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Getting the sharkbite off is going to be tricky with how close it is to the T, but for a quick and easy fix I'd work on getting that off and replacing it with a ball valve shark bite. Still going to have trouble with converting that hose bibb to the sharkbite adapter though. Would need some/any...

Check your well tank. There's a giant air bladder in there that might have ruptured and sent bubbles into your water. There should be a tire gauge like port on it somewhere. Give it the smallest push (bladders need a very particular amount of air pressure) and see if water or air squirts out. If...

This would be my first thing to look for. It will be exposed somewhere, maybe in the basement. Looks like this:

A sloan valve would be cooler than a cheap toilet though

Try a new urinal if it isn't too much of a PITA. Watching your video gives me the impression that the jet is blocked somewhere, somehow. I had installed a new (regular) toilet once and had a similarly lousy flush as the one you have. Ended up being a piece of white plastic that somehow got into...

These are all some great tips, thank you. I wouldn't have a problem working with him to do things the way he wants them done, but he is very inconsistent- and when he does fail things, he won't spell out what the problem is. Instead, he will just quote whatever piece of code from either...

I have a small plumbing business and we recently got a new inspector for our county, and he is a nightmare to work with. Very inconsistent with how he inspects things, saying something is OK sometimes, then failing us for the same thing in the future. Refuses to answer simple code based...

There’s a small chance the cartridge is faulty, also a chance the valve body is pitted. If I were you I would pull it back out, inspect the seals, and feel around on the inside of the valve body for irregularities. If you don’t see or feel anything wrong, try returning it for a new one.

For drains, cutting it and using a rubber Fernco connector is code approved and very easy.

Are those coin valves? How has nobody at Home Depot seen them? Most hot water heater drains use that style of valve.

Oh for sure. Do it to it. Just slather some new cleaner on there and glue it up. :thumbsup:

Thanks guys, I’ll get out the hole hog.

Swapped out a water heater and the existing vent hole is at least a foot below where I can elbow off the top. I read the specs and it mentions pitch of horizontal for condensate purposes but nothing about 45ing it down and out as ok/not ok. It’s about 3 feet from the wall, I’d avoid drilling...

I wouldn’t bother with the cameras. I’ve used them, and if on the off chance you can make sense of Wtf you’re looking at you’re still going to have no idea where it’s oriented if it’s out of sight. Tie a magnet to a stick and go fishing.

Good to know.

I like it. They need to make them alll that size.

Usually when this happens to me it’s the 4 inch line running from the shower valve to the tub spout. I think it’s all the back and forth flow it gets from hitting the shower diverter. Like others have mentioned I’ve also seen tub spout diverters send water shooting backwards into the wall too.

The biggest issue I have with the big nut baskets is how hard it is to grip the basket tight enough to torque it down. That spud tool I think it’s called never seems to fit right. If they simply engineered them so you could get two wrenches on it somehow it would be fine, but like a lot of...

Get one of the drain baskets with the three screws instead of the giant nut. Those things are junk.

Generally speaking you will be taking apart the handle and replacing the guts (cartridge) inside the valve that’s behind it.