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Someone educate me on under cabinet lights,have cabinets in 3 separate locations with no easy way between them.Looking to install some type of LED's.What do I really need to rough in before the walls are closed up,i do have 110 VAC at each cabinet location now if I need power for a transformer.

If it were up to me I would replace the saddle valve,cut it out and replace it with a tee and a 1/2" x 1/4" compression stop.Those saddle valves are junk,have a habit of collecting deposits in them and failing at just the right time.

You guy's are putting way too much thought into simple solder,we solder pipe from 1/2" to 6" everyday using basic paste flux,lead free solder and a simple propane Turbo torch to heat it.We meet the specs on every job we do from a simple S/F home to the specs on a military base or public works...

Soil type and depth?

Double trapping a fixture is not good,especially a toilet.Vegatable oil in the trap will slow the evaporation.If you really want to do it the correct way,you would put a trap primer on the seldom used fixture trap.

I don't do concrete,I'm a plumber.In the work we do CA-6 (3/4 and fines) stone is required to be compacted in 6" lifts yet if I use CA-7 (3/4 no fines)stone no compaction is required and many of the GC's do have a man on site daily to test the compaction of all of our fill and he signs off on it...

The downfall of most pumps are the switch be it a float,mercury or diaphragm,the new one they are are pushing is a digital switch,can't say if if their good or bad yet.

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If you find yourself using type L after all this advise you should be able to find it for the exact same price be it soft or hard drawn tube.I've been buying it since 1973 in small and extremely large quantities and have never paid a different price for soft vs. hard.

Just remember that when you do thaw it your going to have to get that hose out of the main in a hurry when that water starts flowing.

Throw an old blanket or something in it and have at it with a 12lb. sledge,helps to keep some of the debris from flying around.

Might as well if it's all exposed and easy to get to.

Is it possible that the old french drain at the lower right is carrying water thru the garage?

If the piping for the sillcock is in an unheated crawlspace it doesn't matter what you have for a sillcock(frost proof or not),if the sillcock can freeze so can the pipe under the house supplying the sillcock with no heat in the space.If you have heat down there the added shut off valves are...

Some area's require a tempering valve on certain tub installs to supply tempered water to the fixture to eliminate the chance of scalding.If it is a tempering valve it will have hot and cold feeding it and a single tempered line going to the hot side of the fixture,as someone else said if you...

Is this installed on a soaking/whirlpool tub with a hand shower?

Buy a Ridgid and if you don't want to keep it,flip it on E-bay or Craigslist when your done,quality tools/dies/cutting oil will cut quality threads.

https://www.ridgid.com/us/en/manual-ratchet-threaders Here's a link to most of them,price may dictate your choice,do you really need one that ratchets or would the 3 way do it?

Sometimes just a little dab of pipe dope applied where the gasket meets the underside of the bowl works wonders,and don't over tighten them at the start.

I'm surprised they allow SCH 40 PVC for the service line,it's for DWV usage