Hello! I have received a few quotes for this project and they are all so wildly different - not price necessarily but scope of work, just looking to see what others might do for this…on a budget 😬 (I realize it’s going to cost me some moolah but we are also in the process of an enormously expensive electrical and HVAC project we already can’t really afford and I just need a shitty tiny bathroom to get us by, our main bathroom is falling apart now and I’m desperate to get this one done, so when I say on a budget I mean like, yes replumbing my entire house - one quote - is probably a very prudent idea but also not realistic for me).

House was built 1879 and is all over the place. No idea how long ago this second bathroom was put in (photo from house listing at the end) but when we moved in, the valves to the tub were rusted shut. Tub and sink worked fine.

I want to get a shower roughed in to where the cast iron tub used to be, that’s all I want done. Of course nothing is that simple in my old house! The current lead drain from the former tub sort of snakes around everything else and even has a slight rise before turning into the stack. Definitely not a quarter inch slop per foot to the stack or whatever the code is now haha.

The area directly below this is a wall of useless cabinets so no issue needing to bust through the ceiling to fit appropriate plumbing.

Any advice or suggestions about how you’d approach would be helpful! Thank you wonderful folks & happy Thursday :)

Our water heater is 20+ years old and needs replacing. We were quoted $1925 by a recommended local plumber for a new 50 gallon AO Smith install, add thermal expansion tank, bring up to code, and hauling away of old water heater.

My 80+ year old engineer dad insists that I am being over charged. I live in Charlotte, NC. What do you guys think? Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!

Help with installing Leak Defense?

Hi, I'm looking at some homes next week that I know may have had Kitec pipes put in when they were built.

I'm hoping some seller's disclosures will help me determine if any still have Kitec but I was wondering if there is an easy way for me to tell if they still do or not? I will obviously get an inspection done but would rather save the money and not have to pay for that on every house I'm interested in if I can cross them off my list by just checking for myself.

Any additional information about Kitec pipes is welcome, I'd like to learn.

Very minimal plumbing knowledge here. When a low flow condition exists such as the fridge water pitcher filling or cracking a faucet partially open there’s a loud high pitch sound coming from our pipes.

It is a different sound than air trapped in lines. I have disconnected the fridge and flushed the lines so I know it is water solid and doesn’t have trapped air.

When I cycle my main house shut off the noise sometime stops. I don’t know if it’s some debris or something on the city side of my meter. I think it could be my dual check valve on my side of the meter but I’m not sure. It’s hard to tell where the vibration comes from. But overall my water pressure is not affected. It just sounds bad when any low flow conditions exist, but clears up as soon as a faucet is full open.

Not sure if anyone has had any experience with anything similar.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you

I made a post the other day about this plumbing but about something else but i got roasted for not having any venting.

So, i ended up redoing this plumbing and added a AAV vent and curious what others think. Not ideal but better than nothing. Its not practical to tie into the main stack vent here. This is under a kitchen sink and nothing is glued together yet. Just dry fitted for now.

Hi all, my hot water got scalding hot recently. I was thinking about replacing the thermostats. When searching online I am having a hard time finding the exact numbers that are inscribed. I suspect some of the numbers relate to the manufacturing date etc.

Can you all point me in the right direction to make sure I get the exact one? I see plenty that are 59T 4195. But haven't seen 59T 4190.

Thanks!

One side of this connection is leaking. What is the best way to repair this? Any guidance is appreciated.

So i'm trying to get this valve out to replace it with a double for a washing machine hookup but its not budging.. i tried heat (hairdryer) and penetrating oil. Any advice will be greatly appreciated as im on the verge of taking a blowtorch to it and melting it off! Thanks in advance

Had septic pumped two days ago. Today found dead earthworm on floor next to toilet. Can I caulk around toilet or do I need to lift up toilet and see what is going on?

Any ideas on where a puddle of fresh water under the sink is coming from?

I found water dripping out of the cabinet under the sink. Cleaned it all up and cannot find a dripping or wet pipe, valve or fitting on the pressure lines or the drain line. The set up is a typical 1/2" copper pipe with a sweat / thread connection to angle stops. Braided hoses connect the angle stops to the valves.

Any ideas? This is the second time in the past few days.

Any idea what these pipes are or why there’s water coming out of it. They are on my front porch near the hose spigot. I thought they were part of my non working sprinkler system. The gray one doesn’t turn. The red one keeps turning. The red one moves up and down. It’s possible that the red one has been leaking for up to 4 days, It’s been raining so it’s hard to tell.

Half of an old Kohler cartridge is cemented in after decades in place. How to get it out? Is PB Blaster a good idea? CLR? A drywall saw? Thanks

A local company installed a water softener in my house. Now I see a leak in this pipe( see video). Can you help me figure out how to fix it?

Another classic question lol. First time doing this myself, manage a paint store and some giblet head used an elbow instead of a ptrap for ease of install and then also never mounted the paint sink to anything. You can imagine it broke, granted it lasted a while lol. Does this ptrap look like it's installed right? I'm in Missouri btw. Didn't even have to glue anything. Gaskets in each joint. Sink is up against the wall now and screwed down to wall. Zero leaks.

This hose bib appears to be leaking from underneath the handle and I’d like to repair or replace it. Unfortunately it looks like whoever did the stucco work in the past also dropped stucco all over the top of the hose bib and the pipe threading coming out of the wall. I have no idea how old this fixture is so ideally I’d like to replace it, but I have no idea how to remove it in its current condition.

After a spoon found its way into my garbage disposal without me seeing it, I turned it on. I quickly turned it off and removed the spoon, but then whatever this thing is was stuck in the garbage disposal. I fished it out and have no idea what it is or what it goes to. Like the title says, what is it and how do I fix it?

I tore out the faux stone on either side of this fireplace in order to build some built-in bookshelves. I want to run a tube from behind the TV to the side of the fireplace to run HDMI cables though for gaming consoles. Is it possible that this natural gas fireplace would create enough heat inside of this area that it would warp grey PVC over time? Would metal be a safer option?

The first try the builder used flex accordion pipe.. I asked th to redo it and this is attempt #2 what’s your opinion?

Hello!

Long story short - this sink was not used for close to a year and is now overflowing some water and mostly soap bubbles when water is running. Should I plug the top ribbed pipe (circled with red) from which it is overflowing or will this cause other issues?

We pulled out the hot water heater to refinish the floors this week. Just tried putting it back in place, and after squeezing the cold line pack into place it began leaking from this joint above the shutoff. Is that something i can easily fix? Does it just need tightening or is it a soldered joint?

Just curious what would be the best way to change this one sink drain plumbing to 2. The upper drain is for a bathroom sink on the other side of the wall. Appreciate any insight.