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I just saw this comment from an owner of a small house. "Our plumber ran a long copper line out to the farthest point, and pitched it slightly down to return to the hot water heater. It works by convection, and we get hot water very quickly, and don't need a pump and the electricity to run it...

My Tub won't drain... My Toilet makes gurgling sounds... My guest toilet smells occasionally...

Here's an excellent source of ALL TYPES of Water Heater related facts and formulas. waterheatertimer.org/pdf/Water-heater-Formulas-and-terminology.pdf

The following information is included in a document entitled, "Freezing and Bursting Pipes", published by IBHS (Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety). Who writes these things and where do they get their information from? "WHY PIPES BURST Surprisingly, ice forming in a pipe does not...

Results of my search of code requirements for maximum slope on Sanitary Drainage Pipe.(Some think 1/4" per foot is the max. by code.) Reference is made to the IPC(International Plumbing Code) The code includes a chart for MINIMUM slopes of sanitary Drainage pipe. It does not address MAXIMUM...

I didn't want to continue this subject in the "True sizes for ABS and PVC pipes". Just curious as to what ever happened to this.Where they didn't want buried trap then said they wanted 2 traps.??? Your last comment, back on Oct 31st was, "Yeah I trying find his logic too. We find out in 4 days...

UPC http://www.iapmo.org/Pages/ReadUniformCodesOnline.aspx IPC https://codes.iccsafe.org/public/document/IPC2018 NSPC ILLUSTRATED http://epubs.iapmo.org/NSPC/2018/#p=1

Well I've already been posting awhile but thought I should introduce myself and let you know a little about my background. I started as a plumbers helper about 65 years ago, helping my father(who was not a licensed plumber) do miscellaneous plumbing work in the neighborhoods of Boston, MA. Back...