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Total questions: 3099
Can you install a toilet on a four-inch cast in a basement floor?Popularity: 491
How can you increase water pressure?
Popularity: 459
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
Why would a toilet bowl suddenly go dry?
Popularity: 240
Should a toilet closet flange fit into or over the pvc drain pipe?
Popularity: 240
Do you need to replace the existing shower valve if you want to change the exterior fixtures?
Popularity: 235
How can you stop water leaking through the shower head even when both water valves are off?
Popularity: 235
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: 219
What can cause kitchen drain problems?
Popularity: 216
When roughing in a new toilet what is the correct distance from the center of the drain to the wall?
Popularity: 215
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
What would cause a sink drain to sound like it is constantly bubbling and gurgling?
Popularity: 208
Why does the toilet bowl not fill up after a flush and how do you fix it?
Popularity: 208
Why would a toilet gurgle and bubble when flushed?
Popularity: 207
How can you increase the water pressure of a faucet?
Popularity: 207
How do you get air out of your water lines?
Popularity: 198
What causes a ball-cock type toilet valve to release water in a short spurt sporadically?
Popularity: 193
What would cause air and sputtering in water lines?
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: 183
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
What does the 'FPT' in FPT end connector stand for?
Popularity: 176
Why would your kitchen drain gurgle loudly when your washer drains even though they are in different rooms?
Popularity: 176
Why would a basement toilet suddenly go totally dry and how is it fixed?
Popularity: 175
What causes white mineral deposits in sink strainer?
Popularity: 173
What company do you contact to remove asbestos?
Popularity: 172
What can and cannot be put in a garbage disposal?
Popularity: 171
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
Can you put eggs or eggshells in a garbage disposal?
Popularity: 165
Is there any benefit to replacing the half inch water supply on your boat with three-quarters inch?
Popularity: 165
Is there a way to get scratches out of the inside bowl of a toilet?
Popularity: 164
Why would the hot water have no pressure in the bath tub but be OK elsewhere?
Popularity: 163
How long does a roto-rooter job last?
Popularity: 163
Do some toilets require a manufacturer specific toilet seat to sit properly?
Popularity: 161
What would cause the inside wall in a tile shower to become wet if there is no plumbing in this wall?
Popularity: 159
Where can you find a listing of plumbing services for both residential and commercial customers?
Popularity: 159
Can you repair a lavatory with the vent or drain rusted out of the bottom?
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
What is wrong when pipes make sound as you turn on the water?
Popularity: 155
To turn outside hose on should you do anything else besides turning ball valve one-quarter turn?
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
How can you increase the water pressure on a boat?
Popularity: 151
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 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
Is a threaded gas fitting allowed to be inside a wall space in any circumstance?
Popularity: 146
Why would a toilet stop flushing properly with no final gurgle after using a VIM like sudsy cleaner?
Popularity: 146
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