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Will Anti-Sieze work well as a pipe thread sealant in addition to preventing the threads from seizing up?

Hi folks, I had a new gas water heater installed yesterday and I want to check the anode rod to make sure that I can remove it, before I absolutely have to. Can you folks recommend a good thread sealant that will allow me to easily remove the rod after a year in service? Thanks in advance.

Nothing's impossible, but it's going to be quite difficult. Since yesterday, I ran a garden hose for close to an hour and pushed as much water as I could through the downstairs toilet and out to the sewer. I watched the water the whole time through the clean out port on my back water valve and...

Yes, I checked it this morning, the vent is clear.

Hi Violetl, the upstairs toilet has its own vent to atmosphere and there was a downstairs toilet previously for many years, almost directly underneath the existing upstairs toilet with no problems. I'm also confused as to why the problem is getting progressively worse. We went a month without...

Thanks for the reply gagecalman! I think you are likely right. I removed the AAV and the problem appeared to go away, but I don't understand why it was fine for about a month and now (with the AAV in place) it seems to be getting progressively worse. Any thoughts?

Well I guess I can't rule out that my vent stack isn't plugged without going up on the roof, but it's worked well since 1959. Your idea would make sense though.

Hi folks, New member here. We recently renovated our basement and added a bathroom. Now I notice that whenever the upstairs toilet is flushed, the basement toilet bubbles up (air) and it bubbles up quite violently if you flush the upstairs toilet several times in a row. The water in the basement...