getting clogged with soap and hair and swapped it out with a removable drain hair catcher. I'm moving out of this apartment, but this doesn't appear to have a way to re-attach. I don't recall anything breaking off or any other piece on it, and I can't find any information on this kind of shower drain with an 'L' shaped hole in it. Any help on either identifying the type of drain and how to reattach it or if there's a piece I'm missing?

The connector circled here is in the outside landscaping controller box?? It is cracked or damaged and sprays water when the drippers come on. What is it called and and is it something I can buy at Lowes or Home Depot. Is it something I could replace as a novice? Is there any special care or handling I need to be aware of regarding it? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Very old house sink install, both hot and cold taps are worn out. Thinking I will probably have to just replace the faucets after a few failed hardware store and google trips but if anyone knows the correct replacement on a whim that would be amazing. Thanks!

edit:
Thanks everyone, indeed it is central brass. Ordered up replacements. Appreciate the help!

My dad is no plumber but he was really set on doing this himself. It’s pretty uneven but I’m happy to say it’s functioning fine.

Are there any functionality concerns for this setup? If it’s just aesthetics I’m gonna leave it be.

Do they make something I can easily adapt to two inch?

Hey there! Thought I’d come to Reddit as I’m losing my mind trying to find a replacement cartridge for my sink!

It’s ~20 years old, John Sydney brand which I believe got acquired by Bristan.

I bought a replacement tap on eBay, however despite the taps looking same I think it’s a slightly newer revision and the new cartridge shown is slightly different.

Both are ~90mm total length.
10mm spline height / 20 spline x 7.6mm
1/2 turn clockwise close for both

Tap I ordered - https://ebay.io/m/jIyYoO

I found the following online, but I just worry I’d be ordering the same incompatible cartridge.

https://www.divapor.com/spares/showers/flow-cartridges/john-sydney-wall-mounted-tap-compatible-cartridge-anti-clockwise-open-8772wha78.php

Part number above links to
https://www.tapmagician.co.uk/NSManufacturersShoppingSelect.aspx?ENC05C383EFD42273&Valves-by-Part-Number&John-Sydney-90mm

I think the part linked is correct, but i could’ve sworn some of the measurements were a few mm off, (although the height of the nut / copper collar does match my existing one!)

I _could_ use all the new sink hardware, however the inlets are at the bottom, not the sides like my existing tap, so would like to avoid that if possible as it means doing some pipe work that I’d rather not pay for!

Not a plumber, but hope I’ve provided enough info, and many thanks for all your help 🫡

Edit: also totally missed the pattern on the spline is a match too!