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If it sat a long time you now have dried debris and rust. You need to jet the line to clean it up.

Close the drain a pour a two liter of Coke in the sink. Let this set over night. Should pull the rust right out.

Sounds like you have two problems. 1) you most likely have a drain problem. Run a auger down your main then camera the line. 2) check your back flow preventer.

The floor drain has a trap in it. The white plug bypasses the trap so a plumber can auger the drain. If your drill auger can not clear it you most likely need a longer cable or bigger auger.

A picture would help a ton. 1) If it is stained black and rubs of on you fingers. That is because chlorine. 2) Lite Brown is due to hard water. A simple water conditioner would take care of this problem. I recommend Puronics.

If you want to do it the correct way. Replace both gate valves to ball valves. Until then. Close both valves push the red relief valve to the top of the filter unit. Replace filter. You only need to hook up a bypass if you don’t want to stop water form continuing into the water heater.

How loose does the stem feel? I would replace the diverter first.

In most states. The pipe coming off a water heater must be copper for the first 18 inches then you can switch to PEX. Also it is better to use a die electric fitting right from the water heater. Must be 3/4 piping,

Use two large vise grips and tighten the compression nuts as tight as you can. The only thing I would of done differently is get a quarter turn shut off valve. Multi turn valves can leak a lot easier. Also shark bites are nice but can leak.

The coupling he should use is a no hub. Inch and a half was pretty common a long time ago but two inch is now recommend. As far as soldering a ring around the pipe does nothing but making a area to possibly leak. If I was you I would redo it.

The first picture is a sharkbite fitting. Not the best as they can fail. The second fitting is pro press fitting. It should not fail unless improperly done. Once done correctly you only need the leave the outside faucet on for about an hour. Not all winter. If you still think you will have a...