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Have to replace at least one ABS toilet flange in concrete. I believe it is an inside 4" outside 3" that was used about 10 years ago to replace a 4" outside original from 1979. I have ordered Reed tools to remove the present flange. My plumber has been busy and evasive on how he wants to fix it...

I asked other questions on PRV's before but this is a new question directed at folks who install and who have them. The PRV in question is a Zurn / Wilkins model 70. The outside pressure is about 80 - 85 PSI. The PRV is now set to 70. When a large flow is initiated, like the washing machine, or...

I have two lever shut off valves as part of a manifold to the sprinkler system. One controls a 1" pvc line to the back of the house where there is a faucet and sprinkler valves. I have just installed a water hammer arrestor there. The other shut off feeds the front sprinkler valves which are...

Silly question but hours of research failed to answer it. The PRV that is installed is working fine and matches the pressure flow rate charts that Zurn-Wilkins has. Meaning that the fall in pressure between locked and open is within the charts they provide online. With no faucets on the...

I replaced 3 bibbs today that the washers were worn out. Neither HD nor Lowes had matches for the washers that I could determine. I've spent couple hours trying to figure the sizes so I can save the old hose bibbs, and reuse them next time because they are in fine shape otherwise. Seems a...

background - sprinkler system was put in about 1996. Water hammer started about 3 years ago. Sounds like a foghorn. Originally when it started it went off odd hours but only at night. You don't hear it in the house - only the back sprinkler valves. * Replaced toilet valves and flappers *...

One last question for a newbie. I have put this a separate thread in case anyone searches for the same issue. Our hot water is reasonable throughout the house except at the clothes washer which it is always much slower than the cold. I have replaced the washer valve and swapped hoses to see...

This one has been bugging me for awhile and any advice accepted. Years ago in San Diego I had a gate valve fail when the gate broke off the shaft internally due to electrolysis. I'd like to avoid the same scenario at my current home in NorCal. The main supply comes up out of the ground and is...

1st post here. Hi Y'all. Planning to install an expansion tank to cold water supply / hot water heater this weekend. At some future time the tank might need to be swapped out if it were to fail. I am not sure I can get enough torque on the tank to screw it in tightly or unscrew it by holding...