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I got a new one today...it is a 10". Thanks all.

Hi everyone, I need to replace this, I feel like it's an 10", but I'm not sure. Can someone confirm?

Thanks so much for this info. I'd already looked at WaterCheck and did call them, and I am going to continue with them.

Thanks for the reply. I would like to have the water tested. I did one of those free tests from Home Depot some years ago but I don't recall anything unusual. This time I would like to do an independent test. There are lots of options online, and of course this gets expensive quickly. Can...

Hi everyone, I've been in my home for 20 years now, I have a well, and have had lots of plumbing problems. Water heaters last about 5 years. Around year 15 I started getting pinhole leaks, close 6-8 of them over the next 5 years. Finally last year I replaced all my copper with PEX. My...

Thanks for the replies fellas. Our builder and their contractors - all out of business now - were stuck in the past. They used ABS instead of PVC on the sewer lines. Many of the things they did were old school, as I've learned over the years. I am slowly getting more comfortable and...

Thinking out loud here... Our home was built in 2000, and there have been a lot of plumbing woes along the way. 4 years ago I found there was around 45v of current running through my pipes because of a faulty piece of Romex that had some current leaking to ground. We were already blowing...

Sometimes the shark bites!! Right in the arse!!!

Yes!! Those things are complete garbage. I had to shut off a sink in the garage twice during a project - the valve failed on the second use. LOL, one time disposable use valves. I got some nice ball valves out there now. I'm planning to do the rest of them in the house after I finish...

Well I got this done, ended up using a small gray Fernco

I remember doing some soldering back in the 80s when I was still a teen, and it was super easy. When I bought new solder, it was lead free and yeah, noticeably less easy to work with. I had another issue though, my torch is done. It was just a spin on hardware store special, and wasn't...

Well I guess I got it now. I took out the innards and heated that sucker up a LOT. Finally the solder did it's thing. Dang, I never had something that needed so much heat. Live and learn.

I have a new Moen tub/shower valve and the solder isn't getting drawn in and making a nice seal like it should. I removed the old valve from the wall and it still had the 4 pieces of copper attached to it. Down in the garage I used my mapp gas torch to heat up & remove the old 1/2" copper, no...

This sounds like a good idea, a lot less involved than what I was thinking. Much less destructive than going into the wall. Thanks for the reply!

The highlighted elbow has a crack at the bottom where the collar connects. As the collar is tightened, the tapered end piece pulls away from the pipe and out comes the water. There isn't any excess pipe to play with here, so I don't see a spot where I can cut and re-attach a new trap. On the...

36 years??? Holy smokes!! No control box. That's awesome to know about reading the amps, I'll have to dig out my meter and see what it says. Regarding pumping level 100 - would this be the top of the water table or something?

We had our home built in 2000. We have a submersible well pump, but I don’t have any info about the pump size, model, etc., and the builder is long gone. I’m not having any problems at the moment, but 18 years is longer lasting than any pump I ever had, and I want to be prepared for its...

I thought that as well. There are cleanouts for both the 3" and the smaller line further back up the lines. I agree it would be good to have them closer. But compared to the history I've been through with this mess, I'm feeling a lot better about it.

Well I'm back, 6 months later, with an update that it is FIXED! The first plumber I had look at it wanted no part of it and never called me back. The second guy looked at it and said this is not a big deal. The attached pic is what he did. After installing the new configuration, he carefully...

I had a professional plumber look at my drain line today. He was like, "Oh my God, what did they do here? This never should've passed inspection." He looked around, took pictures, and said he needs a few days to think about it. The solution he has in mind is raising the drainpipe 6" from the...