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I am installing a new toilet in a new building. I am about ready to pour the slab. My nearest 4" PVC is about 50 feet away and is level to what will be my slab surface. I need about 13" to have the right fall. I am thinking about installing a lift pump. I am also having a lavatory and a bath...

Sounds like the idea has potential. There are a few questions to be answered though.

John, This looks interesting. The link see shows the device that reads the pulses is out of stock. Will see when it will become available. But this is an excellent direction, if anyone else has an idea, please post!

I have a small commercial building that has six tenants. I replumbed the building to one master meter that the City reads for overall consumption. My plumber installed individual water meters for each suite so we could determine individual usage. However these meters, commercial quality, are...

All sounds good to me. If I were a full-feature plumber, I could justify the expense. This works well enough for me on the smaller jobs. Better than a snake.

Thanks for the additional info, Nathan.

Do you clean the hose afterwards with the pressure washer and some liquid soap?

Got the bladder tank installed and it works great! Wife is happy. Simple installation. To recap. A commercial toilet needs a 1" supply line at about 70psi to operate the flush mechanism. I have a 3/4" water supply line coming in to our home at 70psi. Toilet would not flush. Not enough...

Thank you, John. I will talk with them today. Yesterday I had a good talk with Charlie, the Tech at http://www.watercannon.com/c-217-jetter-parts-accessories-drain-cleaner-equipment.aspx He wanted to know about my pressure washer: 3300 PSI 3 GPM CAT pump What size lines I want to clean out...

I have talked with a plumber who suggested making a jetter from a pressure washer by adding a jetter line. This would seem to be a relatively simple project. I do mainly new work and only occasionally need a jetter, I can buy a Sewer Jetter Kit with either a 1/4" or 3/8" ID Schieffer sewer...

Not on a well/pump. This is downtown Atlanta. I will check with other people on the street and see if they are also having problems. A Forum member has suggested a couple of things to check. 1. Is there an anti-backflow valve that could be malfunctioning? Could be placed in the house...

I mentioned 75 psi because that is available where the supply comes in. I will reduce that pressure to a more appropriate amount. I have more than enough pressure, just need to up the volume.

I have an older house, galvanized pipes. The water pressure is usually "fair". But sometimes it goes to almost nothing, then it comes back to "fair". This is on all the fixtures, hot and cold. Unless the City is experiencing severe fluctuations, I haven't been able to figure this out. I just...

I am gonna go with the bladder tank. Will let you know how it turns out. Bill

Thanks, Phishfood, I have this tank http://www.flotecpump.com/ResidentialProduct_fl_hw_tk_FP7110.aspx While the gallonage is more than I need (19gals) to flush the toilet, it is the smallest tank I could find that has a 1" NPT. It would seem I can connect this in my system with my 3/4"...

I agree. She has been absolute gold as a tenant. I am not going to charge her, but I will suggest to her that if I pull up another towel, or something that should not be flushed in the future, she will be charged.

Thanks. I understand that now, Can I put the one inch line up to a 1.6 gallon (or larger) expansion tank in the attic above and have the necessary volume to flush? I realize that another response suggests I use a rear discharge toilet. This is a good idea, but if any way possible, I would like...

Tenants called me with strange toilet stoppage. Two guys. If they peed in it, the toilet worked fine. If poop, it clogs for a while and then goes down. Pulled the toilet and the main line was clear. Put it back. Flushed a few times, worked fine. Left. Tenants called again. Same problem...

She is the only one on that line. However, I think that I may tell her that this clean out is on me. If it happens again, she gets to pay. She has not asked for much over the last several years. We are running a 100 foot line today. See what we pull up.

I agree. In my experience of managing property 99% of the time a drain backs up is because someone flushed something they should not have flushed. BUT Even though when I rent a house, I go through it with the tenant. I flush the toilet several times and make sure that they see it is...