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    Hello Plumbers ? About Ejector Pit Venting.

    Probably did 2-3000 ejector pits in my career and never once did one without a 2" vent out of the cover and tied into the main vent system............
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    Reuse Brass Valves or New Chrome Ones

    The old one is a Brasscraft CR19 still made today in brass or chrome.
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    Plumbing ideas

    An option for more height to play with. Instead of a combo below the urinal put a wye at the corner when it turns to the urinal and put the urinal tee on the 45 branch from the wye then turn the vent up with another 45. The same can be done at the lav if more height is needed. What type of spud...
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    Old fashioned

    Used one for 43 years as a Plumber for layout.
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    Repair hole in pvc pipe

    Cut a PVC repair coupling in 1/2 lengthwise, glue the **** out of it and slap the 2 halves around the section with the hole, couple of hose claps to hold it in place.
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    Plumbing ideas

    2"x2"x2" tee at the base of the urinal should be a wye-1/8 bend combo same for the 3"x3"x2" tee at the toilet. Vertical to horizontal and horizontal to horizontal changes in direction should be long sweep. Roll the 2" branch on the 3"x2" fitting at the toilet up on a 22 1/2 or 45 then run to the...
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    Confusing Copper pipe outside diameter

    Copper.org shows type M, L, K, med gas K, and L as all being .875 OD, so I'm of no help.
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    Can you guys help me with some plumbing advice. Long story

    Right tip and torch setup will do 6" copper with propane, you're not brazing it's soldering.
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    plumbing question from no plumber

    That old of a Moen lav faucet probably has a brass cartridge, metal handle is probably just corroded to it,. You sure it's only 20 years old, it looks like it's from Moen's old International collection ?
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    Moen bath faucets from the box stores...

    That's like saying a F-150 and a F-250 are the same, there's only 1 number that's different...............
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    Insurance companies mandating home upgrades

    Last year State Farm told me our home would no longer be able to be insured unless the foundation plantings and some ivy were removed, this is their employee who did the survey. We were with them for 43 years, no longer are we, every other major insurance co. that quoted us said they had never...
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    Small brown ants

    I tried everything mentioned and more on the little bastards a few years back, nothing worked. You couldn't walk anywhere without seeing their little trails. Finally hired a pro that sprays and baits for them 3 times a year and haven't seen one since.
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    Cheap source for corrugated panels

    There's metal panels on FB marketplace all the time, cheaper than a store if you don't need trim pieces.
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    Tool or technique for seating larger diameter PVC pipe and fittings

    It's PVC pipe, prime it, glue it, push it home, hold for a second, move on to the next joint.
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    Shower valve

    Buy a name brand shower valve of your choice, Might want to look at Moen and Delta cartridges again, not interchangeable, totally different body designs.
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    Shark bites ****!

    But everybody and their 6 brothers say it's the thing to use.
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    Sprinkler repair help?

    Plug the heads and fill it up with some pressure, wet spot should show up. Did they work at one time, there was enough pressure to operate them in the past ?
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    RV guys, Do you guys use silicone sealant on the black water to closet flange down pipe?

    Most of them are built from the bottom up, hang the **** on the frame, subfloor, finish floor, walls on top of the finished floor with whatever holes they hack for mechanicals.............
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    Shower valve issue/question

    Just about any manufactures valve can be set/modified to provide water over 120 deg. F easily if the water heater can supply water at that temp, Code only states that the water supplied from the valve can not exceed a certain temp, it doesn't mean the valve is not capable of doing it. I've...
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    Shower valve issue/question

    If you have to pull the handle out and then rotate it for temp control it's not a Moen Posi-temp, it could be a Moen Chateau. Moen Posi-temps you only rotate the handle and it starts at cold and moves to warm as it's rotated. Either one uses a metal stop tube with a square area at the top of the...
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