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Plumbing Questions

Total questions: 3360

Can you install a toilet on a four-inch cast in a basement floor?
Popularity: 491

How can you increase water pressure?
Popularity: 460

What would cause low water pressure from a deep well tank?
Popularity: 380

What is the correct wax seal for a toilet flange that is flush with the floor?
Popularity: 305

When piping in a bathroom with sink drain toilet and shower where do you locate the vent?
Popularity: 271

What causes rattling pipes?
Popularity: 249

Should a toilet closet flange fit into or over the pvc drain pipe?
Popularity: 240

Why would a toilet bowl suddenly go dry?
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How can you stop water leaking through the shower head even when both water valves are off?
Popularity: 235

Do you need to replace the existing shower valve if you want to change the exterior fixtures?
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What is a vent for a toilet and where would it be located?
Popularity: 232

What would cause the hot water to be rusty and brown?
Popularity: 230

What is the best way to move the toilet flange a couple of feet and is there an adapter to go from cast iron to PVC?
Popularity: 229

Are Toto or American Standard toilets better?
Popularity: 225

How do you fix a second floor bathroom leak when water is dripping through the fan vent creating a wet spot on the ceiling and floor?
Popularity: 220

When roughing in a new toilet what is the correct distance from the center of the drain to the wall?
Popularity: 216

What can cause kitchen drain problems?
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What could cause air to get into your water lines in your well water system?
Popularity: 211

Why would there be a sewer gas smell in the basement landing whenever the downstairs toilet which backs up to landing the is flushed?
Popularity: 209

What causes household plumbing to 'groan' when the toilet is flushed?
Popularity: 209

Why does the toilet bowl not fill up after a flush and how do you fix it?
Popularity: 208

What would cause a sink drain to sound like it is constantly bubbling and gurgling?
Popularity: 208

How can you increase the water pressure of a faucet?
Popularity: 207

Why would a toilet gurgle and bubble when flushed?
Popularity: 207

How do you get air out of your water lines?
Popularity: 198

What would cause air and sputtering in water lines?
Popularity: 193

What causes a ball-cock type toilet valve to release water in a short spurt sporadically?
Popularity: 193

How do you remove an old ball check valve from a basement drain?
Popularity: 190

How could you suddenly lose all hot water pressure without losing any cold water pressure?
Popularity: 189

How do you keep roots out of the main sewer line?
Popularity: 189

Can a water pressure tank be repaired if the bladder no longer holds the air?
Popularity: 186

What are the small white particles in water?
Popularity: 186

How do you fix a leaky faucet?
Popularity: 184

Does a shower need a trap and how and where is the trap located?
Popularity: 182

What would cause a toilet's tank to leak a lot whenever flushed?
Popularity: 178

Why would your kitchen drain gurgle loudly when your washer drains even though they are in different rooms?
Popularity: 176

What does the 'FPT' in FPT end connector stand for?
Popularity: 176

Why would a basement toilet suddenly go totally dry and how is it fixed?
Popularity: 175

What can and cannot be put in a garbage disposal?
Popularity: 173

What causes white mineral deposits in sink strainer?
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What company do you contact to remove asbestos?
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How do you install pipes to a sink with a drawer at the bottom of the cabinet?
Popularity: 170

Can the 1st level plumbing stack in a 2 level house be moved by cutting out a section moving it 2 feet and then reconnecting with right angle joints?
Popularity: 169

How do you install a cast iron flange on a cast iron pipe?
Popularity: 169

Is there a knob somewhere that allows you to adjust the hot water pressure on your bathroom faucet?
Popularity: 169

If you just replaced your faucet using a flexible tube from the wall why would the hot water be a white creamy color?
Popularity: 168

Why would water leak from the vent system?
Popularity: 167

How long does a roto-rooter job last?
Popularity: 165

Is there a way to get scratches out of the inside bowl of a toilet?
Popularity: 165

Is there any benefit to replacing the half inch water supply on your boat with three-quarters inch?
Popularity: 165

Can you put eggs or eggshells in a garbage disposal?
Popularity: 165

Why would the hot water have no pressure in the bath tub but be OK elsewhere?
Popularity: 163

Do some toilets require a manufacturer specific toilet seat to sit properly?
Popularity: 161

Can you repair a lavatory with the vent or drain rusted out of the bottom?
Popularity: 159

Where can you find a listing of plumbing services for both residential and commercial customers?
Popularity: 159

What would cause the inside wall in a tile shower to become wet if there is no plumbing in this wall?
Popularity: 159

What would cause the sink to 'cough' when the washer is running?
Popularity: 159

What is the soap and water mixture ratio for checking leaks in new plumbing?
Popularity: 157

To turn outside hose on should you do anything else besides turning ball valve one-quarter turn?
Popularity: 155

What is wrong when pipes make sound as you turn on the water?
Popularity: 155

Why do you lose hot water in the shower when a tap is turned on elsewhere in the house?
Popularity: 155

What would cause a mildew stain in the ceiling of the downstairs bathroom?
Popularity: 154

What would cause a pungent odor and a waxy film on top of the water in the commode bowl?
Popularity: 153

Why would the kitchen sink only drain when the garbage disposal is running after trying to dispose of a bunch of grapes and eventually scooping out stems?
Popularity: 151

How can you increase the water pressure on a boat?
Popularity: 151

How do you get a frozen pipe loose and unscrewed?
Popularity: 150

Why would the new upstairs toilets in your house make a loud jack-hammer-like noise that seems to come from under the floor after you flush?
Popularity: 148

Why would the water and everything come out of the downstairs toilet when you flush the upstairs toilet?
Popularity: 147

Why would a toilet stop flushing properly with no final gurgle after using a VIM like sudsy cleaner?
Popularity: 146

Is a threaded gas fitting allowed to be inside a wall space in any circumstance?
Popularity: 146



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