Wondering if having the hot water doing all these corners will create an issue?

I trimmed my beard today and drained water with hair as it was hard to collect. I made a huge mistake. Is there a way to fix it or do I need to call a plumber to remove my clogged beard hair. Please help, I know I messed up. :(

I am going to replace this manifold. Its 26 years old, and obviously leaking and about to be a disaster. I am debating with wether to go back with copper, or plastic this time. I would prefer crimp vs expansion rings. Our water has high TDS, about 800, and it is softened.

Thoughts?

There was a vanity in place here, and I'm swapping it with a pedestal.

Don't want to have the bowl against the wall, so the pedestal needs to be 3 inches to the right of the original set up.

How would you address this without moving the drainage pipe in the wall?

Had my sewer line inspected and was told there’s an offset underneath the street. The plumber recommended pipe bursting and said a liner wouldn’t work.
Based on the photo, does the offset look too severe for CIPP lining? Are there other repair options?
The sewer is functioning fine, but the sewer district is requiring a repair. Just looking for second opinions before spending thousands. Thanks!

I have a video but it won’t let me add it.

how does one get a new construction plumbing job as someone with zero prior experience, I have some tools and im ready to work hard but I am not sure how to approach getting a construction plumbing job. any advice helps.

Lived here a decade, always wondered why the hot/cold was reversed on this shower. After constant mold on baseboard, finally cut out the drywall. Found this nightmare.

Not a plumber can't afford one right now and don't solder.

For now, considering to either cut and leave 1" copper stub (between mixer and elbow, removing the elbow) and...

A) Push on a 1/2" SharkBite to PEX on top and bottom

or

B) Compression fitting on bottom to a 3/4" hose fitting on bottom and get longer hose)

Want to make sure that holds pressure until I can get a pro out here likely in the winter.

Thoughts??

When I flush, I get a leak from the vacuum breaker tube at the end of the flush cycle. Ive tried changing the vacuum rubber material, the vacuum tube and I changed out the actual flush valve assembly and still get a constant leak.this line is only serving the single toilet and it has a hammer arrestor on it. Any ideas as to what could be causing this?

I need to access my homes main water shutoff which is before the streets curb. Was buried under dirt and the bolt is frozen. Tried using street curb octagon key but not enough leverage to turn - even after spraying wd40. Is there a 1/2 drive socket i can biy and use with my rachet or something even better? Should I expect the same struggle when I attempt to shutoff the main valve inside. I bought a 5 foot long valve key for this task.

Thanks

I live in a place where water comes with a lot of dust / mud and water intake for my washing machine went horribly low and it was taking hours to fill.

My grandpa tried to open the hose on both sides ( tap and washing machine ). Now I cant really figure out how to attach it to that tap.

Tap is not threaded. I have no idea how it was attached. That white nut type thing with M2-2 written on it is some how attached to the tap as per my grandpa.

Problem is tap outlet hose is not fitting into the white nut. I am still wondering how this was attached beforehand

Question for the professionals.
Every couple months I have to snake out the shower to get it to drain again.
After I snake it I have a long clump of hair on the end of the snake. What’s the professional secret to removing all the hair on the end of the snake?

I feel dumb.

I can't for the life of me get the cold handle off. No indices, no screws, and no straight pull off. Please help.

These lines run vertically down the wall to a sink rough in. At the top shown here, the will exit the wall to connect to a hot water tank on the other side of the wall. This wall is 2x4 studs. Is it ok to bend the pex to come out of this wall while fitting within the wall or is that too sharp of a bend? Should I use fittings in the wall instead?

I'm a renter and I pulled off this floor drain cap just out of curiosity, and I expected to see a downwards hole like other drains but there seems to be some kind of cap in the middle and it's covered in grime. I haven't tested if it works, in the picture may not be visible but it's not completely covered there seems to be space for water to drain down around that inner circle.

Does this kind of drain have a name? Also what's the best way to clean it? It's not really causing smells rn but if it remains dirty like this it surely will

Not sure what this is but it’s in our utility room downstairs right above our hot water heater. Is the blue residue an indicator of a problem?

This is in my recently purchased house, so a lot of unknowns. I was thinking about hanging a bathroom cabinet here, but I'm wondering what's in this wall so I don't damage anything. Doesn't look like pipes or any plumbing right? I mean it's above the bathtub faucet, nothing installed above it, and only attic above the bathroom. The other side of the wall is my bedroom wall, so again no reason for any plumbing.

We just had our upstairs bathtub and shower replaced including the plumbing, and now the downstairs toilet burps and bubbles when the upstairs toilet is flushed.

Did they mess something up? Or was this monstrosity of a drain and vent stack doomed from the beginning? The house is c.1960

Buddy of mine sent me his recent remodeled home, and this was the shower/tub spot (access panel). Now, I'm aware of how bad PB (polybutylene) piping is, and afaik it was discontinued or w/e, so...what is this grey pipe then? There are no numbers/markings (that we can get access to view)

So I'm finding it confusing that this would be PB considering a recent remodel then sold to my buddy. PB is listed as prohibited in my state. Unless this is cpvc but I'm unfamiliar with that. Another thing I'm confused with is, these look like plastic crimp rings, but I thought (and can really only find) metal crimp rings to be used with PB.

Is this rough in hole for my toilet too large for a flange? If, so what are my options to decrease the size? Also, this is a 4.5” cast iron drain. What sort of flange should I be using?

Hey all, was hoping someone could offer some advice on this leaky faucet. The handles don't appear to be removable from the top (no removable tops or spots for an Allen key). Do I need to be removing these plastic nuts from the bottom, and if so any advice on getting in there (they seem pretty stuck). Alternatively do those two screws in the middle have anything to do with it?

Any help is much appreciated!

Hi everyone! I’m coming here because I’m pretty exhausted of working on this. Last Sunday our kitchen faucet was leaking. Easy fix, it’s happened to my dad before and we needed to change the cartridge and tighten the handle. That was easy. While turning the hot water shutoff valve off under the sink it broke. Left it for the week off because it was a hectic week. Went to fix it today, it was a clamped part on the end we couldn’t cut off and had to cut the plastic pipe. Decided to get a shark push to connect belt based on advice. Put that on, needed an adaptor and added a new braided supply line. Turned it on and it works well, but it’s leaking very slowly. Wrapped a paper towel around it and put a bowl under it to check and around an hour later paper towel was damp but no water in bowl. What am I doing wrong? What can I fix? This took five hours today and 3 trips to home hardware. Do I need to push my valve further on because that’s where it’s leaking. I just want this to finally be fixed because my dishwashers been sitting with dirty dishes for a week😂

Photos I’ve taken are attached below. Please only helpful advice I’m losing my mind over this!!!!

Editing to add: I ran my washing machine and did dishes by hand with water at same time and no hissing or issue. Google is saying it’s 99% secure but may not be on right or pipe not sanded down enough?

Hello all,

I have a hot water heater that’s probably around 3-4 years old.

All of sudden, it stopped producing hot water. I initially check heating elements and the lower one was below 12 ohms. So I changed both heating elements.

Still wasn’t heating up so I replaced the thermostat on both upper and lower. Still not heating up.

I tested the two top screw of the upper thermostat and turns out there is 0 volts coming to the heater.

I test breaker and it is running normal (120V with one hot and ground). There is also an outlet that runs on the same line with a light plugged in and that works while the heater doesn’t.

So any ideas of what in the world is going on? I’ve contacted someone to come look at it Monday, but if I could figure it out before then I’d prefer that.

TIY!