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    What to expect - Roots in the Drain

    The line should be replaced for all reasons. and dig right accross there yard if necessary to take care of what is yours. Where I'm from the city maintain's up to 5 feet from the streed curb. if its similar there replace it to that point put a clean out in there as well and if it backs up there...
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    Making a Jetter by using a pressure washer?

    just got a similar system. works great I have a little larger pressure washer running mine but its almost overkill. your system will work great. hose sure gets greasy though. a little messy.
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    strange drain issues

    I agree as well as check that the water level in the tank is proper, and the fill tube in your toilet tank is going into the overflow tube of your flushvalve that will insure that your toilet is filling your bowl properly if not it will take a good amount of your flush to fill the bowl, causing...
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    Grundfos Pump install location right?

    I should have looked at the picture again and I would have noticed the difference in size heaters. your right I would not recomend plumbing them in parallel. I have had a large whole house hot system cerculated through a 2.5 gal electric water heater and hold a good temperature. your system will...
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    Grundfos Pump install location right?

    The recerc. pump is designed to pull water not push it. So the water will be drawn from the hot water system to the pump creating a negative cerculating pressure in the second tank drawing the water from the pump into it. you will get some heat distribution but nothing that is going to make a...
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    Grundfos Pump install location right?

    the guy who is asking the questions said that he had seen the pump mounted on the top of the water heater on the hot side. currently it comes into the outlet side of the first heater and into the inlet side of the second heater through the dip tube to the bottom of the second heater. Less work...
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    Grundfos Pump install location right?

    I vote to leave it alone. If there was anything that you should do for this system I would say to plumb these water heaters in parallel wrather than in series. right now one is the slave to the other. it will work fine but the first unit will go out a lot sooner than the other.
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    Grundfos Pump install location right?

    I realize that john he mentioned he had seen the pumps mounted on the hot side outlet of a water heater I was justed giving some insight on what those systems were all about.
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    Grundfos Pump install location right?

    you could install an outlet timer but it will throw off the time on the pump timer just keep it in the on possition. there is nothing wrong with the system you have going your pumping into the inlet side of the second heater. prefered actually it will help even out the load on the two heaters...
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    Weirdest water pressure problem

    thermal expansion is normally absorbed back into the water source back through the meter the expansion is the same as a car tire pressure rises when hot from driving for a while. the water expands in the pipe and needs to go some where or your pressure will spike causing the t&p to release the...
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    Gas line materials question...

    it sounds like the csst in the attic is track pipe unless they installed the gastite wrong. this is the reason why I like gas tite better. you don't peel the coating back past the fitting which helps protect it from the elements. Also it makes for a cleaner looking job. and as far as the grease...
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    Backed up Situation...need help...photo attached.

    is your house a slab foundation or raised floor/conventional.
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    Shower leak, what valve do I have?

    My first view of the stem made me think chicago faucet do to the tapered square stem. but had never seen a shower cartridge. Delta was my quick guess but I did some research and I found it chicago faucet makes a few shower valves this beeing one of their pressure ballance units. Chicago...
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    Shower leak, what valve do I have?

    I wanna say delta do to the round nut holding the cartridge in
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