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There are companies that specialize in relining pipes and presumably one of those can tell you specifically how they handle branches in the drain line. Personally I have only seen references to it, like here: https://pipeliningsupply.com/branch-line-tie-ins/ We might have to deal with this...

A search for "Atlanta huge water bill" turns up a fair number of hits. A few are from actual leaks (main line to house) that apparently were not visible on the surface. Not sure how that would happen. Maybe the house is built on gravel with 12" of dirt over that? Anyway, it is possible to...

Water theft is a thing. Was the OP or OP's family home on those days? If not, did a neighbor put in a new pool in that time frame? If yes, does their water bill show 20k gallons of usage? That might have been 5 or so fully pumped up water trucks (4000 gallons each) or somebody filling a...

This seems like one of those situations where there are good products, and there are bad products, and where the consumer has almost no way of determining which is which. Well, other than buying one with the longest warranty and hoping that is correlated with the quality of the hose. I see...

That raises other questions. The red garden hose washers on our actual garden hoses only last a couple of years. These: https://www.homedepot.com/p/DANCO-5-8-in-Hose-Washers-10-Pack-80787/203193507 The black washers in these supply line hoses have lasted much longer. Not sure if red/black...

What sort of washers go in this type of washing machine supply line? https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-3-4-in-FHT-x-3-4-in-FHT-x-96-in-Stainless-Steel-Washing-Machine-Supply-Line-7243-96-34-1-EB/205854150 I need to take them off at the washer to clean the accumulated rust flakes out of the...

No PRV anywhere in this house. There is a pressure relief valve near where the water goes into the house. One reason for going with the brass valve mentioned in the first post is that it is rated to work up to 200 psi. The two plastic valves currently installed are I think only rated for 70...

Our main water line was replaced a few months back and that cut the pipe leading to the sprinkler manifold in the front yard. A picture of that manifold taken from the side is in this old post: https://www.plumbingforums.com/threads/leaking-irrigation-valve.12706/post-96402 The sprinkler...

I know this is a plumbing forum, but the toilets are likely to be the least of your worries on a house that has an extended vacancy. Have you considered getting a tenant to live there until it is sold? That way the house would be occupied and there would be some income to help defray the...

Wrong. If the tank starts leaking (rusted through, failed weld, leak from one of the fittings or pipes) the alarm will tell you. Better to find out at the drip stage than the "pouring out all over the floor" stage. 6.5 years old. Has the anode been changed? If not, it is time. The anode...

The cap is the easiest fix. Most likely the valve needs a new washer, has some sediment jammed between the washer and the seat, or both. Assuming of course that it is a gate valve of some sort rather than a ball valve. Next time the tank is empty, for instance after flushing it to get out...

I can't help you, I have not encountered a tub or shower drain that looks quite like that. That said, I did just change the drain on a sink and the piece you screwed out looks an awful lot like the chunk of metal that sits in the bottom of the sink. If I had to guess, and this is strictly a...

I'm not familiar with that particular drain. It looks like the outer ring is plastic with some sort of metallic paint peeling off of it. I've seen that before on car inside door handles, when the manufacturer was too cheap to use an actual piece of metal, just not on plumbing. Do you have...

The color of the new anode in the picture, is it really white like that or is that just a lighting issue? The ones I have installed were a grey metallic color. Regarding clearance problems - if the anode is just a few inches too long it won't hurt to cut it down a little so that it will clear...

I would change it. Turn off the water heater, turn off the gas to the heater (just in case), turn the water off, drain the tank just a little, then use an impact wrench to break the anode free. The water in the tank is to keep the tank heavy, reducing the risk of the tank moving when...

Our gas water heater will be 30 years old this year, and the manufacturer (American Water Heaters) lists it now as "obsolete", so there are no replacement parts available. Other than anode rods, which are generic. Consequently I am looking into replacing the WH. We only have two gas...

It rained really hard earlier this week. Still no lake. Drainage issue seems to be solved.

Right, brain fart of the mathematical variety. But even though I was off by a factor of 4 the conclusion does not change - under normal circumstances two 4" drains can feed into one 4" drain without exceeding its capacity, and two 4" drains won't saturate a 6" drain. (That is, 2 x pi x 4 is...

Well, two 4" drains going absolutely full bore can theoretically move water at a rate proportional to the area which is 16 sq in x pi, two of them will be twice that. So if the duplex merges two 4" drains into one something is going to back up in that one specific condition. But about the only...

Sent him an email when I first noticed the problem. Didn't hear anything back, so a short piece of edging was installed to block the water at the property line. Ran into him later and he said he had already redirected the water. No way for me to know that until he told me though, as the...