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I would but there isn't just a line going to the water heater, There's a T, and on each side that the T goes to theres several more T's. Looks like it was plumbed by a monkey :headscrat I also think theres several sharp 90degs too The other thing is Its likely under the driveway and about...

I would but its 450ft long and theres multiple electric lines as well. Guess that also means I have to go buy a metal detector too. It appears that its also a 3/4" poly or pex line. Cant see it inside the house because the first floor is Cement Block wall and I believe they run it up through...

UPDATE: Still no luck (added pic) I guess I severely underestimated the distance, Im looking at more like 450ft. So more background: It was built in 1998, no records, I checked, no tracer wire, also checked, checked GIS, the old imagery doesn’t show any signs of lines. The houses on either...

I'm trying to find where it goes into the house (passes through the wall) so I can T- it off right before it (as well as add a shutoff valve since there isn't one in the house) so that I can run a water supply line to the garage I'm putting in. ...if the water supply line is under the driveway...

I would but the problem is theres a very wide driveway and huge parking pad that takes up about 40% of where the line could enter, Its also likely it could be actually under it the entire way. digging through a driveway isn't really an option unfortunately. Maybe ill try again with something...

The problem with that is that water cannot create electromagnetic forces, when moving it could potentially generate small static electric charges, however theyd be so minute theyd be undetectable, let alone enough to move wires several feet away (yet ive heard of people using willow branches...

Ok well I tried it and it didn't work. even in a spot I know had a large sewer line going through. maybe it just wont work for me. I think next Ill try using a vibrating sander and rest it against the water meter and see if I can locate it using a stethoscope

Does it actually work? As an engineer I struggle to grasp the physics behind what could possibly make that work...:dunno:

So I am trying to find where the water supply line for my house enters through the foundation. Its Polybutylene pipe (not metal) with no tracer line It's a good 450 feet to the water shutoff valve out by the street through some ground curvature and elevation change... so needless to say its...

Can you do that? wouldn't it mean the line would go right through the sillplate? I was thinking of doing it but wasn't sure if that was actually allowed.

Oops forgot to mention that I haven't poured the slab yet. Also, I live in NC near the coast but we do get freezes from time to time.

Hey all, Im in the process of setting up the rough-in electrical and plumbing lines for my lofted garage. Just finished the block wall, haven't started the slab yet. Trying to figure out the best way of doing this... Aside from the obvious drilling a hole through the block and putting a 1/2"...

Got 2 courses of block down. Definitey a back breaking job but gets easier as you get better at it. I found it was easiest to mix up a bag of mortar, put half of it in a 5 gallon bucket and half on the board, leveling each block as you go with a torpedo level, and using a mason string pulled...

well that would explain things I guess. It does have two paddles inside so it fluffs it up a bit but I have to start super wet first otherwise it just sticks and spins around. Yeah its premix mortar bags. hmm not a bad idea. The videos I saw had one guy who buttered both sides with a little...

Thanks for all the tips guys. Yeah I know, I WANT to hire a mason but theres a real shortage of ones around me and the only reputable guy I know cant do it for a while. So I officially got a start. I found I was using WAY too much mortar (better too much than not enough though) but started...

Thanks for the tips (especially Rayra!). Regarding hiring a mason, wish that was an option but its not, hence why I didn't ask if I should just hire a mason. Cement vs Concrete; yep my mistake.

Hey all, So Ill soon be laying my cement 8x8x16 block stem wall for my garage (about 400 blocks or so), and I was wondering if any of you masons had any tricks or tips for making things easier/better? Ive done some minor block work a while back but I figure with all the experts on here...

Yep! That's the plan. Right now my mortgage is about 1600 and Ill be able to rent it out for 800-1000 (since its waterfront, new, and will have 1 garage spot) which will cover a huge chunk and pay for itself while also getting me the garage spot for my boat that I needed it for. I'm still...

So I know obviously that nothing is ever free, but has anyone out there tried one of these "No Cost Solar" programs? Im curious if its a complete scam or if theres any kind of legitimacy to it. I hear somewhere that they were true but they only reduce your bill like 10% when you do the free...

Footer officially poured! 24"x12" 24'x24' footer plus a 12'x12' slab took 9 cubic yards of cement The truck could only reach from the front and left sides, so we had to push/pull the cement at the back. WOW was that hard work. Where it was able to reach it was fairly simple, one person...